[Plugin: W3 Total Cache] wp-content/w3tc/dbcache could not be created

  • Resolved PaulieP

    (@pauliep)


    13 years, 9 months ago

    Hi, yes I have tried to install w3TC but I have the same problem many have had, that no one has a solution to that I’ve seen posted… basically when enabling w3tc it pops this error:

    /var/www/vhosts/txmma.com/httpdocs/wp-content/w3tc/dbcache could not be created, please run following command:
    chmod 777 /var/www/vhosts/txmma.com/httpdocs/wp-content/w3tc

    You get this error no matter if the directories are modded 777 or not. I am using the file manager from within my hosting account Plesk CP. wp-content is 777 and i have verified this. Even if you manually create w3tc within wp-content, chmod it 777, then go inside and create dbcache and chmod it 777, then go back and try to re enable the W3TC plugin, it pops up the same error and deletes the two directories you just created.

    There seems to be no logical reason as to why. This is the only plugin I have installed that has done this. Any advice appreciated. Thanks.

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  • Thread Starter PaulieP

    (@pauliep)

    13 years, 9 months ago

    Tried this on a different domain of mine, different WP 3.0 install, different VPS host, exact same error. First domain I installed via FTP upload. Second domain I installed from within the WP Admin. No other caching plugins are installed.

    sami777

    (@sami777)

    13 years, 9 months ago

    I’m having the same exact problem.

    The plugin is the only plugin that is giving me this error. Trying to install via FTP or by upload did not work.

    I tried many things through CLI but still getting the same error.

    Fatal Error

    /var/www/wp-content/w3tc could not be created, please run following command:
    chmod 777 /var/www/wp-content/

    sami777

    (@sami777)

    13 years, 9 months ago

    I tried setting safe mode to off but that did not help. Still getting the same error.

    sami777

    (@sami777)

    13 years, 9 months ago

    I managed to get it to work. I used w3tc 0.9b. It was verbose in the error message. I have some functions disabled in php.in. What I did was comment out disable_functions:

    ;disable_functions=

    Restart apache, then activate the plugin. It worked without any issue. I then reverted the changes I made to php.ini, and all looks good so far.

    Hope this will help.

    Plugin Contributor Frederick Townes

    (@fredericktownes)

    13 years, 9 months ago

    Thanks for posting your experience @sami777.

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