Title: Installing Plugin – error Could not create directory
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Installing Plugin – error Could not create directory

 *  Resolved [shayt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shayt/)
 * (@shayt)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-plugin-error-could-not-create-directory/)
 * Hi,
 * i am trying to download the plugin, and i couldn’t download it to my LOCALHOST
   
   i succeed installing it in my remote server (and it is a GREAT plugin) but i 
   need it also in my localhost
 * i am getting –
    Downloading install package from [https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/above-the-fold-optimization.zip…](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/above-the-fold-optimization.zip…)
 * Unpacking the package…
 * Could not create directory. above-the-fold-optimization/node_modules/grunt-contrib-
   uglify/node_modules/maxmin/node_modules/gzip-size/node_modules/browserify-zlib/
   node_modules/pako/benchmark/implementations
 * i am using windows 7 with WAMPSERVER.
 * Thanks,
    Shay
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/above-the-fold-optimization/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/above-the-fold-optimization/)

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 *  [jheikes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jheikes/)
 * (@jheikes)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-plugin-error-could-not-create-directory/#post-6773667)
 * I had the same issue, and found that it was due to the file/path being too long
   for Windows to handle. I got past it by installing the plugin through the file
   system, and clicking “Skip” on all the files Windows complained about. The plugin
   still worked fine for me. I did not use the server-side generator, so that may
   be what uses that directory.
 *  Plugin Author [optimalisatie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/optimalisatie/)
 * (@optimalisatie)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-plugin-error-could-not-create-directory/#post-6773756)
 * Hello!
 * My apologies for the late reply.
 * The issue should be resolved in the next release (v2.3.4+). The Penthouse.js 
   Node Module is no longer included when installing the plugin and can be manually
   installed via npm install from the plugin directory.

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 * Last activity: [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-plugin-error-could-not-create-directory/#post-6773756)
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