An error occurred while updating WPML SEO: Download failed. Method Not Allowed

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Last updated by Bruno Kos 3 days, 10 hours ago.

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July 9, 2025 at 2:27 pm #17219687
John-Pierre Cornelissen	Background of the issue: I am trying to update the WPML SEO plugin. The update process starts, and I see a message indicating that the process may take a while. The URL for the update is https://wpml.org/?download=3566177&version=2.2.1&site_key=lTOjAAK9Qv&site_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwpml.hrcws.nl&wpml_version=4.7.6. Symptoms: An error occurred while updating WPML SEO: Download failed. Method Not Allowed. Questions: Why did the download fail with a 'Method Not Allowed' error? How can I successfully update the WPML SEO plugin? Note, I tried multiple websites and this update fails on all of them
July 10, 2025 at 8:20 am #17222352
Bruno Kos WPML Supporter since 12/2018 Languages: English (English ) German (Deutsch ) French (Français ) Timezone: Europe/Zagreb (GMT+02:00)	Hi, The "Method Not Allowed" error during the plugin update may be related to an issue with the site key registered on WPML.org. As a next step, please try recreating the site key for the affected site. Instructions are available here: https://wpml.org/faq/how-to-remove-the-this-site-is-registered-on-wpml-org-as-a-development-site-notice/#what-if-the-notice-still-appears-after-moving-to-production As a quick workaround, you can also download and install the latest version of WPML SEO manually from this page: https://wpml.org/download/yoast-seo-multilingual/?section=changelog Let me know if the issue continues.
July 10, 2025 at 11:47 am #17223606
John-Pierre Cornelissen	Hi, Thanks but no, this can't be a site key issue. » In my first post I gave the download url. It lnk contains the site key and that same key is listed under my registered sites in my wpml account. » 9 out of 17 sites fail to update this plugin, while all these sites updated WPML Multilingual CMS from v4.7.4 to v4.7.5 on 28 May 25 without a problem. I don't see a difference between the 8 sites that do update and the 9 that don't. » It happens with development and production sites. » I unregistered and registered this site with a new key to be sure it's not the key. It didn't fix the issue. The server log doesn't show errors, there are also no errors when I enable WP debug mode and the developers console also doesn't show errors. I just tried to update the plugin on this site several times. You can probably see it on your end, including why it fails. Thanks JP
July 10, 2025 at 3:06 pm #17224670
Bruno Kos WPML Supporter since 12/2018 Languages: English (English ) German (Deutsch ) French (Français ) Timezone: Europe/Zagreb (GMT+02:00)	Thanks for the details. I'm checking this with our systems team and will update you as soon as I hear back.