Plugin install gone bad

  • moontube

    (@moontube)


    14 years, 11 months ago

    How do I recover from a plugin install that did not make it all the way? I attempted an installation that did not succeed and the plugin does not show up in the list of installed plugins. However, when I try to install it again, this is what I get:

    Unpacking the package…

    Installing the plugin…

    Destination folder already exists. /home/moontube/public_html/wp-content/plugins/PrimaryPlugins7-29-10/

    Plugin install failed.
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    How can I delete the faulty subdirectory so I can make a clean installation of the plugin?

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  • esmi

    (@esmi)

    14 years, 11 months ago

    Using FTP or whatever file management application your host provides.

    Thread Starter moontube

    (@moontube)

    14 years, 11 months ago

    Thanks esmi. I did what you suggested. However, there is still a problem. My host’s file manager shows the new plugin along with my other plugins. However, the WP plugins screen does not show it. This is the same indication I was getting before, so I suspect the plugin was indeed there originally on my host, but somehow it is not showing up on wp-admin/plugins.php. Any help would be appreciated.

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    14 years, 11 months ago

    Try resetting the plugins folder by FTP or PhpMyAdmin.

    Thread Starter moontube

    (@moontube)

    14 years, 11 months ago

    Hi Esmi,

    I don’t know what you mean by restting the plugins folder. Using Filezilla for FTP, I can see the plugins folder on the remote site. I don’t see how to “reset” it.

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    14 years, 11 months ago

    Please see the link I gave above.

    heavenlytoys

    (@heavenlytoys)

    14 years, 11 months ago

    Ive Just installed the WP E Commerce Plugin and now i get a internal 500 server error, do you think ” Try resetting the plugins folder by FTP or PhpMyAdmin. ” would help?

    Thanks 🙂

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