Title: Update Failed Last modified: April 5, 2019 --- # Update Failed * Resolved [cyndik](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cyndik/) * (@cyndik) * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-failed-48/) * Free user. This morning, the latest Yoast update failed with this error: * Update Failed: 500 Internal Server Error Internal Server Error The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request. Please contact the server administrator and inform them of the time the error occurred, and the actions you performed just before this error. More information about this error may be available in the server error log. * —- After failure, page templates using php the_content did not show the content on the front end, though content showed as existing when edit post was opened. Restoring the back up to before the Yoast SEO update was attempted “fixed” the problem. * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fupdate-failed-48%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US) to see the link]_ Viewing 2 replies - 1 through 2 (of 2 total) * [devnihil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devnihil/) * (@devnihil) * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-failed-48/#post-11414726) * [@plugintester2018](https://wordpress.org/support/users/plugintester2018/) Can you please try the following: - Deactivating and reactivating the plugin then run the update again from Dashboard → Updates. If that does not work, in rare cases updating via the admin doesn’t work and you need to manually update the plugin via FTP by following the steps found here: [https://kb.yoast.com/kb/how-can-i-update-my-free-plugin/#ftp](https://kb.yoast.com/kb/how-can-i-update-my-free-plugin/#ftp) * Plugin Support [amboutwe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amboutwe/) * (@amboutwe) * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-failed-48/#post-11455905) * This thread has been marked as resolved due to lack of activity. * You’re always welcome to re-open this topic. Please read [this post](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/read-this-before-your-post/) before [opening a new request](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-seo#new-post). * Thanks for understanding! Viewing 2 replies - 1 through 2 (of 2 total) The topic ‘Update Failed’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/wordpress-seo/assets/icon-256x256.gif?rev=3419908) * [Yoast SEO - Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-seo/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-seo/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-seo/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-seo/reviews/) ## Tags * [Update Failed](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/update-failed/) * 2 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [amboutwe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amboutwe/) * Last activity: [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-failed-48/#post-11455905) * Status: resolved