Title: Cannot Install/Update Plugins
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Cannot Install/Update Plugins

 *  [Nate](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nironan12/)
 * (@nironan12)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-installupdate-plugins/)
 * When I go to install the plugins from the installer, or try to update a plugin,
   WordPress always gives me this error (replace “redirection with plugin name”):
 *     ```
       Downloading update from http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/redirection.zip
   
       Warning: touch() [function.touch]: Unable to create file D:\Hosting\3825455\html/wp-content/redirection.zip because Permission denied in D:\Hosting\3825455\html\wp-admin\includes\file.php on line 174
   
       Download failed.: Could not create Temporary file
   
       Plugin upgrade Failed
       ```
   
 * I am logged in as the only user, the admin.

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 *  [scribu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scribu/)
 * (@scribu)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-installupdate-plugins/#post-981250)
 * Try making wp-content writable (chmod to 777) and see what happens.

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