Title: Can’t Install Any Plugins
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Can’t Install Any Plugins

 *  [walkingwithscissors](https://wordpress.org/support/users/walkingwithscissors/)
 * (@walkingwithscissors)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-install-any-plugins/)
 * I am unable to get any plugins to show up in my plugins directory on WP. I’ve
   uploaded the .zip file to /public_html/wp-content/plugins in my file manager 
   and unzipped it, yet when I go to the plugins menu on WP, nothing new has appeared.
   Any reason why this is happening? Thanks in advance!

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 *  [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/)
 * (@whooami)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-install-any-plugins/#post-742704)
 * nesting directories.
 * paste the full path to a plugin you have uploaded.
 * then paste the full path to askimet.php.
 * compare them.
 * askimet.php is inside one directory, which is directly inside wp-content/
 *  Thread Starter [walkingwithscissors](https://wordpress.org/support/users/walkingwithscissors/)
 * (@walkingwithscissors)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-install-any-plugins/#post-742716)
 * Thank you so much, whooami. That’s exactly what happened. I mistakenly assumed
   I needed to add a subdirectory as when you’re adding a new theme. I appreciate
   the help!
 *  [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/)
 * (@whooami)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-install-any-plugins/#post-742750)
 * youre welcome, I think 🙂 Keep in mind though, some plugins do go in their own
   directory, especially if there is multiple files.
 * Just make sure you dont end up with paths like this::
 * wp-content/plugin-name/plugin-name/
 *  Thread Starter [walkingwithscissors](https://wordpress.org/support/users/walkingwithscissors/)
 * (@walkingwithscissors)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-install-any-plugins/#post-742767)
 * I suppose it’s a good thing I really only wanted stats, then! It’s now working
   and I’m going to step away slowly from the plugin directory… 😉 Thanks again.
 *  [jakslev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jakslev/)
 * (@jakslev)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-install-any-plugins/#post-742770)
 * Ha Ha Ha Walkingwithscissors! Is this going around. I just did the exact same
   thing as you did!!
 * Anyway, helped killing the extra directory level..
 * Funny though to see that some other geezer in an other country was having the
   exact same issue!!
 * jakslev
 *  [Byagi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/byagi/)
 * (@byagi)
 * [18 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-install-any-plugins/#post-742978)
 * Hi guys – I’m actually having a similar problem. I check the path and it still
   seems to be an issue. I cant install any plugins or themes, for some reason. 
   Is there anything else I should check?
 *  [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/)
 * (@whooami)
 * [18 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-install-any-plugins/#post-742979)
 * Byagi,
 * [http://www.byagi.com/wp-content/plugins/](http://www.byagi.com/wp-content/plugins/)
 * Do you see anything there other than the 2 plugins that come with WP? Nope.
 * In other words, you simply aren’t uploading them to where they belong. Plugins
   get uploaded to your wp-content/plugins/ directory.
 *  [Byagi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/byagi/)
 * (@byagi)
 * [18 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-install-any-plugins/#post-742980)
 * I just figured this out – my hosting company didnt switch everything back from
   the new server to the one i was actually using. Very confusing, but they’re fixing
   it now.
 * Thanks!

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 * 8 replies
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 * Last reply from: [Byagi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/byagi/)
 * Last activity: [18 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-install-any-plugins/#post-742980)
 * Status: not resolved

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