Do you get the notification message of “Another update is currently in progress” when trying to update WordPress core in XAMPP?
The issue is caused by corrupted or interrupted process of WordPress core update. It can show up after you experience the “Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 120 seconds exceeded” problem when updating the WordPress core.
Solution to fix “Another update is currently in progress” issue
These are the steps to fix “Another update is currently in progress” problem in XAMPP without plugin:
- Go to the local phpMyAdmin: http://localhost/phpmyadmin/
- Go to your site's database table
wp_options - Search for
core_updater.lockin theoption_namecolumn. - Delete the row containing that
core_updater.lock.
Now you should be able to update WordPress core without problem anymore.
