"Could not create Temporary file."

  • Resolved juancewordpress

    (@juancewordpress)


    13 years ago

    I manually installed WordPress for my hosted site because my host did not include an automatic installer.

    When I try to install a new Theme, I’m prompted to enter my FTP login info. After I enter that login info, I try to install the Theme. I receive the following error regardless of which Theme I try to install: “Download failed. Could not create Temporary file.” It appears that I lack write access or that the temporary folder cannot be written to.

    Two questions: How can I set WordPress to not ask for FTP login info each time and instead automatically connect?

    Is there a setting I can change to enable write access so I won’t receive the “Could not create Temporary file” error?

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  • Christine Rondeau

    (@crondeau)

    13 years ago

    Here is info on how to set permissions so that you can upload themes and plugins:

    http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions

    I don’t think that you can set up WordPress to not ask FTP login, I think that’s up to your hosting provider.

    Personally, I think that uploading themes and plugins is faster and easier.

    Thread Starter juancewordpress

    (@juancewordpress)

    13 years ago

    Christine,

    Thank you for the link. I read all the info, but it doesn’t tell me where to change permissions, only how.

    Where do I change the permission setting to 755?

    Christine Rondeau

    (@crondeau)

    13 years ago

    You’ll need to do this on your server via an FTP program. Filezilla is a good FTP program and allows you to change permissions.

    Thread Starter juancewordpress

    (@juancewordpress)

    13 years ago

    Thank you. I used FTP to set file permissions to 755 on the wp-content folder, but received the same error. Do I have to set permissions to 777 instead on all folders? Or do you happen to know which folder?

    Christine Rondeau

    (@crondeau)

    13 years ago

    Try 777 on the themes and plugins folder and see what that does.

    Thread Starter juancewordpress

    (@juancewordpress)

    13 years ago

    I think I know what’s happening. I change the value and hit ok, but then get “Response: 502 SITE: Command not implemented” over and over again. Sample below. Does this mean that my host is not allowing me to change the permissions?

    Command: CWD /adelanteacademy.org/public_html/wp-content
    Response: 250 “/adelanteacademy.org/public_html/wp-content”: is current directory.
    Command: SITE CHMOD 777 themes
    Response: 502 SITE: Command not implemented.
    Status: Set permissions of ‘/adelanteacademy.org/public_html/wp-content/themes/twentyten’ to ‘777’
    Command: CWD /adelanteacademy.org/public_html/wp-content/themes
    Response: 250 “/adelanteacademy.org/public_html/wp-content/themes”: is current directory.
    Command: SITE CHMOD 777 twentyten
    Response: 502 SITE: Command not implemented.

    Thread Starter juancewordpress

    (@juancewordpress)

    13 years ago

    Thank you for the great advice. My web host has now informed me that I need to use their control panel to change permissions instead of Filezilla. I wish they would have told me this 5 hours ago when they said to check the WordPress site instead.

    Christine Rondeau

    (@crondeau)

    13 years ago

    Ooooo sorry to hear about that. I love it how hosting provider always just send people over to the forum before checking to see if they can help on their end.

    Hopefully you’ve sorted it out. If so, can you mark the post as resolved? By doing so, you’ll be helping others who may encounter the same error.

    Cheers

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