WordPress plugin install failed

  • IronTed

    (@ironted)


    14 years, 1 month ago

    I’m moving a WordPress blog to a new server. When I tried to install the plugin, in this case wp-db-backup.zip, this error appeared:

    Unpacking the package…

    Installing the plugin…

    Could not create directory. /var/www/html/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/wp-db-backup/

    Plugin install failed.

    How to rectify this? This also happened with the wordpress importer plugin.

    Ted

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  • Clayton James

    (@claytonjames)

    14 years, 1 month ago

    Is it possible that you may need to make /wp-content temporarily writable to create the directory?

    Thread Starter IronTed

    (@ironted)

    14 years, 1 month ago

    I used chmod 777 wp-content but it still didn’t work.

    Ted

    Clayton James

    (@claytonjames)

    14 years, 1 month ago

    Possibly an ownership issue?

    Thread Starter IronTed

    (@ironted)

    14 years, 1 month ago

    I guess so, but how to check? Could you show me the links too?

    And it’s a Centos 6 server. I created an user “admin” for WP who owns the database. Don’t know why it couldn’t access it. It would be nice if you could show all the steps.

    Clayton James

    (@claytonjames)

    14 years, 1 month ago

    I don’t really think it’s a database issue. I think it could be a file and folder ownership/permission issue.

    This article contains info on both WordPress permissions and ownership issues.

    Changing File Permissions

    Permission Scheme for WordPress

    Out of curiosity, is this a server you are working on locally – as in; at your home/office – or is it provided by a hosting company?

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