Unpacking the Package – Stuck

Resolved stevestavstav
(@stevestavstav)

13 years, 9 months ago

My domain name is from godaddy, my hosting/webspace is on 1&1. I have installed wordpress. I bought a studiopress theme. I am trying to install the theme and the plugins yet when I hit install it stops at “unpacking the package…” I was able to upload the theme via ftp, fine. When I went to do plugins, everything got messed up had to delete and start over. How do I make my wordpress dashboard normal so I can just upload plugins and themes? Please help!! I do not want to go back into ftp and screw anything up again it has cost me a lot of time. Thanks!

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Moderator James Huff
(@macmanx)

Volunteer Moderator

13 years, 9 months ago

Try adding this to the top of your .htaccess file:

AddType x-mapp-php5 .php

Thread Starter stevestavstav
(@stevestavstav)

13 years, 9 months ago

where can I find the .htaccess file?

Moderator James Huff
(@macmanx)

Volunteer Moderator

13 years, 9 months ago

Probably either in your blog directory or your root directory. Use an FTP client to find it and make sure that it’s set to show invisible files.

If you can’t find it, use a plain text editor to create a file called htaccess with the content mentioned above. Use your FTP client to upload it to your blog directory and change the name to .htaccess (add the dot).

Thread Starter stevestavstav
(@stevestavstav)

13 years, 9 months ago

nvm i got it, perfect thank yoU!!!

Moderator James Huff
(@macmanx)

Volunteer Moderator

13 years, 9 months ago

You’re welcome!

discglfr
(@discglfr)

13 years, 8 months ago

I am having basically the EXACT same problem. However, when I go to edit the .htaccess file and upload it back to the root directory, it won’t allow me to do so.

Any suggestions or help here please?

rpotterfl
(@rpotterfl)

13 years, 6 months ago

Thank you!!!!! That worked for me, too!!!

restlessp
(@restlessp)

13 years, 5 months ago

Finally – I am having this problem and I host with 1&1 also. However, I’m not terribly technically savvy and I don’t understand how to do this fix? How do I get to the root directory?

bebopblues
(@bebopblues)

13 years, 5 months ago

I’m on GoDaddy hosting also and having the same “stuck at ‘Unpacking…'” problem, but it is hosted on a Windows server with IIS and not Apache, does the .htaccess file have any affect? Is there another solution for IIS server?

Edit: nevermind, I just added to the wordpress folder and it worked.

thescarletpawprint
(@thescarletpawprint)

13 years, 2 months ago

Thank you thank you thank you!!!!

darrylpugh
(@darrylpugh)

12 years, 11 months ago

Worked like a charm once you figure out which one the .htaccess files to change. I noticed there were 2 in my “log” folder. I am also using 1 and 1 for the hosting.

Thanks for the help!