Title: Plugins missing
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Plugins missing

 *  [luums.publicity](https://wordpress.org/support/users/luumspublicity/)
 * (@luumspublicity)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-missing-2/)
 * When I updated to wordpress 3.8.1 all of my plugins disappeared. Now when I try
   to reinstall them this happens:
 * > Installing Plugin: The Events Calendar 3.3.1
   >  Downloading install package from
   > [https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/the-events-calendar.3.3.1.zip…](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/the-events-calendar.3.3.1.zip…)
   > Unpacking the package…
   > Installing the plugin…
   > Destination folder already exists. /home/luumsorg/public_html/wp-content/plugins/
   > the-events-calendar/
   > Plugin install failed.
 * Any help as to how I can rectify this and get my plugins back? The website doesn’t
   really function without them.

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-missing-2/#post-4547008)
 * What version of WordPress were you running previously?
 *  Thread Starter [luums.publicity](https://wordpress.org/support/users/luumspublicity/)
 * (@luumspublicity)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-missing-2/#post-4547136)
 * I’m not 100% sure, it was 3.7.something – definitely not the one immediately 
   before though. Is there anywhere I can look to find out?
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-missing-2/#post-4547137)
 * Do you have a pre-upgrade database backup?
 *  Thread Starter [luums.publicity](https://wordpress.org/support/users/luumspublicity/)
 * (@luumspublicity)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-missing-2/#post-4547138)
 * I’m not really sure (I’m not very savvy, sorry!). Is it something that I would
   have had to actually do? Or does it save automatically somewhere that I’d be 
   able to find it?
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-missing-2/#post-4547139)
 * >  Is it something that I would have had to actually do?
 * Yes. You should always make regular backups of your database. See [WordPress_Backups](http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Backups).
 * Try [resetting the plugins folder](http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_Troubleshooting#How_to_deactivate_all_plugins_when_not_able_to_access_the_administrative_menus.3F)
   by FTP or PhpMyAdmin. Then moving the plugins over and activating them one by
   one.
 *  Thread Starter [luums.publicity](https://wordpress.org/support/users/luumspublicity/)
 * (@luumspublicity)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-missing-2/#post-4547140)
 * Ah ok, I’ll look into that, thanks,
 * Thanks for your help!

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 6 replies
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 * Last reply from: [luums.publicity](https://wordpress.org/support/users/luumspublicity/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-missing-2/#post-4547140)
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