Title: plugins not loading
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# plugins not loading

 *  Resolved [jaydeeny](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jaydeeny/)
 * (@jaydeeny)
 * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-not-loading-1/)
 * I am new to wordpress, so I may be missing something.
    When I try to load the
   NEXGEN photo gallary,or any plugin from wordpress, it displays “Downloading…..”
   thats all. I downloaded it to my hard drive and tried the ‘Upload” and it gets
   stuck on “Unpacking”. any help would be appriciated. tries IE and Firefox with
   same results. Jay

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-not-loading-1/#post-1565164)
 * It’s possible that your server’s configuration is lacking the necessary component
   to unpack the file. Try installing the plugin manually:
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Managing_Plugins#Installing_Plugins](http://codex.wordpress.org/Managing_Plugins#Installing_Plugins)
 *  Thread Starter [jaydeeny](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jaydeeny/)
 * (@jaydeeny)
 * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-not-loading-1/#post-1565276)
 * I installed them manually, then kept geting the 505 error. I ended up re ftping
   the wp 3.0 files and are back up. I just tried to install the event calendar 
   plud, down loaded but is stuck in unpacking.
 *  Thread Starter [jaydeeny](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jaydeeny/)
 * (@jaydeeny)
 * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-not-loading-1/#post-1565277)
 * correction to the last post: Itryed to load the plug ins manually. after uploadig
   to wp-content\plugins I open the wp-admin and when I click on plugins (or just
   aboutany other tab) I get the following message:
    Error 500 – Internal server
   error
 * An internal server error has occured!
    Please try again later.
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-not-loading-1/#post-1565278)
 * Internal server errors are usually described in more detail in the server error
   log. If you have access to your server error log, generate the error again, note
   the date and time, then immediately check your server error log for anything 
   useful. If you don’t have access to your server error log, ask your hosting provider
   to look for you.
 *  Thread Starter [jaydeeny](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jaydeeny/)
 * (@jaydeeny)
 * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-not-loading-1/#post-1565283)
 * Thanks, I am using 1and1
    I will look around. Jay
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-not-loading-1/#post-1565334)
 * Oh, 1and1. That’s unfortunately a common problem with their strangely configured
   servers. Add this to the very to of your `.htaccess` file:
 * `AddType x-mapp-php5 .php`

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## Tags

 * [not-loading](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/not-loading/)
 * [unpacking](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/unpacking/)

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 * Last reply from: [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-not-loading-1/#post-1565334)
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