WordPress core updates are not being performed

I’m new to MainWP and added a few of my clients’ sites a couple of days ago. The automatic plugin and theme updates are working perfectly and are being performed automatically every day at 2:00 a.m., as configured. However, for the past few days, the WP Core update to 7.0 hasn’t been performed on several sites, even though I’ve enabled the “Auto Update WP Core” option in the settings for each individual site and activated WP Core updates in the General Settings.

What could be causing this? I’d really appreciate some help.

Hey @Radnom

1/ Could you please check the Core Ignore page (wp-admin/admin.php?page=UpdatesManage&tab=updates-ignore) and confirm the WP Core update is not ignored either globally or for those specific sites?

2/ Also, please try updating just one affected site manually from the MainWP Dashboard. If the update does not work from MainWP, please try updating WordPress core directly from the child site’s own WP Admin. That will help us confirm whether the issue is specific to MainWP or whether WordPress/the server is blocking the core update on that child site.

3/ And can you please post the community system report from your MainWP Dashboard for review? The report is located in your Dashboard under Info → Server (your-mainwp-dashboard.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=ServerInformation), on the top right of the page.

Be sure to use the button like the one below; this button hides all your private information:

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Pressing the button auto-copies the report to your clipboard then just paste it in a reply here.

Hey, thanks for your replay.

  1. I manually updated one of the affected sites to WP 7.0 using MainWP—it worked without any issues.

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### WordPress Check                Required                                               Detected                                              ###

FileSystem Method                  = direct                                               direct                                       Pass        
MultiSite Disabled                 =true                                                  true                                         Pass        
WordPress Memory Limit             >=64M                                                  40M                                          Warning     
WordPress Version                  >=6.2                                                  7.0                                          Pass        

### PHP                            Required                                               Detected                                              ###

cURL Extension Enabled             =true                                                  true                                         Pass        
cURL Timeout                       >=300 seconds                                          60                                           Warning     
cURL Version                       >=7.29.0                                               8.20.0                                       Pass        
Function `tmpfile` enabled         n. a.                                                  Aktiviert                                    Pass        
OpenSSL Version                    >=OpenSSL/1.1.0                                        OpenSSL/1.1.1w                               Pass        
OpenSSL Working Status             Yes                                                    Yes                                          Pass        
PCRE Backtracking Limit            >=10000                                                1000000                                      Pass        
PHP Allow URL fopen                n. a.                                                  JA                                                       
PHP Disabled Functions             n. a.                                                  Keine Funktionen deaktiviert.                            
PHP Loaded Extensions              n. a.                                                  Core, PDO, PDO_ODBC, Phar, Reflection, SPL, SimpleXML, Zend OPcache, apcu, bcmath, bz2, calendar, cgi-fcgi, ctype, curl, date, dom, exif, fileinfo, filter, ftp, gd, gettext, gmp, hash, iconv, imagick, imap, intl, ionCube Loader, json, ldap, libxml, mbstring, mysqli, mysqlnd, odbc, openssl, pcntl, pcre, pdo_dblib, pdo_mysql, pdo_pgsql, pdo_sqlite, pgsql, posix, pspell, random, readline, session, shmop, snmp, soap, sockets, sodium, sqlite3, ssh2, standard, sysvmsg, sysvsem, sysvshm, tidy, tokenizer, uploadprogress, xml, xmlreader, xmlwriter, xsl, zip, zlib            
PHP Max Execution Time             >=30 seconds                                           60                                           Pass        
PHP Max Input Time                 >=30 seconds                                           90                                           Pass        
PHP Memory Limit                   >=256M                                                 2048M                                        Pass        
PHP Post Max Size                  >=2M                                                   2048M                                        Pass        
PHP Session enabled                n. a.                                                  Aktiviert                                    Pass        
PHP Exif Support                   n. a.                                                  JA                                                       
PHP IPTC Support                   n. a.                                                  JA                                                       
PHP XML Support                    n. a.                                                  JA                                                       
PHP Upload Max Filesize            >=2M                                                   200M                                         Pass        
PHP Version                        >=7.4                                                  8.3.31                                       Pass        
SSL Extension Enabled              =true                                                  true                                         Pass        
SSL Warnings                       = empty                                                                                             Pass        

### MySQL                          Required                                               Detected                                              ###

MySQL Client Encoding              n. a.                                                  utf8mb4                                                  
MySQL Mode                         n. a.                                                  NICHT GESETZT                                            
MySQL Version                      >=5.0                                                  10.11.4-MariaDB-1:10.11.4+maria~deb11-log    Pass        

### Connectivity & Authentication  Detected Value                                                                                   ###

