'Briefly Unavailable For Scheduled Maintenance' Hours After Updating Twelve Plugins At Once ugh

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Accepted solution by Bea D. — hmmm after removing .maintenance, check that teh update actually completed. for plugins, a half updated folder can cause fatal errors.…
  1. guys pls help updates on this site have been flaky for a while. Today, updating twelve plugins at once failed with an error about not being able to create a directory, and now teh site shows:

    Windows Update

    Windows Update
    We couldn't complete the updates.
    Undoing changes. Don't turn off your computer.
    
    Error code: 0x800f0922
    

    i'd like to fix both problems: get the site back now, and figure out why updates keep failing 😅 any pointers appreciated. i'm happy to check file permissions or logs if someone tells me where.

    thinking

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  2. ok so reading this at 2am instead of sleeping, no rergets

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  3. yeahhh to avoid this in the future, update in smaller batches, especially large plugins like WooCommerce, and dont navigate away until you see the success message. A staging copy is ideal for big version jumps.

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    hmmm after removing .maintenance, check that teh update actually completed. for plugins, a half-updated folder can cause fatal errors. reinstall cleanly: wp plugin install plugin-slug --force or delete teh plugin folder and install it fresh from the dashboard. settings are stored in teh database, so they usually survive. worked for me anyway 🤷

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  5. I'd restore from teh host's backup instead of piecing together a half-finished update, especially for WooCommerce. database migrations can be half-applied too.

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  6. page 1 lets gooo... make a backup before u touch the settings, learned that teh hard way :)

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  7. @bea.demir cleaned up old backups taking up disk space, fixed folder ownership, and updates now finish normally. two problems, one thread.

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