Upgraded all my blogs to WordPress 2.9 last night, only one blog face problem so far, found the following two error :

  1. Warning: gzuncompress() [function.gzuncompress]: data error in /home/andihope/public_html/wp-includes/http.php on line 1831
  2. Scheduled posts are missed. That is to say that any posts I’ve written, and published with a date in the future are not made live once the correct time has passed.

I’ve search the advice of many posters on WP forums as well as those found on the web elsewhere. Turns out I’m not alone in getting these two errors. At least I’ve found good solution for my blog:

  1. For this number 1 problem solution, just download http.php from below link .Upload to your server and replace old http:php files. http://core.trac.wordpress.org/export/11450/trunk/wp-includes/http.php
  2. There are three options until a fix, and hopefully 2.9.1 is released – either go to the edit page that lists all posts, and click the quick edit option for the missed post (then change the post status to published), OR use the MIA plugin mentioned in that support thread. I’ve not tried the plugin myself, though others have reported success.   I’ve used the quick edit option instead (editing the post directly does not allow you to change the status to published, you’ll need to do it from the quick edit option within the edit page for all posts.) OR by modifying the timeout in wp-includes/cron.php. Approximately in the line number 205, I changed:
    wp_remote_post ($cron_url, Array (‘ timeout’ => 0.01, ‘ blocking’ => false));
    To 20 seconds:
    wp_remote_post ($cron_url, Array (‘ timeout’ => 20, ‘ blocking’ => false));
    Basically for those using cPanel, you will have to log into your cPanel, find the file manager, access /public_html/wp-includes/cron.php, and than edit the timeout details as suggested.

So, how long before I can expect WordPress to fix this issue? Yes, I am very upset. I live and die by scheduled posts on my blog. If I have any more problem with this blog probably I will downgrade back to 2.8. How can I downgrade my installation?

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