Upgrading to Akismet 2.4.0 wiped the plug-in entirely

  • Resolved jinniver

    (@jinniver)


    13 years, 6 months ago

    I just started building my site with WordPress.org, and had activated the Akismet 2.3.0 plug-in with no trouble, including adding the API key. Then when I went back to my plug-in page, I attempted to upgrade to 2.4.0 and got this error:

    Could not create directory. D:/hosting/6786310/html/wp-content/plugins/akismet/

    Plugin install failed.

    Now Akismet is completely gone from my plug-in page; apparently 2.3.0 got wiped, but I can’t install 2.4.0. I saw where I can download 2.3.0 from the Plug-In Directory, but I wouldn’t have any idea what to do with it from there; the reason I’m using WordPress in the first place is because of my non-existent coding knowledge. Any advice would be much appreciated!

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  • esmi

    (@esmi)

    13 years, 6 months ago

    Download the Akismet plugin to your computer. Unpack the archive & extract the askismet folder and upload it to wp-content/plugins using FTP into your site (or whatever file management application your host provides).

    Thread Starter jinniver

    (@jinniver)

    13 years, 6 months ago

    Thanks for your help, esmi! That probably should have worked but for some reason didn’t (very possibly operator error). However, going into my file directory, I found the akismet folder in a temp file in an upgrade folder and was able to move it to the plugin folder, and the plugin now shows. Thanks again!

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