Cloned WP Toolkit instances are consuming all disk space on the Plesk server

Nikita Zubovich

Updated October 02, 2023 22:03

kb: bug kb: fixed Plesk for Linux

Applicable to:

WP Toolkit does not delete cloned instances and they are growing quickly, consuming all disk space on the server:
The following error is recorded in /var/log/plesk/panel.log:

CONFIG_TEXT: TypeError: Argument 1 passed to PleskExt\WpToolkit\Db\Dictionary\InstanceProperties::setSmartUpdatesCloneInstanceNewDatabaseId() must be of the type string, null given, called in /usr/local/psa/admin/plib/modules/wp-toolkit/library/BackgroundTasksImplementation/Update/Step/SmartUpdateInstance/Cloning.php on line 105

Product issues:

#EXTWPTOOLK-9505 "Cloned site created by Smart Update is now properly deleted if Smart Update fails. (EXTWPTOOLK-9354 /"
Fixed in:
- WP Toolkit 6.0.0 17 November 2022
#EXTWPTOOLK-9354 "Cloned site created by Smart Update is now properly deleted if Smart Update fails. (EXTWPTOOLK-9354 /"
Fixed in:
- WP Toolkit 6.0.0 17 November 2022

Please consider updating your server:

As a workaround:

Log in to Plesk.
Go to Domains > example.com > File manager and remove orphaned .wp-toolkit directories

CLI solution

Connect to the server via SSH
Use the following command to find the cloned instances' IDs:

# plesk ext wp-toolkit --list | grep '.wp-toolkit_'
7 1 /httpdocs/.wp-toolkit_q 4 Broken true https://example.com/.wp-toolkit_q
Execute the following command using the required instance's ID:

# plesk ext wp-toolkit --remove -instance-id 7