Title: Updates prevented error
Last modified: December 30, 2019

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# Updates prevented error

 *  [Peregrino](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericbeckham/)
 * (@ericbeckham)
 * [6 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updates-prevented-error/)
 * Per a previous post, when I thought things were resolved, I am still having issues
   with WordPress not updating or something. I have deleted all plugins, reset file
   permissions in GoDaddy, and the site is running ok. But, I still am seeing these
   errors, and I am constantly prompted to “click here” because the WP database 
   is “updating” or something.
 * Here is the error I’m getting:
    ———- Error A plugin has prevented updates by 
   disabling wp_version_check(). Passed No version control systems were detected.
   Passed Your installation of WordPress doesn’t require FTP credentials to perform
   updates. Error Some files are not writable by WordPress: xmlrpc.php wp-blog-header.
   php readme.html wp-signup.php index.php wp-cron.php wp-login.php wp-settings.
   php license.txt wp-mail.php wp-links-opml.php wp-load.php wp-includes/class-wp-
   user-query.php wp-includes/l10n.php wp-includes/date.php wp-includes/class-wp-
   oembed.php wp-includes/images/blank.gif wp-includes/images/down_arrow.gif wp-
   includes/images/spinner.gif wp-includes/images/media/interactive.png ———-
 * Suggestions?
    Thanks!

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 *  Moderator [bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/)
 * (@bcworkz)
 * [6 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updates-prevented-error/#post-12280388)
 * The trouble is there are a number of ways to disable updates and/or version check
   so it’s hard to know exactly what to look for. Check wp-config.php and /wp-includes/
   mu-plugins/*.php files for code content that might do this. Especially code involving
   the words “version”, “update” or “upgrade”.
 * Use FTP to correct the permissions for those files. Once you get updates working,
   it still may not work correctly without proper write access. The usual permissions
   are 755 for folders and 644 for files, though this can vary by server configuration.
 * The database update message hopefully will correct itself once all else is working
   correctly. If not, and the last operational version is not very old, you might
   be able to cheat a little by directly altering the saved DB version value, bypassing
   the most recent changes which pertain to multisite. While this is not advisable,
   it does suppress the DB update message.
 *  Thread Starter [Peregrino](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericbeckham/)
 * (@ericbeckham)
 * [6 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updates-prevented-error/#post-12298510)
 * Sorry, that’s just way over my head. At this point all I can think to do is keep
   getting the site ready and then go live, as this issue doesn’t seem to be affecting
   the site right now. My fear is that later on it will cause problems, and then
   what? Thanks.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 2 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Peregrino](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericbeckham/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updates-prevented-error/#post-12298510)
 * Status: not resolved

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