Could not create directory

  • Resolved smengler

    (@smengler)


    16 years, 5 months ago

    Hi, I’m trying to download a plugin in wordpress, but keep geting the error “Could not create directory.”. Here’s exactly what it says:

    Downloading install package from http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/kimili-flash-embed.2.0.3.zip.
    Unpacking the package.
    Installing the plugin.
    Could not create directory. /misc/41/000/236/435/5/user/web/stevenengler.todaysbestgames.com/wp-content/plugins/kimili-flash-embed/
    Plugin Install Failed.

    I’ve set the folder permissions to 777 and even changed the “Store uploads in this folder” under settings>misc back to the default value. It doesn’t work for themes either. I don’t know what else to do. Does anyone know how to fix this?

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  • esmi

    (@esmi)

    16 years, 5 months ago

    Could be a hosting issue. Have you tried uploading the plugin manually via FTP?

    Thread Starter smengler

    (@smengler)

    16 years, 5 months ago

    I haven’t tried uploading that specific plugin with ftp, but I’ve uploaded others to that directory with no problem.

    Thread Starter smengler

    (@smengler)

    16 years, 5 months ago

    I just changed a whole bunch of PHP configuration files, and now it seems to be working. I don’t know which one it was.

    Harsh Agrawal

    (@denharsh)

    16 years, 5 months ago

    @smengler What was the solution?I’m facing the similar issue…

    acy

    (@acy)

    16 years, 1 month ago

    I also had problems during the installation of plugins and tried your solutions, but did not succeed and I think changing the chmod is not a good solutions.
    I found two other solutions: http://stuff24.de/blog/wordpress-could-not-create-directory-plugin-install-failed/

    dpminusa

    (@dpminusa)

    15 years, 7 months ago

    I did not find the above remedies worked. I found another simple work around:

    Add the directory var with permissions 777 to wp-content/plugins.

    The command that is failing is a mkdir. Is NOT used if the var directory already exists. You may want to delete it for security reasons when you are finished all adds or uploads.

    The reason fro the failure of the mkdir is not clear without reading more of the code. I am a newbie here and have not had the time yet.

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