Problems with Wordpress Automatic Upgrade, try deactivating all plugins first
Wordpress Automatic Upgrade plugin is such a relief for many considering that Wordpress keeps on coming on with new versions and updates frequently. I had it installed on two of my blogs, this and India PR Blog.
However, of late, wherever I tried to run an upgrade on both the blogs using the plugin, a blank page would appear during the process, between step No. 3 or 4 or somewhere in between. I had to start afresh again many times and weren’t able to figure out what went wrong until recently when I disabled all the plugins before I start the upgrade process. Viola, it worked, on both the blogs.
Although the Automatic Upgrade plugin also has a step as part of the upgrade process, in which it disables all plugins, I guess doing that manually doing it yourself before the process starts was quite worth it. Anyways, you can now select all plugins at once on the Wordpress dashboard and activate/deactivate them all together at once. So there is not much effort required at all.
I'm a marketing communications consultant and a web 2.0 enthusiast based out of New Delhi, India. I also write at 
28. October 2008 at 20:30
While I haven’t personally had this problem, I also use the Automatic WP update plugin. I’m wondering if you’re also using a caching plugin as well? Perhaps the cache is somehow interfering with the update? Adding the mulitple page refresh, and you’ve got a potential problem on your hands. Either way, thanks for the tip on a manual deactivation, as I’m sure there’s someone out there experiencing the same problem.
13. November 2008 at 23:03
Brilliant
I was having the same problem and deactivating all the plugins apart from the upgrade one did the trick - Thanks for the advice
23. January 2009 at 09:43
Just automatically updated my wordpress blog. Not much of a difference except for the admin panel.