Title: Plugin and theme installation error
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Plugin and theme installation error

 *  [Jue](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jue/)
 * (@jue)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-and-theme-installation-error/)
 * I keep getting this error when trying to install a plugin and theme through WordPress
   Admin Panel. This is the second install I have on my website, I have another 
   one which is found under /jlvwebdesign.co.uk/public_html/parkettborse/ – This
   one works fine, no errors at all. They’re both using a different database. I’ve
   also tried doing a clean install to see if that would fix the problem.
 * Warning: touch() [function.touch]: SAFE MODE Restriction in effect. The script
   whose uid is 1018 is not allowed to access /tmp owned by uid 0 in /jlvwebdesign.
   co.uk/public_html/wordpress/wp-admin/includes/file.php on line 177
 * The above error takes me to this line: `touch($filename);`
 * Warning: unlink() [function.unlink]: SAFE MODE Restriction in effect. The script
   whose uid is 1018 is not allowed to access /tmp owned by uid 0 in /jlvwebdesign.
   co.uk/public_html/wordpress/wp-admin/includes/file.php on line 489
 * The above error takes me to this line: `unlink( $tmpfname );`

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 *  Thread Starter [Jue](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jue/)
 * (@jue)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-and-theme-installation-error/#post-2309901)
 * Fixed this thanks to a mate of mine.
 * Created a folder called “temp” in the same folder as “public_html” – chmod it
   to 777.
 * Open wp_config.php and add the following line to the bottom:
 * `define('WP_TEMP_DIR','/url/to/the/temp/folder');`

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 * Last activity: [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-and-theme-installation-error/#post-2309901)
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