Title: How to install a plugin?
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# How to install a plugin?

 *  [websage](https://wordpress.org/support/users/websage/)
 * (@websage)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-install-a-plugin/)
 * Hi, this is my first post here (I think). I am sure this is something trivial
   but I was not able to find it when searching the forum.
 * I just uploaded the upload.php file from blueblurry.com.
 * I uploaded it into the /blog/wp-content/plugins folder
 * I refreshed the /wp-admin/plugins.php in the browser and saw a new entry in the
   plugins list, however, its description is just ‘) ?> and it has no plugin title
   and version, just the link to activate.
 * How do I properly install a plugin?
 * Thanks in advance,
 * Mitko

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 *  [ColdForged](https://wordpress.org/support/users/coldforged/)
 * (@coldforged)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-install-a-plugin/#post-164533)
 * Follow the [directions](http://www.blueblurry.com/upload-code/) the author gave…
   it’s not a plugin, it’s a replacement for an existing file in wp-admin.
 *  Thread Starter [websage](https://wordpress.org/support/users/websage/)
 * (@websage)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-install-a-plugin/#post-164536)
 * Hmm, OK, I replaced the existing file in wp-admin but I am not sure how to access
   the upload.php file (nowhere in the navigation), so when I went to the file directly
   in the browser, I got this:
 * Warning: main(admin.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in/
   home/lawre2/public_html/blog/wp-admin/upload.php on line 2
 * Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required ‘admin.php’ (include_path=’.:/usr/
   lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php’) in /home/lawre2/public_html/blog/wp-admin/upload.
   php on line 2
 *  Thread Starter [websage](https://wordpress.org/support/users/websage/)
 * (@websage)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-install-a-plugin/#post-164537)
 * I guess it is looking for a file admin.php which I do not have… Is it save to
   remove those lines?
 *  Thread Starter [websage](https://wordpress.org/support/users/websage/)
 * (@websage)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-install-a-plugin/#post-164541)
 * How do I enable the upload.php function in the config?
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-install-a-plugin/#post-164546)
 * Go to Options/Miscellaneous and check “Allow File Uploads”.
 *  [ColdForged](https://wordpress.org/support/users/coldforged/)
 * (@coldforged)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-install-a-plugin/#post-164547)
 * > I guess it is looking for a file admin.php which I do not have
 * You don’t have an “admin.php” file in your wp-admin directory? Are you running
   1.5? If not, that “upload.php” is written for 1.5, so there’s no guarantees it’ll
   work in whatever you’re running.
 * If you _are_ supposed to be running 1.5… where’s your admin.php file? May want
   to make sure your installation isn’t corrupt.
 *  Thread Starter [websage](https://wordpress.org/support/users/websage/)
 * (@websage)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-install-a-plugin/#post-164548)
 * Opps, apparently I am on 1.2.2… Where do I get upgrade instructions and files?
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-install-a-plugin/#post-164550)
 * Download: [http://wordpress.org/download/](http://wordpress.org/download/)
 * Upgrade Instructions: [http://codex.wordpress.org/Upgrade_1.2_to_1.5](http://codex.wordpress.org/Upgrade_1.2_to_1.5)
 * or
 * [http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/upgrade/](http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/upgrade/)
 *  [ColdForged](https://wordpress.org/support/users/coldforged/)
 * (@coldforged)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-install-a-plugin/#post-164551)
 * [Here](http://wordpress.org/download/).
 *  Thread Starter [websage](https://wordpress.org/support/users/websage/)
 * (@websage)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-install-a-plugin/#post-164574)
 * OK, thanks, I upgraded! Now, how do I activate the upload function?
 *  [ColdForged](https://wordpress.org/support/users/coldforged/)
 * (@coldforged)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-install-a-plugin/#post-164578)
 * Scroll up.
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-install-a-plugin/#post-164624)
 * Go to Options/Miscellaneous and check “Allow File Uploads”.

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