Title: Minify cannot write CSS
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Minify cannot write CSS

 *  Resolved [callender](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jimcallender/)
 * (@jimcallender)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/minify-cannot-write-css/)
 * Hi there Peter,
 * When Including CSS/JS as external files.
 * I get the message in WP-ADMIN:
 * “There was a problem writing the CSS and JS files, please check the plugins folder/
   file permissions”
 * > What folder should I be looking at changing the permissions on?
 * Many thanks,
 * JC
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/responsive-menu/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/responsive-menu/)

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 *  [peterfeatherstone](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peterfeatherstone/)
 * (@peterfeatherstone)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/minify-cannot-write-css/#post-5120757)
 * Hi JC,
 * When you use external CSS/JS files they create a folder called ‘responsive-menu-
   data’ inside your plugins folder.
 * You will need to check that you have permissions to write to this folder otherwise
   this functionality will fail and you will have to use inline styles/scripts instead.
 * Many thanks
 * Peter
 *  Thread Starter [callender](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jimcallender/)
 * (@jimcallender)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/minify-cannot-write-css/#post-5120767)
 * superb, quick response, great plugin!
 *  [peterfeatherstone](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peterfeatherstone/)
 * (@peterfeatherstone)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/minify-cannot-write-css/#post-5120802)
 * Hey JC,
 * Always a pleasure to help… I take it this means you’ve got it working now??
 * Many thanks
 * Peter

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