Title: Plugins & Uploads directory permissions issue
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Plugins & Uploads directory permissions issue

 *  [ClintN](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clintn/)
 * (@clintn)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-uploads-directory-permissions-issue/)
 * Hello website was transferred to new host & now I can’t install plugins.
 * If I try to upload .zip usingWP Admin /wp-admin/plugin-install.php I get error
   message: “Unable to create directory uploads/2015/02. Is its parent directory
   writable by the server?”
 * Then if I FTP CHMOD /public_html/wp-content/plugins from 755 to 775 every theme’s
   stylesheet breaks. I can FTP upload unzipped plugins to /public_html/wp-content/
   plugins but they are not viable in Admin: /wp-admin/plugins.php
 * Does the host need to do something here? I am out of ideas. Many thanks in advance
   for any assistance

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 *  [RossMitchell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rossmitchell/)
 * (@rossmitchell)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-uploads-directory-permissions-issue/#post-5788410)
 * Suggest that you ask your web hosting support, most likely the problem is the
   OWNER of the files+directories, if they have experience with WordPress they will
   be able to fix this for you pronto.

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## Tags

 * [chmod](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/chmod/)
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 * [settings](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/settings/)
 * [writable](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/writable/)

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 * Last reply from: [RossMitchell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rossmitchell/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-uploads-directory-permissions-issue/#post-5788410)
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