Title: Cannot activate Give plugin
Last modified: September 11, 2018

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# Cannot activate Give plugin

 *  Resolved [leonardswash](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leonardswash/)
 * (@leonardswash)
 * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-give-plugin/)
 * I am unable to activate the Give plugin. It was activated before but found it
   deactivated today. I have deleted and reinstalled the plugin twice. When I try
   to activate the plugin, I receive the following error. Any help is appreciated.
 * Plugin could not be activated because it triggered: a fatal error
 * Warning: require(/home/content/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/00/xxxxxxxxxx/html/wp-content/
   install.php): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /home/content/xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
   00/xxxxxxxx/html/wp-admin/includes/upgrade.php on line 13
 * Fatal error: require(): Failed opening required ‘/home/content/xxxxxxxxxxxxx/
   00/xxxxxxxx/html/wp-content/install.php’ (include_path=’.:/usr/local/php5_6/lib/
   php’) in /home/content/xxxxxxxxxxxxx/00/xxxxxxx/html/wp-admin/includes/upgrade.
   php on line 13

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Ben Meredith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/benmeredithgmailcom/)
 * (@benmeredithgmailcom)
 * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-give-plugin/#post-10695780)
 * Hi there [@leonardswash](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leonardswash/)
 * That error points to a line in WordPress core code that checks for the existence
   of the install.php file within WordPress. The error itself is indicating that
   your server user (which is different from a WordPress user) does not have the
   correct permissions to check to see if that file exists.
 * This is not something controlled by Give at all, but by your web host. My best
   advice here is to interface with the host to determine why the server user does
   not have the correct permissions. There are many reasons that can happen.
 * In most cases, hosts are able to resolve those permissions issues for you.
 * Let me know if that resolves things, or if you need further assistance. ​Thanks
   for using Give! Have a great day.
 *  Thread Starter [leonardswash](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leonardswash/)
 * (@leonardswash)
 * [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-give-plugin/#post-10813819)
 * That was it. Thank you.
 *  Plugin Contributor [Ben Meredith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/benmeredithgmailcom/)
 * (@benmeredithgmailcom)
 * [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-give-plugin/#post-10816341)
 * Great to hear you got this resolved.
 * If you find Give to be worth it, we’d love an honest review here: [https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/give/reviews/#new-post](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/give/reviews/#new-post)
 * Have a great day!

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 * ![](https://ps.w.org/give/assets/icon-256x256.jpg?rev=2873287)
 * [GiveWP - Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform](https://wordpress.org/plugins/give/)
 * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/give/#faq)
 * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/give/)
 * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/give/active/)
 * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/give/unresolved/)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/give/reviews/)

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 * 3 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Ben Meredith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/benmeredithgmailcom/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-give-plugin/#post-10816341)
 * Status: resolved