Title: Installing Plugin
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Installing Plugin

 *  [vhicks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vhicks/)
 * (@vhicks)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-plugin-5/)
 * new wp website, trying to install plugins but keep getting the following
 * “Downloading install package from [https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/akismet.3.0.4.zip…](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/akismet.3.0.4.zip…)
 * Unpacking the package…
 * Installing the plugin…
 * Could not create directory. /home2/vhicks1/public_html/ehowtobuildselfesteem.
   net/wp-content/plugins/akismet/
 * Plugin install failed.

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 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-plugin-5/#post-5872048)
 * Check on the file permissions on the server –
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions](http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions)
 *  Thread Starter [vhicks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vhicks/)
 * (@vhicks)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-plugin-5/#post-5872051)
 * what am I checking on
 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-plugin-5/#post-5872053)
 * On the server – ask your hosting company for help with this if you don’t know
   how to access your site files using FTP –
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/FTP_Clients](http://codex.wordpress.org/FTP_Clients)

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## Tags

 * [install plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/install-plugins/)

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 * Last reply from: [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-plugin-5/#post-5872053)
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