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Updates Guides for WordPress
2 guides cover updates problems in WordPress, from the first symptom to the fix that holds.
WordPress Keeps Asking for FTP Credentials? Here's the Actual Fix
You click Install Plugin or Update Now and WordPress throws up a form demanding FTP hostname, username, and password. The prompt is not a security feature, it is a file-permissions symptom. Here is what triggers it, why entering FTP details is the wrong long-term answer, and the two-line fix that stops it for good.
Jul 9, 2026
WordPress Stuck in Maintenance Mode: How to Remove the .maintenance File
Your site shows 'Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance. Check back in a minute.' and never comes back. Here is the 60-second fix and how to stop it happening again.
Jun 22, 2026