Title: Can’t create directory (Plugin Update or Theme update)
Last modified: September 8, 2022

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# Can’t create directory (Plugin Update or Theme update)

 *  Resolved [exot48](https://wordpress.org/support/users/exot48/)
 * (@exot48)
 * [3 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-create-directory-plugin-update-or-theme-update/)
 * Hi WP Community,
 * after a restored backup my wordpress is back up and running.
 * But when i want to do plugin or theme updates:
    **WordPress can’t create directory**
 * I already checked the file permissions and everything looks ok to me:
 * **### wp-filesystem ###**
    wordpress: writable wp-content: writable uploads: 
   writable plugins: writable themes: writable mu-plugins: writable
 * I suppose the problem is with the owner of the data? I think the current owner
   is the FTP user, but wordpress needs the www-data as an owner? How can I set 
   that up? Or am I on the wrong way?
 * BTW: The hosting is on ionos webspace
    -  This topic was modified 3 years, 9 months ago by [exot48](https://wordpress.org/support/users/exot48/).

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 *  Thread Starter [exot48](https://wordpress.org/support/users/exot48/)
 * (@exot48)
 * [3 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-create-directory-plugin-update-or-theme-update/#post-15991238)
 * solved:
    Ionos showed: 53.31 GB of unlimited disk in usage. But this was only
   marketing. In fact their internal disc was limited to 50GB’s.

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 * Last activity: [3 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-create-directory-plugin-update-or-theme-update/#post-15991238)
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