Title: Plugin Update Error
Last modified: July 11, 2020

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# Plugin Update Error

 *  [kingtut125](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kingtut125/)
 * (@kingtut125)
 * [5 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-update-error-17/)
 * Hi
    Cannot update my plugins. WP is giving me an error. “Could not create directory”
   All assistance will be welcome . Thank you
    -  This topic was modified 5 years, 10 months ago by [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/).
      Reason: Moved to Fixing WordPress, this is not an Everything else WordPress
      topic

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 *  [Lukman Nakib](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pyrobd/)
 * (@pyrobd)
 * [5 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-update-error-17/#post-13108618)
 * Hello there,
    It seems like a permission issue in your WordPress installation
   directory, update the directory permission according to your operating system.
   Thanks
 *  [Sundar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/phptechie/)
 * (@phptechie)
 * [5 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-update-error-17/#post-13109045)
 * [@kingtut125](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kingtut125/)
 * Update the Folder Permissions With cPanel.
    Check the link below on how to do
   it [https://wpdatatables.com/installation-failed-could-not-create-directory/#:~:text=Another%20way%20to%20get%20rid,permission%20to%20write%20new%20files.&text=Within%20the%20root%20folder%2C%20locate%20the%20%E2%80%9Cwp%2Dconfig](https://wpdatatables.com/installation-failed-could-not-create-directory/#:~:text=Another%20way%20to%20get%20rid,permission%20to%20write%20new%20files.&text=Within%20the%20root%20folder%2C%20locate%20the%20%E2%80%9Cwp%2Dconfig).

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 2 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [Sundar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/phptechie/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-update-error-17/#post-13109045)
 * Status: not resolved

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