Title: Problem installing SEO 1 plugin Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # Problem installing SEO 1 plugin * [catwingz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catwingz/) * (@catwingz) * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-installing-seo-1-plugin/) * I just installed the SEO 1 plugin and when I tried to activate it I was greeted with this message: * “Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error. Warning: fopen(/home/catwingz/findable-design.com/wp-content/plugins/seo-1/wds-files/wds- sitemaps/protect.txt) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in /home/catwingz/findable-design.com/wp-content/plugins/seo-1/seo1.php on line 114 can’t open file” * Line 114 says: $fh = fopen($myFile, ‘w’) or die(“can’t open file”); * I don’t know php well enough to sort this out. I am suspecting that this is a permissions issue, but I’m not sure which files/directories I should be targeting. On a previous blog I used “all in one SEO pack” but found that it’s setup for this site was blocked in other ways. When I found that support has dried up for that one I thought I would switch… * I am using a child theme of Shell Lite. If someone can help me sort this out it would be great. Thank you! Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 21 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-installing-seo-1-plugin/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-installing-seo-1-plugin/page/2/?output_format=md) * [Emil Uzelac](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emiluzelac/) * (@emiluzelac) * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-installing-seo-1-plugin/#post-2338708) * Hi, * I just installed [SEO 1](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/seo-1/) plugin on Shell Lite Theme and there are no errors. * > Line 114 says: > $fh = fopen($myFile, ‘w’) or die(“can’t open file”); * This is indeed a permission issue and it would be the perfect time to contact your Hosting Company and ask them about that. * You mentioned that All In One SEO and said that setup was blocked in other ways, what do you mean by that? * Cheers, Emil * Thread Starter [catwingz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catwingz/) * (@catwingz) * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-installing-seo-1-plugin/#post-2338716) * Hi, thanks for the quick response. * I have FTP access and can change my permissions. I just need to know which files to target. * Regarding All in One SEO Pack, I went back and reactivated it to recap it’s issues with configuration— and this time it worked! So I guess my installation problem is solved. The one thing I am unsure of though is that when I installed it on the other blog I remember having a lot of problems with getting the .htaccess file to behave properly. While sorting this out I also changed themes several times which seemed to aggravate the problem. I wonder if I can avoid a repeat of those problems by sticking with a single theme on this blog. * This leaves the SEO 1 setup issue still unresolved though… * [Emil Uzelac](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emiluzelac/) * (@emiluzelac) * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-installing-seo-1-plugin/#post-2338750) * Hi, * I don’t believe that Themes are cause of the issues, especially not if the Theme is up to date and downloaded from WordPress repository. Not sure if the plugin in question is causing this either. What I would suggest is to start with [File Permissions](http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions) first, since you have access to your FTP you can go over your files. * As far as .htaccess just make sure that yours is similar to: * ``` # BEGIN WordPress RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /index.php [L] # END WordPress ``` * You can also get more details [here](http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks). * Emil * Thread Starter [catwingz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catwingz/) * (@catwingz) * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-installing-seo-1-plugin/#post-2338774) * Thanks * [latrotech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/latrotech/) * (@latrotech) * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-installing-seo-1-plugin/#post-2338911) * Hi All, * Why has SEO 1 been taken from the site? * I have a weird link at the base of my blog after installing the plugin? Can anyone give me any feedback. * Is this a malicious plugin? * Cheers Shaun * [Emil Uzelac](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emiluzelac/) * (@emiluzelac) * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-installing-seo-1-plugin/#post-2338912) * I would stick with known plugins such as [All in One SEO](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/all-in-one-seo-pack/). If the plugin was removed by WordPress it was with good reason. * Cheers, Emil * [latrotech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/latrotech/) * (@latrotech) * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-installing-seo-1-plugin/#post-2338914) * Did you notice the link at the base when you installed? Have you had any trouble with your instance of the plugin? * I have deleted the plugin but I am concerned about malware that it may have installed…….. * Cheers Shaun * [latrotech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/latrotech/) * (@latrotech) * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-installing-seo-1-plugin/#post-2338915) * Oh buy the way thanks for the reply, Emil * [Emil Uzelac](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emiluzelac/) * (@emiluzelac) * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-installing-seo-1-plugin/#post-2338916) * I don’t use that plugin so I can’t really tell if there was any Malware in it 🙁 * [latrotech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/latrotech/) * (@latrotech) * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-installing-seo-1-plugin/#post-2338917) * It would be good if one of the wordpress moderators would give a head up on why it was removed. * Thanks * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-installing-seo-1-plugin/#post-2338918) * We do not remove plugins (or manage them in any way), so therefore we cannot comment on why it was removed. * [Emil Uzelac](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emiluzelac/) * (@emiluzelac) * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-installing-seo-1-plugin/#post-2338919) * It would be, but Plugin admins don’t e-mail each user who downloaded their plugin, only the author gets the removal notice 🙂 You can ask why, if your are concerned about the security issues: plugins (at) wordpress (dot) org. * Emil * [latrotech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/latrotech/) * (@latrotech) * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-installing-seo-1-plugin/#post-2338920) * Thanks for the reply esmi. * Do you have any feedback about this plugin? It is weird how things played out. Get a link at the base of my site that went to a french casino. Get a heap of spam comments on posts. Come back to the wordpress site and the plugin is removed. * Cheers * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-installing-seo-1-plugin/#post-2338921) * Nope. I can only endorse everything that Emil has already said. * [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/) * (@podz) * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-installing-seo-1-plugin/#post-2338922) * I removed it due to malicious code. It was then updated to remove the bad code but if you have it installed – **delete it**. Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 21 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-installing-seo-1-plugin/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-installing-seo-1-plugin/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘Problem installing SEO 1 plugin’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [fatal error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/fatal-error/) * 21 replies * 5 participants * Last reply from: [latrotech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/latrotech/) * Last activity: [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-installing-seo-1-plugin/page/2/#post-2338933) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics