Title: Plugin Problem Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # Plugin Problem * Resolved [rustedrobot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rustedrobot/) * (@rustedrobot) * [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-problem-1-2/) * Hello – * I’ve tried to add two plugins to my wordpress/content/plugins folder but they don’t appear on my plugins page. Note: I’ve added a few plugins with no problems over the past week. * The only thing I changed since then was I changed my domain from [http://www.rustedrobot.com/wordpress](http://www.rustedrobot.com/wordpress) to [http://www.rustedrobot.com](http://www.rustedrobot.com). * Can anyone help me figure out why new plugins no longer appear on my plugins page? * Thanks! Jeff Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 25 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-problem-1-2/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-problem-1-2/page/2/?output_format=md) * [shimon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shimon/) * (@shimon) * [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-problem-1-2/#post-554703) * Did you check to see if you had a nested folder Plugin/plugin. It will not appear unless you only put the inside folder. If that’s not the problem, hopefully someone else will help you cuz that’s all I got 🙂 * Thread Starter [rustedrobot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rustedrobot/) * (@rustedrobot) * [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-problem-1-2/#post-554714) * not sure what you mean by “nested folder Plugin/plugin?” * [shimon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shimon/) * (@shimon) * [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-problem-1-2/#post-554757) * Sometimes when you extract the zip folder it will create a hierarchy of folders like the following: there is one folder that contains nothing else but another folder by the same or similar name. This inner folder contains all the actual files for the plugin you need. What you need to do is upload only the inner folder into the plugins directory on your wordpress installation. I know it could sound confusing, but let me know if you didn’t get that, or if it does not fix the problem. * Thread Starter [rustedrobot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rustedrobot/) * (@rustedrobot) * [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-problem-1-2/#post-554759) * oh, right – no, I did that…..still didn’t work * Thread Starter [rustedrobot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rustedrobot/) * (@rustedrobot) * [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-problem-1-2/#post-554930) * hi folks – any ideas? * [Jeremy Clark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeremyclark13/) * (@jeremyclark13) * [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-problem-1-2/#post-554934) * Check permissions on the new plugin folders. * Thread Starter [rustedrobot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rustedrobot/) * (@rustedrobot) * [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-problem-1-2/#post-554954) * how do I check permissions on plugin folders? thanks! * Thread Starter [rustedrobot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rustedrobot/) * (@rustedrobot) * [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-problem-1-2/#post-554964) * I’m told that all my permissions are fine and I should be able to do anything with my files. So I am back at square one: when I upload plugins to the wordpress/ content/plugins folder, it’s not appearing on my plugins dashboard in WordPress. Can anyone help? * Thanks! Jeff * [jwurster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jwurster/) * (@jwurster) * [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-problem-1-2/#post-554976) * What are the 2 plugins? * Thread Starter [rustedrobot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rustedrobot/) * (@rustedrobot) * [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-problem-1-2/#post-554980) * 1. wp-contact-form 2. flickr-feedr * to reiterate, adding plugins was working fine until I changed my domain from [http://www.rusterobot.com/wordpress](http://www.rusterobot.com/wordpress) to just [http://www.rustedrobot.com](http://www.rustedrobot.com). Not sure if it’s a coincidence or not….. * thanks! jeff * [Jeremy Clark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeremyclark13/) * (@jeremyclark13) * [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-problem-1-2/#post-554983) * Have you changed your wordpress url to match the new domain. I just thought about that. Look under you dashboard > Options > General > and see if the WordPress url matches your new domain name; ie with the trailing /wordpress. * Thread Starter [rustedrobot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rustedrobot/) * (@rustedrobot) * [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-problem-1-2/#post-555016) * no, they are different. are you saying it should? * Thread Starter [rustedrobot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rustedrobot/) * (@rustedrobot) * [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-problem-1-2/#post-555017) * ok, so I changed the wordpress URL to match [http://www.rustedrobot.com](http://www.rustedrobot.com) and it basically ruined my blog. see [http://www.rustedrobot.com](http://www.rustedrobot.com). It’s nothing but text now. I went to switch the URL’s on the options page back to the original way I had it – and it still is broken. I really, really need help here. can someone please help me to: * a) get my site back to looking “normal” b) help me understand and fix the issue with uploaded plugins not appearing on my plugins tab * thanks so much! jeff * Thread Starter [rustedrobot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rustedrobot/) * (@rustedrobot) * [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-problem-1-2/#post-555020) * everything has completlely gone to hell. I can’t even login to wordpress now to access my dashboard. * Thread Starter [rustedrobot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rustedrobot/) * (@rustedrobot) * [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-problem-1-2/#post-555021) * what I mean is when I go to my dashboard, I get this 404 error: * [http://rustedrobot.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=%2Fwordpress%2Fwp-admin%2Findex.php](http://rustedrobot.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=%2Fwordpress%2Fwp-admin%2Findex.php) * Please help! Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 25 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-problem-1-2/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-problem-1-2/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘Plugin Problem’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/) * 25 replies * 5 participants * Last reply from: [shimon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shimon/) * Last activity: [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-problem-1-2/page/2/#post-555095) * Status: resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics