Title: Cannot upgrade WordPress or plugins
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Cannot upgrade WordPress or plugins

 *  [sherice](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sherice/)
 * (@sherice)
 * [15 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-upgrade-wordpress-or-plugins/)
 * I need some help — I’m not able to upgrade WordPress or any plugins automatically
   on a client’s site. The permissions are set to 777 on the folders so it has access,
   but I keep getting errors that “failed to copy file” whenever I do the auto upgrade.
   It just seems to time out. What can I do?

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-upgrade-wordpress-or-plugins/#post-1527132)
 * Upgrade manually?
 *  Thread Starter [sherice](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sherice/)
 * (@sherice)
 * [15 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-upgrade-wordpress-or-plugins/#post-1527148)
 * Well, I would, except I’m not exactly sure what files have been customized or
   tweaked that might be overwritten by the upgrade…

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## Tags

 * [timeout](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/timeout/)
 * [upgrade](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/upgrade/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 2 replies
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 * Last reply from: [sherice](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sherice/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-upgrade-wordpress-or-plugins/#post-1527148)
 * Status: not resolved

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