Title: Updates failing, require manual intervention
Last modified: August 16, 2022

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# Updates failing, require manual intervention

 *  Resolved [tommcgee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tommcgee/)
 * (@tommcgee)
 * [3 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updates-failing-require-manual-intervention/)
 * On one particular host I use, the dashboard updates for plugins frequently fail.
 * I’ll run the update, get the notice that the update has failed. If I try again,
   sometimes it works; but sometimes the update process has left behind the original
   plugin directory. The WP Plugins Dashboard will not show the plugin, so I can’t
   delete it; But when I try to install it again from scratch I get an error that
   the directory already exists.
 * I’ll have to then FTP in to the server and delete the directory manually. Then
   it will work again.
 * Maybe a better check to be sure that everything is cleaned up properly before
   exiting?

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 *  Plugin Author [David Anderson / Team Updraft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidanderson/)
 * (@davidanderson)
 * [3 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updates-failing-require-manual-intervention/#post-15922176)
 * Hi Tom,
 * The most likely cause of these symptoms is that the operation times out before
   it is complete. In the UpdraftCentral settings (top-right of the UpdraftCentral
   screen), there are some options – go into there, and increase the timeout.
 * David

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 * Last reply from: [David Anderson / Team Updraft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidanderson/)
 * Last activity: [3 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updates-failing-require-manual-intervention/#post-15922176)
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