Title: [Plugin: WordPress Automatic upgrade] getlatestfiles failed
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# [Plugin: WordPress Automatic upgrade] getlatestfiles failed

 *  Resolved [Callumpy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/callumpy/)
 * (@callumpy)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-automatic-upgrade-getlatestfiles-failed/)
 * When trying to upgrade I get the following in the logs:
 * > Task Name: getlatestfiles
   >  Task Description: Downloads / Uploads the latest
   > files for wordpress Task Status: Failed Task Start Date: 2010-08-18 10:23:44
   > Task End Date: 2010-08-18 10:23:45 Task Log: Starting to download the file 
   > from Could not write to local file
 * My wordpress is hosted at 1and1 and the upgrade has worked every time since 🙁
   Please help
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-automatic-upgrade/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-automatic-upgrade/)

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 *  Anonymous User
 * (@anonymized-3085)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-automatic-upgrade-getlatestfiles-failed/#post-1631856)
 * what version of WordPress are you using? That plugin is very outdated and is 
   no longer required.
 *  Thread Starter [Callumpy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/callumpy/)
 * (@callumpy)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-automatic-upgrade-getlatestfiles-failed/#post-1631861)
 * Im on 3.0
 *  Thread Starter [Callumpy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/callumpy/)
 * (@callumpy)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-automatic-upgrade-getlatestfiles-failed/#post-1631862)
 * Damn, I didn’t realize the automatic upgrade was built in now
 * Cheers for that lol 🙂

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 * Last reply from: [Callumpy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/callumpy/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-automatic-upgrade-getlatestfiles-failed/#post-1631862)
 * Status: resolved