Title: Cannot install plugins
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Cannot install plugins

 *  Resolved [adi339](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adi339/)
 * (@adi339)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-install-plugins-1/)
 * I am suddenly having a problem installing or upgrading plugins. A message asks
   if “Is its parent directory writable by the server?”
    I have recently moved my
   sites to a reseller site. I do not know if this is a wordpress problem or a ‘
   permissions’ problem. I created a new blog on the reseller account (separate 
   cpanel) and had not problem. Any thoughts? if someone thinks I need to change
   permissions someplace, can they tell me where and to what? thanks!

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-install-plugins-1/#post-1573142)
 * It’s a permissions problem. Change the permissions on the wp-content/plugins 
   directory to 766. If you still have problems, try 767 or 777.
 *  Thread Starter [adi339](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adi339/)
 * (@adi339)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-install-plugins-1/#post-1573391)
 * thanks – my I am unable to change to any ‘6’ for some reason and 777 is not working–
   it still says it is unable to creat the directory.
    I am going to contact Hostgator.
 *  Thread Starter [adi339](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adi339/)
 * (@adi339)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-install-plugins-1/#post-1573400)
 * I had used up my allocated space. Gave it more and everything works now.

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## Tags

 * [permissions](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/permissions/)
 * [upgrading plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/upgrading-plugins/)

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 * Last reply from: [adi339](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adi339/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-install-plugins-1/#post-1573400)
 * Status: resolved

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