Title: Problems installing Themes and Plugins Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # Problems installing Themes and Plugins * [Tom24](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tom24/) * (@tom24) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-installing-themes-and-plugins/) * My domain and host is with 1&1. I finally got the newest version of wordpress uploaded through my ftp uploader. I ran into a few problems in multiple attempts to see the blog through my site. I believe I installed wordpress successfully, but I couldn’t see the blog by just typing in my domain. I eventually found a way to see the blog by typing in the address bar [http://www.mydomain.com/index.php](http://www.mydomain.com/index.php). That seemed to do the trick. * I can now see the default blog theme from my domain and can now access the wordpress login and admin side. But here is my new problem. When I try to download any random theme or plugin inside the wordpress admin area, it says, “**Downloading install package from [http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/download/shiword.1.11.zip](http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/download/shiword.1.11.zip)**…” and that’s it. No matter how long I let it sit, nothing happens. Nothing is downloading or installing. No internet activity. Same thing happens when I try to download any random plugin. * So then I try to install the theme manually by extracting the zip file and uploading it directly through my ftp uploader into the wp-content/themes file. * I am able to do this and it then puts the theme in my menu of available themes, but if I want to “Activate” it or “Preview” it, I get this error message: **Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘=’, expecting ‘)’ in /homepages/3/d357778996/ htdocs/wp-content/themes/arras/library/admin/options.php on line 216** * I’m at a complete loss as to what to do. Any ideas or suggestions? Viewing 2 replies - 1 through 2 (of 2 total) * [Maichomper](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maichomper/) * (@maichomper) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-installing-themes-and-plugins/#post-1924837) * I am having a similar problem. Every time I try to install a theme or a plug- in it says “Downloading install package from [http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/download/*zip…”](http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/download/*zip…”); but nothing happens after. * [Alwyn Botha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/123milliseconds/) * (@123milliseconds) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-installing-themes-and-plugins/#post-1924877) * chompter please start own thread * You have a different problem with a different error and nothing happens for you Viewing 2 replies - 1 through 2 (of 2 total) The topic ‘Problems installing Themes and Plugins’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 2 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [Alwyn Botha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/123milliseconds/) * Last activity: [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-installing-themes-and-plugins/#post-1924877) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics