Title: CANNOT INSTALL A THING
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# CANNOT INSTALL A THING

 *  Resolved [lillithkane](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lillithkane/)
 * (@lillithkane)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-install-a-thing/)
 * I’m quite frustrated with this one…
 * I cannot install any themes or plugins from my logged in account. I can’t even
   install it from my desktop.
 * I’ve tried every way to manually upload that I know, short of going into Filezilla
   and doing it that way myself [had to do that for the plugins and now I can’t 
   access my ‘manage plugins’ screen because it just shows up blank. Already took
   that problem to the plugin section [here](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/334314?replies=1).].
 * Any help would be…super amazing.

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 *  [Mark Ratledge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/songdogtech/)
 * (@songdogtech)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-install-a-thing/#post-1286010)
 * Using FTP – with Filezilla – is the only way of manually uploading themes and
   plugins.
 * Use Filezilla and rename your plugins folder to oldplugins and see if you can
   get into Manage Plugins in the Admin section.
 *  [Taylor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dancing-home-school/)
 * (@dancing-home-school)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-install-a-thing/#post-1286198)
 * I also cannot activate my plugins. I’ve uploaded and there they are but I cannot
   get them to my site to activate. I installed wordpress with fabstico . Is it 
   possible there was something wrong with the installation. Is there something 
   missing?
 *  Thread Starter [lillithkane](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lillithkane/)
 * (@lillithkane)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-install-a-thing/#post-1286311)
 * Actually, songdog, you can install plugins and themes when you’re logged into
   your dashboard. Maybe it’s just for users with their own private domains, but
   it is possible. I’ve been using my Filezilla though, since I can’t seem to download
   it through my dashboard any more.
 * Wouldn’t renaming that folder disable my plugins since the program would be looking
   for my plugins in the “plugin” folder?
 *  [Mark Ratledge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/songdogtech/)
 * (@songdogtech)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-install-a-thing/#post-1286312)
 * Renaming your plugins folder will isolate the problem. If you have a bad plugin,
   then wordpress will show “Manage Plugins” without any plugins in it. Then you
   move one plugin at a time over to the new plugins folder and see when “Manage
   Plugins” crashes.
 *  Thread Starter [lillithkane](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lillithkane/)
 * (@lillithkane)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-install-a-thing/#post-1286315)
 * Great advice! I did that actually, deleting all my plugins and re-uploading them
   from a folder I had on my laptop. It’s amazing how many plugins just don’t work.
   Very sad.
 * Thanks so much for the help!
 *  [Mark Ratledge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/songdogtech/)
 * (@songdogtech)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-install-a-thing/#post-1286317)
 * Glad that worked….
 *  [ronhosner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ronhosner/)
 * (@ronhosner)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-install-a-thing/#post-1286344)
 * Was similar problem and using Filezilla help to fix it. Thanks for ideas.

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 * Last reply from: [ronhosner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ronhosner/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-install-a-thing/#post-1286344)
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