Title: Database Update Required – Stuck in loop
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Database Update Required – Stuck in loop

 *  [w3bgirl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/w3bgirl/)
 * (@w3bgirl)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-update-required-stuck-in-loop/)
 * Hello,
    I just went to update one of my websites to the newest version of WordPress
   and am now stuck on the “Database update required” screen… When I click “Update
   WordPress Database” it just refreshes the page and doesn’t go anywhere.. This
   website is for a client so I’m worried! Any advice is much appreciated. Thank
   you. Tamara

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-update-required-stuck-in-loop/#post-7005740)
 * If you’re using a server-level or DNS-level cache, you’ll need to flush it, especially
   Memcached/APC stuff. They can be sticky. This includes Cloudflare and Pagespeed
   and Varnish. Anything that caches.
 * If you don’t have shell access to flush those (with the except of Cloudflare 
   which is done at their site), you’ll need to ask the hosting the hosting provider.
 *  [dejunky](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dejunky/)
 * (@dejunky)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-update-required-stuck-in-loop/#post-7006055)
 * I also have this issue, have tried a few ‘fixes’ but nothing has worked. Cache
   has been flushed, server has been rebooted and still stuck at the update screen.
 * Any help would be much appreciated.
 * Cheers.
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-update-required-stuck-in-loop/#post-7006058)
 * If the above didn’t work for you, would you please open your own thread?
 * [https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting#postform](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting#postform)

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## Tags

 * [database update](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/database-update/)
 * [loop](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/loop/)
 * [Stuck](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/stuck/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-update-required-stuck-in-loop/#post-7006058)
 * Status: not resolved

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