Title: [Plugin: bookTuner] Errors after the plugin updates itself
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# [Plugin: bookTuner] Errors after the plugin updates itself

 *  [siliconsara](https://wordpress.org/support/users/siliconsara/)
 * (@siliconsara)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-booktuner-errors-after-the-plugin-updates-itself/)
 * I’ve been having this problem for a while now. I had it working for a while then
   my books disappeared (it’s in a widget). Sometimes it outputs a permission error
   in the widget.
 * The only way to fix it is if I go to the options page and hit “Save Changes” –
   the books return but disappear after it self-updates.
 * Any help? I’d like to stick with this plugin but right now it’s broken as-is.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/booktuner/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/booktuner/)

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 *  Plugin Author [silversteelwolf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/silversteelwolf/)
 * (@silversteelwolf)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-booktuner-errors-after-the-plugin-updates-itself/#post-1871276)
 * Does this continue to happen after the update? Somebody else saw their options
   get messed up after updating, but once they fixed them they stayed that way.
 * I’m assuming when you say “update” you’re talking about updating to the new version,
   right? Or do you mean when it refreshes?
 *  Thread Starter [siliconsara](https://wordpress.org/support/users/siliconsara/)
 * (@siliconsara)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-booktuner-errors-after-the-plugin-updates-itself/#post-1871454)
 * When it refreshes.
 * And yes it continues after the update.
 *  Plugin Author [silversteelwolf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/silversteelwolf/)
 * (@silversteelwolf)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-booktuner-errors-after-the-plugin-updates-itself/#post-1871494)
 * Thanks for being patient and giving this plugin a shot. Let’s see if we can get
   this fixed.
 * When no books are displaying, can you view booktuner_cache.xml and verify that
   there is data stored there?
 * Also, is that file writable? When you hit “Save Changes,” the plugin immediately
   queries the API in case you made any settings changes – that output gets written
   to the cache file for later use. If it only ever displays books when you save
   changes, and it’s throwing a permissions error, the .xml file not be properly
   writable.
 *  [herrrau](https://wordpress.org/support/users/herrrau/)
 * (@herrrau)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-booktuner-errors-after-the-plugin-updates-itself/#post-1871578)
 * Same problem, and silversteelwolf’s solution worked for me: out of the automatic
   install via the wordpress backend, the permissions hadn’t been set properly, 
   after changing them everything works fine.
 *  Thread Starter [siliconsara](https://wordpress.org/support/users/siliconsara/)
 * (@siliconsara)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-booktuner-errors-after-the-plugin-updates-itself/#post-1871579)
 * Tried the given solution and it still doesn’t work for me. I chmoded the listed
   file to 666, nothing has changed.
 *  Plugin Author [silversteelwolf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/silversteelwolf/)
 * (@silversteelwolf)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-booktuner-errors-after-the-plugin-updates-itself/#post-1871581)
 * This may help:
 * On my site, the booktuner directory is 755 (same for all WordPress plugin directories).
   Booktuner.php and booktuner_cache.xml both are at 644.
 *  Thread Starter [siliconsara](https://wordpress.org/support/users/siliconsara/)
 * (@siliconsara)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-booktuner-errors-after-the-plugin-updates-itself/#post-1871582)
 * Actually, this is the same error message I keep getting: [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-booktuner-error-message?replies=5](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-booktuner-error-message?replies=5)
 *  [herrrau](https://wordpress.org/support/users/herrrau/)
 * (@herrrau)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-booktuner-errors-after-the-plugin-updates-itself/#post-1871585)
 * As mentioned above, setting the permissions had appeared to work, but it doesn’t
   anymore. (Am doubtful now whether it ever has.) The booktuner folder and all 
   contents are set to 777 at present, and still booktuner_cache.xml gets overwritten
   as an empty file.
 *  Plugin Author [silversteelwolf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/silversteelwolf/)
 * (@silversteelwolf)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-booktuner-errors-after-the-plugin-updates-itself/#post-1871586)
 * Yeah, I think I found the real problem that was going on in that thread. If you
   were getting the exact same error message, the 1.1.2 update should fix it. Thanks
   for your patience with this!

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 * Last reply from: [silversteelwolf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/silversteelwolf/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-booktuner-errors-after-the-plugin-updates-itself/#post-1871586)
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