Title: upgrade problem using wpau
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# upgrade problem using wpau

 *  [bwphoto67](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bwphoto67/)
 * (@bwphoto67)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-problem-using-wpau/)
 * Several weeks ago I tried to upgrade my site using the wpau plug in, something
   I have successfully used for years. However, the process crashed my site. Subsequently
   I tried multiple manual upgrades over the original install including the original
   data base, all of which failed.
 * After checking my databases and the config files I found that the config files
   while correct had been misdirected to the wrong data bases.
 * Finally, after a completely fresh install of ver 4.0 using a new database the
   site loaded.
 * My question is: have there problems upgrading after ver.3.6 using wpau?
    Also,
   I’ve seen references to a new automatic upgrade in later versions how does that
   work and have there been problems with that?

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-problem-using-wpau/#post-5534461)
 * WPAU was discontinued by the developer after WordPress 3.7 was released over 
   a year ago with auto-update built-in.
 * So far, there have been no major problems with the built-in auto-update system.
 * By default, the system will automatically install minor WordPress updates. You
   can further extend it following this guide: [https://codex.wordpress.org/Configuring_Automatic_Background_Updates](https://codex.wordpress.org/Configuring_Automatic_Background_Updates)

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 * [upgrade problems](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/upgrade-problems/)
 * [WPAU](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wpau/)

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 * Last reply from: [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrade-problem-using-wpau/#post-5534461)
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