Title: WP not finding Plugins directory?
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# WP not finding Plugins directory?

 *  Phil D.
 * [21 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-not-finding-plugins-directory/)
 * I’ve been getting a flood of comment spam today, and trying my best to keep up
   with it; and I wanted to install the Comment Killer plugin. I uploaded it to 
   my wp-content/plugins directory, but when I go to Plugins in my WP admin screen,
   it says that it “Couldn’t open plugins directory or there are no plugins available.”
   What can I do to fix this?

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 *  [sdollen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sdollen/)
 * (@sdollen)
 * [21 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-not-finding-plugins-directory/#post-104605)
 * Have you checked the chmod of the directory? Having the incorrect or too restrictive
   chmod, I think, can cause what you described.
 *  [rebekkah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rebekkah/)
 * (@rebekkah)
 * [21 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-not-finding-plugins-directory/#post-105178)
 * I am having this same problem. Please let me know if you can fix it. I tried 
   playing with my permission settings but this doesn’t seem to help.
 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [21 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-not-finding-plugins-directory/#post-105179)
 * What are your file permissions on wp-content and on plugins ?
 *  [rebekkah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rebekkah/)
 * (@rebekkah)
 * [21 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-not-finding-plugins-directory/#post-105180)
 * Aha! Fixed it. I had my permission level for content set to 6, not 7. Thanks 
   for pointing out that folder for me 🙂

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 4 replies
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 * Last reply from: [rebekkah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rebekkah/)
 * Last activity: [21 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-not-finding-plugins-directory/#post-105180)
 * Status: not resolved

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