Title: WordPress doesn't complete update
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# WordPress doesn't complete update

 *  [William Bowles](https://wordpress.org/support/users/creative-i/)
 * (@creative-i)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-doesnt-complete-update/)
 * When I first upgraded to 4.4 it got as far updating the database then instead
   of going to the WP page I got a message from Maintenance Mode and was locked 
   out of the site until the (default) time ended.
 * In any case, the update works just fine but I got a message in Admin that the
   update hadn’t finished and I should do it again and lo and behold it did exactly
   thing except I never made to upgrading the DB.
 * I tried a couple more times and got the same result and I still get the same 
   message in Admin:
 * ‘An automated WordPress update has failed to complete – please attempt the update
   again now.’
 * Not sure what to do about it until another update comes along.

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 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-doesnt-complete-update/#post-6850649)
 * – Try **MANUALLY** updating. Download a fresh copy of the WordPress .zip file
   to your computer, unzip it, and use that to copy up all files and folders **EXCEPT
   the wp-config.php file and the /wp-content/ directory.**directions first.
    –**
   Backup: If you haven’t already done, always backup everything (including your
   database) before doing any actions, just in case something really goes wrong.**
 *  Thread Starter [William Bowles](https://wordpress.org/support/users/creative-i/)
 * (@creative-i)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-doesnt-complete-update/#post-6850694)
 * I know all about uploading/manual install thanks very much.

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 * Last reply from: [William Bowles](https://wordpress.org/support/users/creative-i/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-doesnt-complete-update/#post-6850694)
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