{"id":58157,"date":"2022-11-16T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-16T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/?p=58157"},"modified":"2023-09-18T16:35:04","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T13:35:04","slug":"an-automated-wordpress-update-has-failed-to-complete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/an-automated-wordpress-update-has-failed-to-complete\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Fix “An Automated WordPress Update Has Failed to Complete”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Are you encountering the “an automated WordPress update has failed to complete<\/strong>” error on your website?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is one of the most common errors<\/a> anyone can encounter on a WordPress website. It’s also one of the most frustrating ones because it doesn’t tell you why the update failed or which plugin caused the failure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

You might think that initiating the updates again will solve the issue. But that won’t work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To fix your site, you need to access a file on your site’s backend and delete it<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In this article, we will show you how to do that. But first, let’s take a quick look at \ud83d\udd0e the reasons behind the update failure<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Why do WordPress auto updates fail?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When themes, plugins, or the site’s core are being updated, WordPress<\/a> puts itself into maintenance mode. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When an update is running, you are likely to see the “Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance<\/a>” message on your site’s home page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As soon as the update is over, the message is removed, and your site is out of maintenance mode. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the most part, updates run smoothly but sometimes you may encounter update failure. <\/p>\n\n\n

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It’s difficult to pinpoint what exactly causes update failure, but it typically occurs due to the following reasons:<\/p>\n\n\n\n