HTTPS                              Aktiviert                                                                                           
Force IPv4                         Nein                                                                                                
OpenSSL signature algorithm        OPENSSL_ALGO_SHA256 (Standard)                                                                      
Permalink structure                /%postname%/                                           Pass                                         
Public Dashboard IP                Erkannt                                                Pass                                         
Verify SSL certificate             Ja                                                                                                  
Verify connection method           OpenSSL (Standard)                                                                                  
Server self connect                Unexpected response body. Note: This is common and usually not a problem unless WP-Cron or loopback requests are failing.Warning                                      
WordPress REST API reachability    Reachable (HTTP 200)                                   Pass                                         

### Scheduler & Background Jobs    Detected Value                                                                                   ###

Advanced automatic updates scheduleDaily at 2:00                                                                                       
Check for available updates        Last run: 8. Juni 2026 18:08 | Next run: 9. Juni 2026 6:02                                             
Daily update time                  6:00                                                                                                
Reconnect sites                    Last run: 8. Juni 2026 18:51 | Next run: 8. Juni 2026 19:50                                             
Daily update frequency             Zweimal pro Tag                                                                                     
Use WP Cron                        Ja                                                                                                  

### Server Configuration           Detected Value                                      ###

Request Time                       1780940272                                             
Memory Usage                       84.79 MB                                               
Architecture                       64         bit                                         
Operating System                   Linux                                                  
Gateway Interface                  CGI/1.1                                                
Accept Content                     text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8
Server Protocol                    HTTP/1.1                                               
Server Software                    Apache                                                 
User Agent                         Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.15; rv:151.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/151.0
Accept-Charset Content             n. a.                                                  

### MainWP Overview                Detected Value                                                                                   ###

Number of connected sites          25                                                                                                  
MainWP Dashboard Version           Latest: 6.1.1 | Detected: 6.1.1                        Pass                                         
MainWP REST API enabled            Ja                                                     Pass                                         
MainWP upload directory            Writable                                               Pass                                         

### MainWP General Settings        Detected Value                                                                                   ###

After updates HTTP response check  Nein                                                                                                
After updates HTTP response method HEAD                                                                                                
Archive format                     tar.gz                                                                                              
Execute backup tasks in chunks     Nein                                                                                                
Automatic updates day              Every day                                                                                           
Automatic updates frequency        Daily                                                                                               
Automatic updates time             2:00                                                                                                
Auto detect maximum file descriptors on child sitesNein                                                                                                
Backup before update               Nein                                                                                                
Backups kept on server             1                                                                                                   
Backup to external sources         Ja                                                                                                  
Dashboard widgets shown            14 visible                                                                                          
Load files in memory before zippingNein                                                                                                
Date format                        j. F Y                                                                                              
Disable update confirmations       Nein                                                                                                
Send email when backup starts      Nein                                                                                                
Send email when backup fails       Nein                                                                                                
Plugin advanced automatic updates  Installiere vertrauenswürdige Aktualisierungen                                                      
Theme advanced automatic updates   Installiere vertrauenswürdige Aktualisierungen                                                      
WP Core advanced automatic updates Installiere vertrauenswürdige Aktualisierungen                                                      
Full backup tolerance before update7 days                                                                                              
Hide Update Everything             Nein                                                                                                
MainWP legacy backups enabled      Nein                                                                                                
Maximum file descriptors fallback value150                                                                                                 
Sidebar position                   Rechts                                                                                              
Primary backup system              Native Backups                                                                                      
Show language updates              Ja                                                                                                  
Translation advanced automatic updatesInstalliere vertrauenswürdige Aktualisierungen                                                      
Abandoned plugins/themes tolerance 365 days                                                                                            
Advanced automatic updates delay   Verzögerung aus                                                                                     
Time format                        G:i                                                                                                 
Timezone                           Europe/Berlin                                                                                       

### MainWP Advanced Settings       Detected Value                                                                                   ###

Browser cache expiration time      10 minutes                                                                                          
Force IPv4                         Nein                                                                                                
Maximum simultaneous requests per IP1                                                                                                   
Maximum simultaneous install and update requests3                                                                                                   
Maximum simultaneous requests      4                                                                                                   
Maximum simultaneous sync requests 8                                                                                                   
Maximum simultaneous uptime monitoring requests10                                                                                                  
Minimum delay between requests     200 ms                                                                                              
Minimum delay between requests to the same IP1000 ms                                                                                             
OpenSSL signature algorithm        OPENSSL_ALGO_SHA256 (Standard)                                                                      
Optimize data loading              Ja                                                                                                  
Selected data to sync              20 of 20 enabled                                                                                    
Sites processed per sync batch     10                                                                                                  
Verify SSL certificate             Ja                                                                                                  
Sync batch sleep interval          5 seconds                                                                                           
Verify connection method           OpenSSL (Standard)                                                                                  

### MainWP Monitoring Settings     Detected Value                                                                                   ###

