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WordPress and Plugin Upgrade Issues

Heather — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:13:40 +0000

If you blog is installed in a sub-directory rather than the root, here is a list of common errors being seen when attempting wordpress upgrades or installation, upgrade, or removing plugins in wordpress versions 2.8+:

Unable to locate WordPress Plugin directory.

Warning: unlink(/tmp….

Unable to locate WordPress Content directory (wp-content)

How to fix:

The best solution is to create a new ftp login that goes directly to the sub-directory rather than to the root. This usually takes care of the problem right away. When you upgrade in the admin area, it normally asks you for this information before continuing.

If you don’t have control panel access for setting up a new ftp, Artyom’s Blog has a suggestion to try. I’ve not tested his method since I’ve had control panel access for all blogs that had issues, so try at your own risk.

Still having issues:

After clicking “Upgrade Database” – Fatal error: Call to undefined function: populate_roles_270() in /your-abspath/blog/wp-admin/includes/upgrade.php on line 904

For some odd reason, a wordpress file corrupts or does not always upload correct during manual upgrades. This actually resulted in issues through the entire admin. Simple solution was to re-upload the file: wp-admin/includes/schema.php

Yet one more issue to help:

Any error relating to tmp/anything directory couldn’t be found.

Add the following to the end of the wp-config.php file (but before ?>):

//Added the line below to correct issues with failing upgrades
//and inability to add plugins through the admin area.
putenv(‘TMPDIR=’ . ini_get(‘upload_tmp_dir’));

(I suggest this as a last resort if all else has failed to stop errors, but I have tested this method and it did resolve an issue for one site.)

Paste Easily to WordPress From MS Word

Scott — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:49:58 +0000

I’ve always recommended that people not paste text directly into WordPress from Microsoft Word, and instead suggested that they open their Microsoft Notepad, paste into Notepad, then copy and paste back into WordPress. This extra step removes the stupid formatting put in place by Microsoft Word.

Apparently, a recent addition to WordPress (maybe 2.3?) added a button on the WordPress text editor that allows you to paste information directly from Microsoft Word, and instantly strips out all the formatting. I’m exactly not sure how long it’s been there, but it works very well.

First you have to open the advanced toolbar options to see the new button button -

This expands the menu to a second level where you will immediately see the option for Microsoft Word pasting.

Hitting that button opens another small window, where you can paste from Word to your hearts content.

Nice!

WordPress Not Showing Backlinks Any More?

Scott — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:05:12 +0000

What’s with the new version of WordPress not showing your inbound links anymore? – Oh – actually, I see now that it is not just in the latest version, but it’s been removed altogether from the admin control panel.

This is very odd… First they replaced Technorati in there with Google, and now they’ve removed altogether the ability to know instantly when someone links back to you.

That’s a shame, because I really like it! Perhaps it’s just a glitch and it will come back tomorrow?