Title: Upgrading Plugins automatically
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Upgrading Plugins automatically

 *  Resolved [Jay Versluis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/versluis/)
 * (@versluis)
 * [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrading-plugins-automatically/)
 * I’m trying to use the upgrade function for plugins from within WordPress. Somehow
   it doesn’t work for me, and I can’t figure out what I’m doing wrong.
 * I put in my FTP details, the same I’m using for FileZilla, my installation is
   in the root directory, and user name and password are correct. However, I always
   get the error message “Failed to connect to FTP server”.
 * I’m using the following syntax for the Hostname: [http://ftp.mysite.com](http://ftp.mysite.com)
 * I’ve also tried ftp://ftp.mysite.com or [http://ftp.mysite.com:21](http://ftp.mysite.com:21)–
   but that doesn’t work either.
 * Any ideas?

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 *  Thread Starter [Jay Versluis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/versluis/)
 * (@versluis)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrading-plugins-automatically/#post-929180)
 * Any ideas?
 * Someone hinted it has to do with my host. If anybody can use the automatic upgrade
   features, could you let me know who your host is please?
 *  [macbros](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macbros/)
 * (@macbros)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrading-plugins-automatically/#post-929201)
 * Yea. I believe it’s host related. I had no issues with this until my hosts HD
   failed and now I can’t update automatically. I now get same error.
 *  Thread Starter [Jay Versluis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/versluis/)
 * (@versluis)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrading-plugins-automatically/#post-929221)
 * Yes it’s host related.
 * I’ve upgraded to my own dedicated server now, and upgrades work fine automatically.
   Why is that, you ask? Well, we’ll never find out as “real help” simply isn’t 
   available in this forum.
 * Thanks, WordPress!
 *  [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/)
 * (@whooami)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrading-plugins-automatically/#post-929222)
 * > Well, we’ll never find out as “real help” simply isn’t available in this forum.
 * why be a jerk?
 * > Yes it’s host related.
 * YOU just said you think its host related. How the hell is someone here going 
   to tell you a problem with your host? You didnt even use a real domain name in
   your original post — no-one even knows who your host is.
 *  Thread Starter [Jay Versluis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/versluis/)
 * (@versluis)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrading-plugins-automatically/#post-929223)
 * Not sure how YOU can be offended by MY disappointment to previous posts not mentioned
   here, but I do apologise. I certainly didn’t mean to spoil your day.
 * Back to the issue at hand, I still don’t know what exactly needs changing with
   a host to make automatic upgrades possible, which was the reason for my post 
   in the first place. All I now know is that a change from a shared hosting package
   to my own dedicated hosting with the same provider has provided a solution.
 * Thanks for your post, whoami, to an already resolved topic. Not trying to be 
   a jerk, but it’s a shame you didn’t provide an “real help” here.
 *  [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/)
 * (@whooami)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrading-plugins-automatically/#post-929224)
 * > I certainly didn’t mean to spoil your day.
 * wishful thinking.
 *  [LJagermaster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/the-living-legend/)
 * (@the-living-legend)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrading-plugins-automatically/#post-929240)
 * Calm down kids… And versluis, I too, as I’m sure many others do, have threads
   floating around these forums which haven’t yet been addressed, so I’m aware of
   how frustrating it is, however, I also have ones which **have** been addressed,
   and even _**resolved**_ due to other members **VOLUNTEERING** their time to help
   me out :-p

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