Title: Update Failed: Plugin update failed.
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# Update Failed: Plugin update failed.

 *  Resolved [M Asif Rahman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/asif2bd/)
 * (@asif2bd)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-failed-plugin-update-failed-1/)
 * I am getting this error message when I try to update – “Update Failed: Plugin
   update failed.”. In the bulk update page I get this message –
    “An error occurred
   while updating Yoast SEO: Download failed. Failed to write request to temporary
   file.”
 * Interesting is all other plugin update worked flawlessly.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/)

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 *  [AskKim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/askkim/)
 * (@askkim)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-failed-plugin-update-failed-1/#post-7508009)
 * Hi [@m](https://wordpress.org/support/users/m/) Asif Rahman Would you please 
   try the things discussed here? [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/download-failed-could-not-create-temporary-file?replies=29](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/download-failed-could-not-create-temporary-file?replies=29)
 *  [neotrope](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neotrope/)
 * (@neotrope)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-failed-plugin-update-failed-1/#post-7508137)
 * Might or might not be related.
 * I had previously reported an issue with updating Yoast SEO, originally the news
   add-on, and now also latest version of SEO PRO, when/if the wp-content directory
   has been renamed.
 * In our case, the updater, deletes old plugin, then can’t find the plugin directory
   to install new version.
 * I don’t think all versions of Yoast plugins look at the wp-config file to check
   custom path for /wp-content/ being something like /assets/ (as in our case).
 * Again, might not be your issue. But only way I was able to install the latest
   updates was to manually install via FTP as updater can’t find plugin directory
   properly when re-named.
 * Might be some other issues related to that, if you have a custom folder setup,
   or other renaming going on.
 * Might be un-related, just food for thought, if it fits your situation. 🙂
 * Otherwise, everything seems to be working just fine (whew!).
 *  Thread Starter [M Asif Rahman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/asif2bd/)
 * (@asif2bd)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-failed-plugin-update-failed-1/#post-7508313)
 * [@askkim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/askkim/) no it does not solve the
   issue. And everything else is updating fine, I check file permission, no issue,
   and wp-contents location is not an issue.
 * All other plugins updated normally, only issue in Yoast SEO. I could disable 
   and reinstall. Need to know if I disable I will not lose any of the SEO score
   and don’t have to re-calculate again.
 *  [Jos Klever](https://wordpress.org/support/users/josklever/)
 * (@josklever)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-failed-plugin-update-failed-1/#post-7508314)
 * I had some issues updating from 3.3.3 to 3.3.4. About half of the sites I manage
   could perform the update, but after a refresh it was still 3.3.3. The only way
   to fix this was deactivating the plugin (no worries for your settings/scores),
   update and activate the plugin again.
 * This issue didn’t occur when I was updating from 3.3.2 to 3.3.3 just a little
   earlier.
 *  Thread Starter [M Asif Rahman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/asif2bd/)
 * (@asif2bd)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-failed-plugin-update-failed-1/#post-7508315)
 * Just tried your advice, does not work. I am trying to update from 3.3.1 to 3.3.4.
 * Tried to deactivate, then update. Should I try deleting the old one, only worried
   about losing data.
 *  [Jos Klever](https://wordpress.org/support/users/josklever/)
 * (@josklever)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-failed-plugin-update-failed-1/#post-7508316)
 * Deleting the plugin, should also not remove your data. But of course it’s always
   a good idea to have a backup before you try anything 😉
 *  [ponipate](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ponipate/)
 * (@ponipate)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-failed-plugin-update-failed-1/#post-8854808)
 * I had the same “Update Failed” issue. I had my backup so i downloaded the latest
   Yoast plugin from [https://yoast.com/wordpress/plugins/seo/](https://yoast.com/wordpress/plugins/seo/)
   and FTP the files to my plugin folder. Worked fine:-)

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 * Last activity: [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-failed-plugin-update-failed-1/#post-8854808)
 * Status: resolved