Title: WordPress plugin install failed
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# WordPress plugin install failed

 *  [IronTed](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ironted/)
 * (@ironted)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-plugin-install-failed/)
 * I’m moving a WordPress blog to a new server. When I tried to install the plugin,
   in this case wp-db-backup.zip, this error appeared:
 * Unpacking the package…
 * Installing the plugin…
 * Could not create directory. /var/www/html/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/wp-db-
   backup/
 * Plugin install failed.
 * How to rectify this? This also happened with the wordpress importer plugin.
 * Ted

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 *  [Clayton James](https://wordpress.org/support/users/claytonjames/)
 * (@claytonjames)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-plugin-install-failed/#post-2707622)
 * Is it possible that you may need to make /wp-content temporarily writable to 
   create the directory?
 *  Thread Starter [IronTed](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ironted/)
 * (@ironted)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-plugin-install-failed/#post-2707629)
 * I used chmod 777 wp-content but it still didn’t work.
 * Ted
 *  [Clayton James](https://wordpress.org/support/users/claytonjames/)
 * (@claytonjames)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-plugin-install-failed/#post-2707631)
 * Possibly an ownership issue?
 *  Thread Starter [IronTed](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ironted/)
 * (@ironted)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-plugin-install-failed/#post-2707641)
 * I guess so, but how to check? Could you show me the links too?
 * And it’s a Centos 6 server. I created an user “admin” for WP who owns the database.
   Don’t know why it couldn’t access it. It would be nice if you could show all 
   the steps.
 *  [Clayton James](https://wordpress.org/support/users/claytonjames/)
 * (@claytonjames)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-plugin-install-failed/#post-2707654)
 * I don’t really think it’s a database issue. I think it could be a file and folder
   ownership/permission issue.
 * This article contains info on both WordPress permissions and ownership issues.
 * [Changing File Permissions](http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions)
   
   [ Permission Scheme for WordPress
 * Out of curiosity, is this a server you are working on locally – as in; at your
   home/office – or is it provided by a hosting company?

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 * Last reply from: [Clayton James](https://wordpress.org/support/users/claytonjames/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-plugin-install-failed/#post-2707654)
 * Status: not resolved

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