Title: Problem When Uploading Certain Plugins Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # Problem When Uploading Certain Plugins * [transmutation](https://wordpress.org/support/users/transmutation/) * (@transmutation) * [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-when-uploading-certain-plugins/) * Okay. first off REALLY hate the way the forum works … would live to see something more user friendly. * Anyway, Sometimes when I upload a plugin, then go to the dashboard and click the “Plugins” menu item to activate the plugin, I get a popup to open the php file. * If I delete the plugin I’ve just uploaded, it works as usual. What gives? * email me your advice [aaron@transmutationsciences.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-when-uploading-certain-plugins/aaron@transmutationsciences.com?output_format=md) Viewing 5 replies - 1 through 5 (of 5 total) * Thread Starter [transmutation](https://wordpress.org/support/users/transmutation/) * (@transmutation) * [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-when-uploading-certain-plugins/#post-670259) * Okay, I can’t be the only one with this question. Or is the answer so simple noone wants to bother? * I tried again today to upload some new widgets/plugins and EVERY ONE of them blocked use of the Plugins page and created the “Open php file” popup. * 9 completely different plugins. * I am using a theme called Darkwater that was supposed to be compatible with the most recent WP versions and widgets. * So … please help me figure this out. * Thread Starter [transmutation](https://wordpress.org/support/users/transmutation/) * (@transmutation) * [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-when-uploading-certain-plugins/#post-670263) * Well, I took some advice from another post that seemed to be smart … use process of elimination! As I sincerely doubted there was a theme problem it had to be a plugin problem. * So, I deactivated all current plugins, uploaded all the plugins I wanted to use and refreshed to see if there was a plugin page lockup. Everything seemed okay. * Then I activated each plugin one at a time, refreshing, going somewhere else in the dashboard, and visiting the site each time. * Everything worked until I activated a certain plugin, eventually I found that 3 of the plugins I want to use are incompatible with some of the other plugins. * So … remember … plugins can interfere with each other. * [Bob](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ammobob/) * (@ammobob) * [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-when-uploading-certain-plugins/#post-670418) * I’ve had some of the same problems. Is there a way to tell which plug-ins work with each other? I’m new to all of this, so I was wondering how configuration management is maintained. * [stokedking](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stokedking/) * (@stokedking) * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-when-uploading-certain-plugins/#post-670458) * I am having the exact same problem with the plugin and am also frustrated with the way the forum works. Not the people on the forum… just the forum program. * Anyhow, I also noticed that I can still use all of the plugins that I installed before I ran into this problem but I can’t add new ones. Fortunately, my core plugins are working fine. * I would love to see someone help us with this problem. * Thread Starter [transmutation](https://wordpress.org/support/users/transmutation/) * (@transmutation) * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-when-uploading-certain-plugins/#post-670473) * I have also found out that sometimes it is the order in which a plugin is activated! So, if two plugins seem to react against each other, deactivate/delete them and reinstal and activate in a different order! OY! Viewing 5 replies - 1 through 5 (of 5 total) The topic ‘Problem When Uploading Certain Plugins’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [plugin-errors](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/plugin-errors/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 5 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [transmutation](https://wordpress.org/support/users/transmutation/) * Last activity: [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-when-uploading-certain-plugins/#post-670473) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics