Title: WordPress Updates Page Missing WP Version
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# WordPress Updates Page Missing WP Version

 *  [amwest97](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amwest97/)
 * (@amwest97)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-updates-page-missing-wp-version/)
 * My WordPress site [http://www.avondale.edu.sg](http://www.avondale.edu.sg) does
   not show the WordPress Version on the WordPress Updates Page in the Dashboard.
   This also means it is not manually possible to update the WordPress Verion.
 * I have a number of other WordPress sites, but none of them have this issue.
 * Updates for Plugins and Themes do show and can be updated automatically.
 * The automatic updates for WordPress DO work – but usually takes a few days for
   the update to occur after a new version of WordPress is released. I would like
   to be able to do manually sooner and at a good timing.
 * I have used Wordfence to scan the files against the WordPress Repository to ensure
   the core, plugin and theme files are the correct versions.
 * Here are settings from my wp-config.php:
    define(‘WP_DEBUG’, false); //define(‘
   WP_CACHE’, true ); require_once( dirname( __FILE__ ) . ‘/gd-config.php’ ); //
   define WP Cron – to fix UpdraftPlus Scheduling define( ‘ALTERNATE_WP_CRON’, true);//
   define Direct Filesystem Method to allow WordPress to upload new plugins and 
   themes define( ‘FS_METHOD’, ‘direct’); define(‘FS_CHMOD_DIR’, (0705 & ~ umask()));
   define(‘FS_CHMOD_FILE’, (0604 & ~ umask())); define(“WP_MEMORY_LIMIT”, “256M”);//
   Enable WordPress Updates define (‘AUTOMATIC_UPDATER_DISABLED’, false);
 * /* That’s all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */
 * The define(‘AUTOMATIC_UPDATER_DISABLED’, false); ensures that Automatic Updates
   are not disabled and do occur. Removing that does not cause the WordPress Version
   to appear on the updates page.
 * The Dashboard Home shows the WordPress version in the “At a Glance” section and
   it is WordPress 4.5.2 – currently the latest version, so automatic updates are
   working.
 * update.php and update-core.php appear to be the standard files from the WordPress
   repository.

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 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-updates-page-missing-wp-version/#post-7421380)
 * It appears that you have a plugin that’s hiding the WP version number. When I
   look at your page source, I can’t find version numbers in the usual places.
 * Do you have any security plugins installed? It looks like you are using Wordfence.
   It has an option to hide versions. Uncheck that option and see if the version
   number re-appears.
 *  Thread Starter [amwest97](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amwest97/)
 * (@amwest97)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-updates-page-missing-wp-version/#post-7421496)
 * Hi I deactivated both Wordfence and Sucuri (another security Plugin), but sadly
   this did not help, the WordPress Version number was still not showing on the 
   Updates page.
 * I think next step is to deactivate all Plugins and or revert Theme to a standard
   one like 2016 to see if that makes a difference. Thanks.
 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-updates-page-missing-wp-version/#post-7421498)
 * Yup, you read my mind. 🙂 Deactivate plugins, go to a twenty* theme and see if
   it’s better. Then turn things back on one at a time until you find the cause.
 *  Thread Starter [amwest97](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amwest97/)
 * (@amwest97)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-updates-page-missing-wp-version/#post-7421569)
 * Hi Well I did an extra backup and then deactivated all Plugins and changed the
   Theme to 2016 and guess what? No Difference – the WordPress version was still
   not listed (in updates) and no option for manually upgrading/reinstalling. This
   surprised me – I really thought the option to upgrade/reinstall would then be
   there. 🙁
 * I think this means I have to look at the PHP files, but Wordfence did not list
   any of them as being different to those in the WordPress Repository. I am not
   sure what else to do.
 * Thanks.
 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-updates-page-missing-wp-version/#post-7421570)
 * Is teh version in the lower right corner of the dashboard?
 *  Thread Starter [amwest97](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amwest97/)
 * (@amwest97)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-updates-page-missing-wp-version/#post-7421571)
 * The WP Version does show in At A Glance section in the Dashboard. The Version
   is: 4.5.2 – so correct latest version. I just don’t have option to manually install
   or manually choose when to install a new version. So it is not a urgent option,
   but I do want to have this fixed at some stage.
 *  Thread Starter [amwest97](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amwest97/)
 * (@amwest97)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-updates-page-missing-wp-version/#post-7421572)
 * Oh yes it is also shown at the lower Right corner of the Dashboard. Yes!
 *  [stringfamily](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stringfamily/)
 * (@stringfamily)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-updates-page-missing-wp-version/#post-8732452)
 * You might have the cPanel plugin enabled, if your hosting provider uses cpanel
   to manage the updates. You can find it in your plugin list. I’m not advising 
   to deactivate it as such. For me, I was able to deactivate without any problems
   as it was a migrated site and the plugin was not being used.

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