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1. sbdPlugin
   Member
   Posted 2 months ago #

   Has anyone seen a problem preventing the installation of plugins from WordPress? Whenever I try to install something from plugins page I get the following error:

   Downloading install package from http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/<whatever the plugin is called>.zip.

   Download failed. Could not create Temporary file

   This wasn't happening when we first set up the site. It started recently, some time in the last couple of weeks. However, it started before we upgraded from 2.7 to 2.8.4.

2. diondeville
   Member
   Posted 2 months ago #

   What happens when you upload a plug-in directly to your webserver and unpack it?

   Just in case you need to know manual uploads should be to:

   Wordpress-installation-directory/wp-content/plugins/<b>upload your plugin here</b>)

   Visit the Installed Plugins page once you've uploaded and extracted your plugin then see whether your new plugin is listed and activateable. If it is then you likely need to change your plugin and wp-content directories' permission settings to 755 (do both).

3. electricsugar
   Member
   Posted 2 months ago #

   im having this problem aswell - how does one change the wp-content directories permission settings?

4. diondeville
   Member
   Posted 2 months ago #

   electricsugar, I think you're using a Windows server so I don't know; however, the permissions need to be:

   user(read,write,execute)
   group(read,execute)
   world(read,execute)

   Which in Linux has the numeric value of 755.

   For those using a Linux server, if your host provides cPanel (the control panel, dashboard, you see when you log-in) then,

   • using the legacy file manager, left-click the directory then look at the top right of the page where it says "Change Permissions", left click the change permissions button then use the checkboxes to set the permissions as described above; and,
   • using the new file manager, either left-click to select the directory then use the top menu to select "Change Permissions" or right-click the directory then use the pop-up menu to select change permissions then use the checkboxes to set the permissions as described above.

   If changing directory permissions doesn't work then you might need to switch-off php safe mode by editing php.ini. Your host can help with this.

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