Seasoned Marketer

Ever since WordPress has included that ‘automatic upgrade’ option (which I really like, btw), some web hosts like Godaddy sometimes don’t handle those updates too well.  How do I know?  Cause I have several sites with godaddy and have gotten the “this site is undergoing maintenance error all too frequently with my sites.  It kinda makes me feel a bit nervous pressing that automatic upgrade.

However, recovering from that error is actually a simple thing to fix.  You have to use a program like Filezilla (free FTP program), login into your account via FTP and remove the maintenance file.  That will get your site back up and running.  But it won’t upgrade your site to the latest version, it’s more of a revert back to something that at least works.  However, wordpress has a frequent number of ‘security’ issues and updates.

So my solution?  I use bluehost for many of my sites and have never had a problem when pressing the automtic update button in my blogs on bluehost.  So you could switch web hosting providers.  I use a variety of them for various sites.

I have noticed that if you manually installed your blog via FTP, then the updates usually worked.  But if you used the auto installer that Godaddy has, then it seems hit or miss with each WordPress security upgrade.

But if you want to stick with Godaddy, then the best way to update your blog is to login to your Godaddy web hosting account (not your blog).  But your main Godaddy account.  And then click on webhosting and launch the control panel.  From there goto the applications.  And there should be an update option.  Just follow the directions and update your WordPress blog from within the Godaddy applications section.

And lastly, I would make sure that your username wasn’t admin.  That seems to be a target for ‘hackers’.  Try using a real first name instead.  Hope this helps and good luck.