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# johnscottfree

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 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Contact Form 7] CF7 hangs on submit after upgrade to php 8](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cf7-hangs-on-submit-after-upgrade-to-php-8/)
 *  [johnscottfree](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnscottfree/)
 * (@johnscottfree)
 * [3 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cf7-hangs-on-submit-after-upgrade-to-php-8/#post-16081351)
 * Same issue here. Upgraded to php 8.0, Contact Form 7 submit button just keeps
   turning and hanging. It doesn’t work. I reverted back to php 7.4 and now it’s
   fine.
    How do I fix this? At the end of December 2022 all sites will be automatically
   upgraded to php 8.0. Please help!
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Wordfence Security - Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security] WordFence changed my file permissions?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordfence-changed-my-file-permissions/)
 *  [johnscottfree](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnscottfree/)
 * (@johnscottfree)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordfence-changed-my-file-permissions/#post-5195165)
 * Same thing just happened to me. I don’t use Wordfence though.
 * The only change I was able to observe is that the Contact Form7 plugin auto deactivated
   and i couldn’t re-activate,delete,re-install it or any of my other plugins until
   all the file permissions had been changed back again!!
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Contact Form 7] Generate Tag](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/generate-tag-2/)
 *  [johnscottfree](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnscottfree/)
 * (@johnscottfree)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/generate-tag-2/#post-5405580)
 * The ‘generate tag’ field is missing form my Contact Form settings
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Contact Form 7] Plugin automatically deactivated and unable to re-activate or delete](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-fail-6/)
 *  [johnscottfree](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnscottfree/)
 * (@johnscottfree)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-fail-6/#post-5412658)
 * Thanks Buzztone.
 * I am the website administrator and manage the hosting package so I have owner’s
   access to the ‘console H’.
 * A forum suggested an issue with the ‘upgrade’ folder on the server and that I
   should change the permissions to ‘777 recursive’ but this is not safe with regards
   to security? As owner, I already have ‘read, write and execute’ permissions. 
   They are set as such: Owner=read,write,execute / Group=read,execute / Public=
   read,execute
 * On looking around in the website I’ve now discovered that I am unable to upload
   any new plugins via wordpress. When I try uploading a new plugin, it goes into
   the ‘upgrade’ folder on the server but does not appear in the ‘plugins’ folder.
   On the wordpress dashboard, I keep getting the same message:
 * _Downloading install package from [https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/search.zip…](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/search.zip…)_
 * Unpacking the package…
 * Installing the plugin…
 * Could not create directory. /usr/www/users/outregybzr/wp-content/plugins/search/
 * Plugin install failed.
 * Please help. Before long, I will have an angry client!
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Google Fonts For WordPress] unable to edit image in page after this plugin installed](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unable-to-edit-image-in-page-after-this-plugin-installed/)
 *  [johnscottfree](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnscottfree/)
 * (@johnscottfree)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unable-to-edit-image-in-page-after-this-plugin-installed/#post-4904526)
 * Good Day
 * I am experiencing the same issue.
 * Please advise at your earliest convenience.
 * Thank you
 * John

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