Title: Plugin updates not working
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Plugin updates not working

 *  Resolved [SarahS](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sarahs/)
 * (@sarahs)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-updates-not-working/)
 * I’m trying to update some plugins and they go through the normal procedure and
   even give me the success message but when I go back to the plugins page it is
   still requesting the update.
 * Does anyone know what the problem is and how I can fix it?
 * Thanks

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-updates-not-working/#post-3659703)
 * Have you tried:
 * – deactivating **all** plugins except the one that needs updating to see if this
   resolves the problem. If this works, re-activate the plugins one by one until
   you find the problematic plugin(s).
 * – switching to the default theme to rule out any theme-specific problems.
 *  Thread Starter [SarahS](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sarahs/)
 * (@sarahs)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-updates-not-working/#post-3659822)
 * Thanks for the reply.
 * I have tried both those things and still no joy.
 * What I find strange is that they are giving me success messages. Is the only 
   alternative to upload them manually?
 *  Thread Starter [SarahS](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sarahs/)
 * (@sarahs)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-updates-not-working/#post-3659838)
 * I’ve just tried to upgrade them manually but it says
    Permission denied Error:
   Critical file transfer error
 * The permissions are 777.
 * Is this a hosting issue or something else?
 *  [kernow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kernow/)
 * (@kernow)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-updates-not-working/#post-3659851)
 * I seem to be having exactly the same problem. Wondered what it was, and am inclined
   to think now it’s a hosting problem. WordPress sites have recently been attacked
   by bots, so perhaps we are in ‘lockdown’ at the moment.
    Apparently they are 
   attacking sites with weak passwords. May be unrelated though…
 *  [elames](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elames/)
 * (@elames)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-updates-not-working/#post-3659852)
 * You need to check with your hosting company.

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 * Last activity: [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-updates-not-working/#post-3659852)
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