Title: plugin install failed
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# plugin install failed

 *  Resolved [ronsmithaia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ronsmithaia/)
 * (@ronsmithaia)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-install-failed-9/)
 * every attempt to install plugins, results in error “could not create directory”.
   Plugin install failed. Is there a setting I need to change?

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 *  [Christine Rondeau](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crondeau/)
 * (@crondeau)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-install-failed-9/#post-3380908)
 * You might need to check the permissions on your plugin folder – [http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions](http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions)
 *  Thread Starter [ronsmithaia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ronsmithaia/)
 * (@ronsmithaia)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-install-failed-9/#post-3381072)
 * That was it. Thanks!

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

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 * Last reply from: [ronsmithaia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ronsmithaia/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-install-failed-9/#post-3381072)
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