# Problems after installing two theme updates

**URL:** <https://community.localwp.com/t/problems-after-installing-two-theme-updates/6119>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** wp-update-failure\
**Created:** [April 13, 2018, 5:58pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/problems-after-installing-two-theme-updates/6119 "2018-04-13T17:58:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![jpvdhulst](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/13edae/32.png) [@jpvdhulst](https://community.localwp.com/u/jpvdhulst)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2018, 5:58pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/problems-after-installing-two-theme-updates/6119/1 "2018-04-13T17:58:56Z")

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Recently I have had some problems while updating a theme of plugins on Local. Site down for maintenance it showed several times.

This afternoon it happened again. I have 6 sites in my Local environment. None of the sites could be opened anymore. Restarted Local a couple of times. Restarted VirtualBox. And now all sites can be opened. Except for the site I was updating.

This is the error message:

```auto
Warning: require_once(/app/public/wp-content/plugins/thrive-visual-editor/plugin-core.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /app/public/wp-content/plugins/thrive-visual-editor/thrive-visual-editor.php on line 12 Fatal error: require_once(): Failed opening required '/app/public/wp-content/plugins/thrive-visual-editor/plugin-core.php' (include_path='.:/usr/share/php:/www/wp-content/pear') in /app/public/wp-content/plugins/thrive-visual-editor/thrive-visual-editor.php on line 12

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Is it possible to go back to the last working instance? Or can you give me other tips on how to recover the site I have been working on? Really hoping I haven’t lost everything.

I am working on a macbook.  
Webserver: nginx  
PHP version 7.1.7  
MySQL: 5.6.37  
WordPress: 4.9.5

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**Author:** ![clay](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/clay/32/8248_2.png) [@clay](https://community.localwp.com/u/clay)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2018, 6:47pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/problems-after-installing-two-theme-updates/6119/2 "2018-04-13T18:47:02Z")

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Hi Johan,

Sorry for the trouble!

Fortunately, I don’t think there’s anything to panic about here. Here’s what you can do to resolve the issue:

1. Remove the `.maintenance` file if it exists. See my posts in this topic on how to do that: [Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance. Check back in a minute](https://local.getflywheel.com/community/t/briefly-unavailable-for-scheduled-maintenance-check-back-in-a-minute/3190/6?u=clay)
2. Browse to the site’s `app/public/wp-content/plugins` folder and remove the `thrive-visual-editor` plugin folder
3. Download the latest version of the Thrive Visual Editor plugin from Thrive Themes
4. Extract it into `app/public/wp-content/plugins`
5. Test the site

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**Author:** ![jpvdhulst](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/13edae/32.png) [@jpvdhulst](https://community.localwp.com/u/jpvdhulst)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2018, 7:23pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/problems-after-installing-two-theme-updates/6119/3 "2018-04-13T19:23:40Z")

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Hi Clay,  
Thank you for the quick response. Good to hear there is some hope left 😉

I will dive into this and let you know whether it worked.

Best regards,

Johan

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**Author:** ![jpvdhulst](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/13edae/32.png) [@jpvdhulst](https://community.localwp.com/u/jpvdhulst)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2018, 7:48pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/problems-after-installing-two-theme-updates/6119/4 "2018-04-13T19:48:48Z")

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Thank you very much Clay! That worked. Fortunately I have not lost a lot of changes.

What would you recommend with regards to doing updates? One of the reasons to use Local for me is to test new updates. But if I get these issues more often it would be a shame.

Best regards,

Johan

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/system/32/1_2.png) [@system](https://community.localwp.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 6:34pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/problems-after-installing-two-theme-updates/6119/5 "2020-08-25T18:34:20Z")

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