Title: Error message installing a theme
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Error message installing a theme

 *  [phoenixbelle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/phoenixbelle/)
 * (@phoenixbelle)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-message-installing-a-theme/)
 * I’m trying to install a WordPress template but I get the following message:
 * Warning: ftp_mkdir(): /httpdocs/wp-content/upgrade: Permission denied in /usr/
   local/psa/home/vhosts/thefamilynoticeboard.co.uk/subdomains/blog/httpdocs/wp-
   admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpext.php on line 240
 * Could not create directory /httpdocs/wp-content/upgrade
 * Can anybody help?

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-message-installing-a-theme/#post-1131301)
 * Chmod the wp-content directory to 766. If you still have problems, try 767 or
   777.
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions](http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions)

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