Suddenly unable to update
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I am suddenly unable to update my wordpress installation from 5.9.3 to 6.0, after years in which upgrades worked perfectly.
I have usually just downloaded and uncompressed the update files, and then loaded them onto my site with sftp. But all of a sudden this no longer works. Instead of the new files replacing the older ones, I get the message: “open for write: permission denied. Error: File transfer failed”
This would seem to imply that the permissions on the files are wrong; but permissions on the website are 644 as they have always been, which should mean that I can overwrite the files.
When I try to upgrade from within the blog itself, I get the following:
The authenticity of wordpress-6.0-no-content.zip could not be verified as no signature was found.
Unpacking the update…
Could not create directory.I would be most grateful for any suggestions as to how to overcome these issues, and upgrade my installation as I have done in the past.
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Hi there,
Your site is not hosted on WordPress.com, but using the open source WordPress.org software at another hosting provider. We’re only able to help with sites hosted on our servers at WordPress.com.
Please ask the WordPress.org community for advice instead. They provide support for the version of WordPress you’re using:
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