Manually installed plugins not showing up in admin

smartcookee
(@smartcookee)

15 years, 4 months ago

Today is my first day using the new 2.7 version of WordPress and just when I thought I was getting use to the changes, I have come to a roadblock.

I uploaded 4 new plugins to the blog via Filezilla a short while ago.
All four are showing in the server side window of Filezilla.

However, when I am logged into the WP admin and click on Plugins the only plugins showing are the 2 standard Akismet and Hello Dolly.

I refreshed the page but still the 4 plugins did not show up.
I then logged out and logged back in again to see if that might refresh
the view so that I would be able to activate the new plugins… but still they did not show up.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,
Don P

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yamamotowabbit
(@yamamotowabbit)

15 years, 4 months ago

I’ve been having the exact same problem. Added a new plug-in, moved it to my server and the correct folder and it does not show up in the admin. I even tried deleting the hello dolly default plug-in and that still shows up in the admin. I’d like to figure this one out too!

Dermot

whooami
(@whooami)

15 years, 4 months ago

watch the videos:

http://www.village-idiot.org/plugin-howto

sindrejh
(@sindrejh)

15 years, 4 months ago

Same problem here. No nested directories.

The plugin I’have tried: Let it snow and Sociable.

I have tried deactivate and removing all other plugins, with no luck. But if I move the main plugin php file to my plugin/ folder the plugin will appear in the plugin menu. But then (of coarse) the plugin will be broken.

tretsim
(@tretsim)

15 years, 4 months ago

Make sure that your plugins are in the correct directory. Some need to be in wp-content/plugins/pluginname/ and some just need to be in the plugins directory. Most are the first.

yamamotowabbit
(@yamamotowabbit)

15 years, 4 months ago

i’ve checked all the suggestions mentioned here, the nested folders etc, and am still having the same problem. I also watched the helpful video (thanks whoami) but still no joy:( Any other suggestions. The plug-in I’m trying to use is the Flutter plug-in.

Any other suggestions?

artifactivate
(@artifactivate)

15 years, 4 months ago

This is also a problem for me… seems like a glitch of some sort. Even when I try to do some core installs the plugins fail and do not install. So when I tried to install them manually they do not show up in admin so I can activate them…. HELP!!!!

swapnil_009
(@swapnil_009)

15 years, 3 months ago

hey guys i have also the same problem i dont see my previous installed plugings as well.

pls help me out.

sindrejh
(@sindrejh)

15 years, 3 months ago

This looks like a bug to me. It’s exactly the same with all my WordPress instalations.

But still I can’t find any solutions…

mrmist
(@mrmist)

15 years, 3 months ago

It’s more likely to be one of two things.

1) The plugin has been uploaded to the wrong place.
2) The plugin directory’s permissions are wrong.

sindrejh
(@sindrejh)

15 years, 3 months ago

I’m really sure the plugins are put at the right place. But I could check the permission of the directories.

swapnil_009
(@swapnil_009)

15 years, 3 months ago

It’s more likely to be one of two things.

1) The plugin has been uploaded to the wrong place.
2) The plugin directory’s permissions are wrong.

when i am running wordpress 2.6.2 all my pluggins are shown after upgrading it to 2.7.0. it dont show any of my pluging installed.

can u tell me what permission should a pluging directory have.

or can i activate pluging any other way by hacking some codes???

sindrejh
(@sindrejh)

15 years, 3 months ago

Thanks mrmist, changing file permissions did the trick! I changed to 755, but not sure if thats the best/right one.