‘Updating Failed’ message

  • jadenicoleyeban

    (@jadenicoleyeban)


    7 years, 2 months ago

    Hello, all,

    I have seen several different posts about the ‘Updating Failed’ error message at the top of new posts, and I’ve tried several different solutions that don’t seem to be working for me. Here are the things I’ve tried over the past several days:

    1) I have downloaded the Classic Editor and switched to that instead of Gutenberg under the Settings > Writing section. I’ve clicked the button “Classic Editor” as opposed to “Block Editor,” as many have suggested.

    2) I’ve downloaded the Health Check plugin and have disabled all of my plugins. I’ve re-enabled them one by one to see if any of them were the issue, as well as reverting back to the Twenty Nineteen WordPress theme as suggested by other users. Even when my theme has been changed to the original and all plugins are disabled, I’m still not able to update or publish.

    My Health Check, I should note, shows everything with green checkmarks, including REST API availability (I’ve seen that this may be an issue as well).

    3) I have gone into my .htaccess file and replaced it with a new .htaccess file with the default code as suggested by other users. I have also switched my permalink settings to “plain” and “numeric” as opposed to my “post name” I originally had.

    4) I have gotten into my file manager and enabled my error_log in .PHP (my server is Hostinger), and the errors that appear say “WordPress database error Table doesn’t exist for query SELECT id,Name FROM wp_gdformforms made by require_once(‘wp-load.php’), require_once(‘wp-config.php’), require_once(‘wp-settings.php’), do_action(‘init’), WP_Hook->do_action, WP_HOOK->apply_filters, gutenberg_gd_forms_builder.” I have tried to look up this issue, and subsequently disabled my forms builder (even though I had already deactivated all plugins). My forms builder is NOT the “WordPress Form Builder Plugin – Gutenberg Forms” however — I had Contact Form 7.

    I should mention that everything has been updated, and I’ve deleted plugins I do not use. I’ve tried on multiple browsers, on multiple computers on multiple days. My site is not down and is working fine; I’m just not able to post new content, save drafts or upload images.

    Posting this is my last resort, as I obviously do not want to post if this has been resolved. It just seems as if the solutions that are working for others are not working for me.

    Jade

    The page I need help with: [log in to see the link]

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  • Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    7 years, 1 month ago

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    • This reply was modified 7 years, 1 month ago by t-p.
    JNashHawkins

    (@jnashhawkins)

    7 years, 1 month ago

    What I’d like for you to do is…

    rename your plugins directory via FTP or your control panel’s file manager. You can temporarily rename that by directory by adding 1234 to the directory’s name. This will kill all your plugins including your Classic Editor but that’s okay for now.

    I also need you to swap themes with something like Twenty Seventeen or Twenty Nineteen. Now try saving a test post via the Block Editor (Gutenberg). Just a post named test with a word like ‘test’ in the text is all we need.

    Let us know if you were able to post that single test post and you can swap your theme back in when done. If the test post worked then you can try a second test post once you turn the theme back on to see if it still works with your preferred theme.

    If the first and second test posts work then we can rule out the theme being the problem.

    Rename the plugins directory back to ‘plugins’ and try it from there. If it works then go into the plugins dashboard and start enabling plugins one by one and testing. You’ll probably find one plugin causing this problem or else re-enabling the plugin flushed some setting that repaired the problem.

    There’s a slight chance there might be a plugin or drop-in installed that caused this issue. Doing what I proposed above with the directory rename should have helped eliminate that problem also, atleast while the directory was renamed.

    I abuse and misuse English horribly but I do like the Oxford Comma!!! <grin>

    Let us know how all this works and if you need any other info.

    Moderator Samuel Wood (Otto)

    (@otto42)

    ww.wp.xz.cn Admin

    7 years, 1 month ago

    4) I have gotten into my file manager and enabled my error_log in .PHP (my server is Hostinger), and the errors that appear say “WordPress database error Table doesn’t exist for query SELECT id,Name FROM wp_gdformforms made by require_once(‘wp-load.php’), require_once(‘wp-config.php’), require_once(‘wp-settings.php’), do_action(‘init’), WP_Hook->do_action, WP_HOOK->apply_filters, gutenberg_gd_forms_builder.” I have tried to look up this issue, and subsequently disabled my forms builder (even though I had already deactivated all plugins). My forms builder is NOT the “WordPress Form Builder Plugin – Gutenberg Forms” however — I had Contact Form 7.

    Yeah, see, when you say things like this, then I question whether you really have disabled all the plugins or not. Because WordPress does not have a “gdformforms” table in it.

    This plugin has that table in it: https://ww.wp.xz.cn/plugins/easy-contact-form-builder/

    So… if you have that plugin enabled and thus it can produce that error, then it’s not actually disabled, is it?

    Also, how do you “disable a forms builder (even though you had already deactivated all plugins)”? How is the forms builder not a plugin? What other code is running which you don’t consider to be a plugin?

    photch

    (@photch)

    6 years, 11 months ago

    In my case, the problem occurred after I change the permanent link setting to Post Name. I inspected the error page and it said error with ….wp-json/wp/v2/posts…. I found a suggestion to enable mod_rewrite. Then I use:

    a2enmod rewrite

    Reload all apache config files:

    service apache2 restart

    It could solved my case.

    rayraychin

    (@rayraychin)

    6 years, 9 months ago

    I have a similar issue and have had to rollback my wpengine hosted instances to 4.9. It seems the WordPress Address (URL) and Site Address (URL) in General Settings is not working as it previously did (intended or unintended). The description onder Site Address (URL) says

    Enter the address here if you want your site home page to be different from your WordPress installation directory.

    However, in version 5.*, when you try to update a post (and publishing, maybe some others), it tries to use the Site Address (URL) instead of the WordPress Address (URL).

    I saw a different support post that had been resolved, but the moderator’s comments were that the customer was incorrect in setting it up. https://ww.wp.xz.cn/support/topic/updating-failed-wp-5-0-2-when-wordpress-address-differs-from-site-address/

    We are trying to leverage a different Site Address (URL) for reverse proxy and ultimately SEO boost. Everything was working fine on 4.*, but stopped working on 5.* If wordpress developers would use the wordpress address (URL) instead of the Site Address (URL) for all functionality within /wp-admin (including ‘wp-json/wp/v2/posts’) it would correct the issue I and some others are having.

    insearchofasolution

    (@insearchofasolution)

    6 years, 6 months ago

    I had the same issue with the WP 5.3 update. I was unable to update even with all plugins disabled and switched to a default WP theme. The same table was mentioned in my error_log. Bizarrely enough, not even deleting the plugin + manually deleting the tables in the database helped (unfortunately most plugins are like that one friend who comes to your party, smashes your place, then leaves and lets you deal with the mess!).

    BUT I FOUND A SOLUTION (which may not work for you though):

    In case this helps anyone, I was able to update WP in debug mode.

    In the wp-config.php file located in the root folder, change:

    define( ‘WP_DEBUG’, false );

    To:

    define( ‘WP_DEBUG’, true );

    Don’t forget to change it back to “false” after the update.

    Another solution may be a manual update.

    I also strongly recommend always test these things on a staging site first – never on a live site! At least I am not that adventurous 🙂

    Good luck!

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