WordPress 5.5 auto-updates not working in Managed version, likely due to core updates blocked.
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@girish Good question. My test was I had a plugin that was out-of-date (it coincidentally was at the time of WordPress 5.5 update), and as soon as I noticed it I set it to be enabled for auto-updates, and it gives a message saying at that time it'd be done in 2 hours, but it didn't do it and the counter reset afterwards to 11 hours (would have been 12 if I checked on time though).
So to test I would think your proposal would work, uploading an out-of-date plugin, check for updates to verify it recognizes an update is available, then enable the auto-update on that particular plugin and see if it updates automatically by WordPress.
For the cron part, you are likely correct - I am not intimately familiar with that level since moving to Cloudron for the app package, but I assumed this may be an issue because I thought the app package is calling the cron every 1-5 minutes, but yet the WordPress item is saying every 12 hours, so it seemed like a discrepancy and thus a possible issue. Plus the "disable core updates" plugin is there too which I felt may also interfere from auto-checks.
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@MooCloud_Matt said in WordPress 5.5 auto-updates not working in Managed version, likely due to core updates blocked.:
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/08/wordpress-auto-updates-what-do-you-have-to-lose/
A good overview (as one would expect from Wordfence), thanks.
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I was able to reproduce this. It looks like it triggers the cron event
wp_update_plugins
but that even does nothing.root@01d9cbb3-049c-4b99-b5e6-299ea3775d75:/app/code# exec /usr/local/bin/gosu www-data:www-data /app/pkg/wp --skip-themes cron event run wp_update_plugins Executed the cron event 'wp_update_plugins' in 0.007s. Success: Executed a total of 1 cron event.
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@jdaviescoates Good question! That won't be the root cause for me though I'm pretty sure as I don't have WordFence installed (or any security-related plugins really yet).
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@jdaviescoates
Normally this kind of plugin for security they want to have access to all the WordPress to intervene if needed on all the WordPress root directory.
This message is form wp. Because WordPress it's self provide an interface not edit files and accessing data, when a plugin try to access the filesystem with the filesystem API and the API fail, will automatically ask for the credential of ftp.
But .htaccess is editable I think on managed too, so it's trying to do something in a read only directory on the image. -
@girish Do we know if this works in Unmanaged? I haven't tried there, but if it works in Unmanaged... maybe that's one more reason to make Unmanaged the primary WordPress app package haha I'll maybe try in Unmanaged over the weekend if it hasn't already been tried.
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@jdaviescoates This was before my time here. But if you successfully get the feature working on Unmanaged. I'll install Managed and see where the break lies. I use to dive into the Wordpress Core Code for fun so I should be able to find what it's trying to write to but can't and quits (most likely a log file, maybe a backup before updating - but you'd think those files would be written in
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@jdaviescoates said in WordPress 5.5 auto-updates not working in Managed version, likely due to core updates blocked.:
@d19dotca good question! I've just enabled auto-updates on a load of plugins (and the Twenty Twenty theme) on one of my Unmanaged sites so will report back...
Works!
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@jdaviescoates You're on unmanaged, right? If you are, I'll look into it on Managed to see if I can find the break. My actual expertise is Wordpress so I want to make WP a first class citizen on Cloudron as much as possible! ️
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@Lonk said in WordPress 5.5 auto-updates not working in Managed version, likely due to core updates blocked.:
@jdaviescoates You're on unmanaged, right?
Correct.
@Lonk said in WordPress 5.5 auto-updates not working in Managed version, likely due to core updates blocked.:
If you are, I'll look into it on Managed to see if I can find the break. My actual expertise is Wordpress so I want to make WP a first class citizen on Cloudron as much as possible! ️
Great