Title: Error When Updating WordPress
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Error When Updating WordPress

 *  Resolved [joe miller](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iamburnsy/)
 * (@iamburnsy)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-updating-wordpress/)
 * I just updated my WordPress version 3.0.(something) to 3.4.1 from the autmoatic
   Updater in the admin dashboard.
    It seemed to update successfully, but there 
   was an error message at the end of it:
 * Downloading update from [http://wordpress.org/wordpress-3.4.1.zip…](http://wordpress.org/wordpress-3.4.1.zip…)
   
   Unpacking the update… Verifying the unpacked files… Installing the latest version…
   Upgrading database… WordPress updated successfully
 * `Fatal error: Call to undefined function self_admin_url() in /home/content/x/
   x/x/xxxxxx/html/XXXXXXX/wp-admin/includes/update-core.php on line 698`
 * When I open the file in question, line 698 is:
 * show_message( ‘<span class=”hide-if-no-js”>’ . sprintf( __( ‘Welcome to WordPress%
   1$s. You will be redirected to the About WordPress screen. If not, click [here](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-updating-wordpress/%s?output_format=md).’),
   $new_version, esc_url( self_admin_url( ‘about.php?updated’ ) ) ) . ‘</span>’ );
 * The site seems okay as far as I can tell visually, but anyone know what this 
   means, if anything ?
 * Thanks !!

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 *  [David Choi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpthemes777/)
 * (@wpthemes777)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-updating-wordpress/#post-2990034)
 * Did some search, looks like that error doesn’t cause any problems, but looks 
   like here is what others have done:
 * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-when-upgrading-to-341-but-everything-works?replies=5](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-when-upgrading-to-341-but-everything-works?replies=5)
 *  Thread Starter [joe miller](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iamburnsy/)
 * (@iamburnsy)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-updating-wordpress/#post-2990082)
 * Guess I should have searched it myself first, but thanks for this, appreciate
   it !!
 *  [David Choi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpthemes777/)
 * (@wpthemes777)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-updating-wordpress/#post-2990083)
 * Hope you can find the solution soon, good luck!
 *  [dianabyron](https://wordpress.org/support/users/diannetrussell/)
 * (@diannetrussell)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-updating-wordpress/#post-2990177)
 * Hmm… I don’t want to do any code meddling to fix this problem, which I just got
   upon upgrading to 3.4.1. Could not see anything wrong until I installed and activated
   Ultimate Security Checker plugin (compatible with 3.4.1) and got an error message
   telling me I don’t have permission. Could this be connected with the 3.4.1 update
   error message?
    Hackers coding to prevent security plugins working?

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 * Last activity: [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-updating-wordpress/#post-2990177)
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