Title: auto update doesn’t work
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# auto update doesn’t work

 *  [pmerrill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pmerrill/)
 * (@pmerrill)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/auto-update-doesnt-work/)
 * I know “code is poetry” – but I don’t know code.
 * Anyhow, I can’t do the 2.7 > 2.7.1 update.
 * I’m on 1and1, and I saw this bit on a forum post:
 * “(fails running PHP 4, but works with PHP 5. Add AddType x-mapp-php5 .php to .
   htaccess to enable PHP 5. This also appears to not only affect Core updates but
   some Plugin updates as well.)
 * Translation: Add this line
    AddType x-mapp-php5 .php into your .htaccess file,
   which is in the top folder of your WordPress install”
 * – –
 * Well, I found “.htaccess” within the file wp-admin/options-permalink.php – but
   I don’t have a clue where to paste that code into that file (or if that’s what
   I need to do).

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/auto-update-doesnt-work/#post-1058592)
 * No – that’s the wrong file. Look on the directory where you installed WordPress.
   You should see a file called .htaccess. This is the file that you need to edit.
   Open it in a **text** editor and add the line suggested to the very top of the
   file, save and re-upload.
 *  Thread Starter [pmerrill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pmerrill/)
 * (@pmerrill)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/auto-update-doesnt-work/#post-1058621)
 * I can’t find that file. I must not have access to it. Sigh.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/auto-update-doesnt-work/#post-1058713)
 * Are you using an FTP client? If, ‘yes’, make sure that you haven’t got any filters
   set that are hiding the file.
 *  Thread Starter [pmerrill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pmerrill/)
 * (@pmerrill)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/auto-update-doesnt-work/#post-1058821)
 * I created that file, made a one-line entry in the file and uploaded it to my 
   server. (There was no file by that name there.)
 * It STILL won’t do the auto-update.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 4 replies
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 * Last reply from: [pmerrill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pmerrill/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/auto-update-doesnt-work/#post-1058821)
 * Status: not resolved

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