Title: update -1 error
Last modified: March 10, 2023

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# update -1 error

 *  Resolved [digitalheldin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/digitalheldin/)
 * (@digitalheldin)
 * [3 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-1-error/)
 * Hello
 * I have now already 2 websites where no updates of plugins / themes work anymore!
   It always comes the error message -1. See screenshot attached. On the log files
   on the server are no message apparent. Does anyone have any idea what is wrong?
   Is it because of WordPress 6.1.1?
 * The backend then says the following:
 * Update Themes
 * The update process is starting. This may take a while, please be patient.
 * -1
 * Regards
 * Sandra

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 *  [George Appiah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gappiah/)
 * (@gappiah)
 * [3 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-1-error/#post-16546233)
 * Do you have the **Astra Starter Sites plugin** installed?
 * There have been many reports of this mystic `-1` error message here, and in 100%
   of the cases that I’ve seen, this plugin is the culprit.
 * If you have this plugin installed, deactivate (and optionally remove) it. Your
   updates should succeed after that.
 * The Astra authors are aware of this and have already fixed the problem in the
   most recent version, so you can reinstall the latest version of the **Starter
   Sites plugin** if you want (though this plugin is meant to be a one-time use 
   plugin, and there’s no need to have installed on a live site).
 * Good luck!
 *  Thread Starter [digitalheldin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/digitalheldin/)
 * (@digitalheldin)
 * [3 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-1-error/#post-16546256)
 * You are my hero!
 *  Thread Starter [digitalheldin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/digitalheldin/)
 * (@digitalheldin)
 * [3 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-1-error/#post-16546260)
 * You are my hero!
 *  [nskpatent](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nskpatent/)
 * (@nskpatent)
 * [3 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-1-error/#post-16549917)
 * Thank you so much. I had the same problem and now it is solved.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 4 replies
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 * Last reply from: [nskpatent](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nskpatent/)
 * Last activity: [3 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-1-error/#post-16549917)
 * Status: resolved

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