Down confirmation check            Aktiviert                                                                                           
Enable site health monitoring      Nein                                                                                                
Enable uptime monitoring           Nein                                                                                                
Interval                           5m                                                                                                  
Keyword monitoring value           Not configured                                                                                      
Method                             HEAD                                                                                                
Monitor type                       HTTP(s)                                                                                             
Monitoring data retention          30 days                                                                                             
Site Health threshold              Verbesserungswürdig                                                                                 
Timeout                            60s                                                                                                 
Up HTTP codes                      200,201,202,203,204,205,206                                                                         

### MainWP Email Settings          Detected Value                                                                                   ###

Extension License Deactivation Notification EmailAktiviert | 1 recipient(s) | Subject set | Heading set                                              
Daily Digest Email                 Aktiviert | 1 recipient(s) | Subject set | Heading set                                              
Site Health Monitoring Email       Aktiviert | 1 recipient(s) | Subject set | Heading set                                              
Uptime Monitoring Email            Aktiviert | 1 recipient(s) | Subject set | Heading set                                              

### MainWP Cost Tracker Settings   Detected Value                                                                                   ###

Currency position                  right                                                                                               
Decimals                           2                                                                                                   
Decimal separator                  ,                                                                                                   
Payment methods                    0 configured                                                                                        
Product categories                 5 configured                                                                                        
Thousand separator                 .                                                                                                   
Currency                           EUR                                                                                                 

### MainWP Network Activity SettingsDetected Value                                                                                   ###

Automatically archive logs         Nein                                                                                                
Child-site Network Activity retention7 days                                                                                              
Data retention period              Three years                                                                                         
Disabled change-log event types    158                                                                                                 
Disabled child-site event types    0                                                                                                   
Disabled dashboard event types     1                                                                                                   
Enable Network Activity logging    Ja                                                                                                  

### MainWP API Backups Settings    Detected Value                                                                                   ###

Akamai (Linode)                    Deaktiviert                                                                                         
Cloudways                          Deaktiviert                                                                                         
cPanel (WP Toolkit)                Deaktiviert                                                                                         
DigitalOcean                       Deaktiviert                                                                                         
GridPane                           Deaktiviert                                                                                         
Kinsta                             Deaktiviert                                                                                         
Plesk                              Deaktiviert                                                                                         
Vultr                              Deaktiviert                                                                                         

### MainWP Tools Settings          Detected Value                                                                                   ###

Chatbase                           Nein                                                                                                
Current MainWP theme               default-dark                                                                                        
Guided tours                       Ja                                                                                                  
Guided video                       Nein                                                                                                

### Debug & Logs                   Detected Value                                                                                   ###

PHP error_log path                 Not set                                                                                             
PHP error_log readable             Nein                                                                                                
PHP log_errors                     Nein                                                                                                
WP_DEBUG                           Nein                                                                                                
WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY                   Ja                                                                                                  
WP_DEBUG_LOG                       Nein                                                                                                

### Potential Conflicts            Detected Value                                                                                   ###

Caching / performance plugins      None detected                                                                                       
Drop-ins / object cache            advanced-cache.php                                                                                  
Maintenance mode indicators        None detected                                                                                       
Security / access-control plugins  Wordfence Security                                                                                  

### Extensions                     Version                                                License                                               ###

Dashboard Lock                     5.1                                                    Inaktiv                                      Warning     
MainWP Custom Dashboard Extension  5.1                                                    Aktiv                                        Pass        
MainWP UpdraftPlus Extension       5.1.1                                                  Aktiv                                        Pass        

### Plugin                         Version                                                                                          ###

FluentSMTP                         2.2.95                                                 Inaktiv                                      
MainWP Dashboard                   6.1.1                                                  Aktiv                                        
UpdraftPlus - Backup/Restore       1.26.5                                                 Aktiv                                        
Wordfence Security                 8.2.2                                                  Aktiv                                        
WP Crontrol                        1.21.0                                                 Aktiv                                        

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Let me please address your server settings. While it might not be directly related to this issue, we strongly suggest to address it as it can cause different kinds of issues with MainWP Dashboard.

Two things that stand out are WordPress Memory Limit which is currently set to 40M and cURL Timeout which is currently 60.

Try increasing cURL Timeout to 300, and WordPress Memory Limit to at least 64MB.

You can find more information on how to do so here: Resolving System Requirement Issues – MainWP Knowledgebase

However, there might be something else that’s preventing WP Core auto-updates.

So please open a private Help Desk ticket so we can collect some additional information & investigate further.

And please refer to this Community thread by its URL in the ticket.

A fix for the issue where in some scenarios WP Core updates were not being performed was included in version 6.1.3 of the MainWP Dashboard plugin.

Thanks again for reporting this to us.