Title: Plugin stuck at unpacking
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Plugin stuck at unpacking

 *  [D2AP](https://wordpress.org/support/users/d2ap/)
 * (@d2ap)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-stuck-at-unpacking/)
 * I was wondering, some plugins work fine and then others get stuck at unpacking,
   and then I’ll try them again later or the next day and sometimes it’ll work then.
   why is this?

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-stuck-at-unpacking/#post-2275967)
 * Difficult to say after the event. One likely cause could be an overloaded server.
   Do you have access to server error logs? If so, is there anything useful in them?
 *  Thread Starter [D2AP](https://wordpress.org/support/users/d2ap/)
 * (@d2ap)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-stuck-at-unpacking/#post-2276108)
 * went into my FTP file manager and saw the plugin file, it wasn’t unzipped, like
   I said, it gets stuck unpacking, I click on it and hit edit and it says can’t
   open because it exceeds the 1mb limit, it’s 1.03mbs FML anyway I don’t know what
   I can do and the stupid thing is I’ve installed the plugin before and now it 
   won’t work, don’t get it. The plugin is mingle forum if it matters.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-stuck-at-unpacking/#post-2276120)
 * Unpack the plugin’s archive on your computer and just upload the plugin’s folder
   to wp-content/plugins.
 *  Thread Starter [D2AP](https://wordpress.org/support/users/d2ap/)
 * (@d2ap)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-stuck-at-unpacking/#post-2276132)
 * Not as convenient but worked, thanks
 *  Thread Starter [D2AP](https://wordpress.org/support/users/d2ap/)
 * (@d2ap)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-stuck-at-unpacking/#post-2276136)
 * Only problem now is the forum theme and stuff isn’t showing up 0_o
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-stuck-at-unpacking/#post-2276138)
 * Well, all the auto-installer does is upload the zip file to wp-content/plugins
   and unpack it. Prior to the auto-installer being available, all plugins were 
   installed manually in this way.
 *  Thread Starter [D2AP](https://wordpress.org/support/users/d2ap/)
 * (@d2ap)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-stuck-at-unpacking/#post-2276146)
 * yeah, like I said everything is fine, just having trouble with the forum theme
   and images showing up

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## Tags

 * [Stuck](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/stuck/)
 * [unpacking](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/unpacking/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 7 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [D2AP](https://wordpress.org/support/users/d2ap/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-stuck-at-unpacking/#post-2276146)
 * Status: not resolved

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