Title: martonic's Replies | WordPress.org --- # martonic [ ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/martonic/) * [Profile](https://wordpress.org/support/users/martonic/) * [Topics Started](https://wordpress.org/support/users/martonic/topics/) * [Replies Created](https://wordpress.org/support/users/martonic/replies/) * [Reviews Written](https://wordpress.org/support/users/martonic/reviews/) * [Topics Replied To](https://wordpress.org/support/users/martonic/replied-to/) * [Engagements](https://wordpress.org/support/users/martonic/engagements/) * [Favorites](https://wordpress.org/support/users/martonic/favorites/) Search replies: ## Forum Replies Created Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 23 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/martonic/replies/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/users/martonic/replies/page/2/?output_format=md) * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[Buttonizer - Social Media Share Buttons, Social Icons, & Social Feeds] Nothing but the title](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nothing-but-the-title/) * Thread Starter [martonic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/martonic/) * (@martonic) * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nothing-but-the-title/#post-3959300) * Edit. The shortcode produced only the title. In another page, where I use php I put in the following code: * `` * This renders correctly. * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Installation confused about plugin location](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-confused-about-plugin-location/) * Thread Starter [martonic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/martonic/) * (@martonic) * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-confused-about-plugin-location/page/2/#post-3661143) * **SOLVED** * There is NOTHING in the WordPress database nor configuration that tells WP where to install/update themes or plugins! * It is entirely controlled by the default access for the FTP ACCOUNT that is used for this purpose. * I simply needed to update the FTP credentials so that an account would be used that defaults to the correct location (now the root). * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Installation confused about plugin location](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-confused-about-plugin-location/) * Thread Starter [martonic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/martonic/) * (@martonic) * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-confused-about-plugin-location/page/2/#post-3661142) * The necessity was to have the files available in a new location. I kept the old ones “just in case”. As it turns out, IIRC the first time I could not get into the admin site at sitename/admin, I had to use sitename/wp/admin – so if I had deleted (“moved”) those files, I would have been SOL. However, the existence of files that are not referenced should mean nothing. WP had been told to look for them in a new location. Why should it matter if they are also present in an old location, or a dozen other locations that WP has been told NOT to use? It should not matter at all. If you are saying that was a mistake, and it led to the current behavior, for which there is still no explanation in sight, I would like to see some justification for that opinion. I still don’t see why WP should be attempting to update files in a location that is not referenced either in the database, or in any of the configuration files – or how it can know where the files are for the purpose of READING them, but not for the purpose of WRITING them. That makes no sense – so it must be incorrect, and a reference to that directory must still exist somewhere in the working image. However, the mere EXISTENCE of an old directory should have no effect whatsoever. If this is wrong, please explain how it can be wrong. Thanks for your help! * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Installation confused about plugin location](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-confused-about-plugin-location/) * Thread Starter [martonic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/martonic/) * (@martonic) * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-confused-about-plugin-location/#post-3661140) * That is exactly what I followed, or tried to follow, as well as I could understand it. * Can you point to something I did wrong? * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Installation confused about plugin location](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-confused-about-plugin-location/) * Thread Starter [martonic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/martonic/) * (@martonic) * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-confused-about-plugin-location/#post-3661138) * 1) Administration > Settings > General panel. * 2) Changed WordPress Address and Site Address from [http://wp/sitename.com](http://wp/sitename.com) to [http://sitename.com](http://sitename.com). * 3) Clicked “Save Changes”. * 4) Copied wp-admin, wp-content, wp-includes directories from public-html/wp to public-html. * 5) Copied .htaccess, index.php, xmlrpc.php, and all of the wp-*.php files from public-html/wp to public-html. * 6) Edited index.php (in the root directory). Changed “require(‘./wp/wp-blog-header. php’);” to “require(‘./wp-blog-header.php’);”. * 7) Ran the “Search and Replace for WordPress Databases Script” from here: * [http://interconnectit.com/products/search-and-replace-for-wordpress-databases/](http://interconnectit.com/products/search-and-replace-for-wordpress-databases/) * Changed all matching references from “sitename/wp/” to “sitename/”. * 8) Opened the admin site which was a bit tricky. I don’t recall how I finally got into the site at this point. * 9) Administration > Settings > Permalinks * 10) Clicked “Save Changes”. The contents of sitename/.htaccess did not need to be changed; it already matched what was shown. It has the permalink code and nothing else. * I think that’s it. * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Installation confused about plugin location](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-confused-about-plugin-location/) * Thread Starter [martonic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/martonic/) * (@martonic) * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-confused-about-plugin-location/#post-3661135) * Thanks. * I only found one entry with the string ‘/wp/’ in the option_value field. * The option_name is “recently_edited” and the length of each sub-string (a total of five “s:xxx” values) is embedded in the data (error-prone for manual editing). * It does not seem like the “recently_edited” row should be causing these problems. But then again, I don’t understand why “recently_edited” would be considered an “option” in the first place. I surely don’t know what effect this entry is supposed to have on the site behavior. * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Installation confused about plugin location](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-confused-about-plugin-location/) * Thread Starter [martonic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/martonic/) * (@martonic) * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-confused-about-plugin-location/#post-3661133) * I ran the “search and replace php script” but I cannot be 100% sure that it worked correctly. However, the site does run at its new location and WP READS the plugins, themes and so on from the correct location, it just continues to WRITE them ( including updates) to the wrong one. * Hence my original question in the first post above: * Can anyone tell me where, in the database, is the information that tells WordPress where to operate on the installed plugins? This seems to be different than the information that tells it from where to LOAD the installed plugins. I would call this a BUG – but meanwhile, would like to find a way to correct this problem. * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Installation confused about plugin location](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-confused-about-plugin-location/) * Thread Starter [martonic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/martonic/) * (@martonic) * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-confused-about-plugin-location/#post-3661131) * esmi wrote: * > Try commenting out those two lines in wp-config.php * Thanks esmi but it makes no difference. It worked that way BEFORE I added those lines to wp-config.php, and it still works the same crazy way AFTER I added them in. I then went to the Settings page and clicked ‘Submit’ (without changing anything) but that made no difference either. * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Installation confused about plugin location](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-confused-about-plugin-location/) * Thread Starter [martonic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/martonic/) * (@martonic) * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-confused-about-plugin-location/#post-3661130) * Example 2. I install a plugin and it lands here: * $_SERVER[‘DOCUMENT_ROOT’] . ‘/wp/wp-content/plugins’ * and I go to the plugins page and it is NOT THERE. * I manually MOVE the new directory into this location: * $_SERVER[‘DOCUMENT_ROOT’] . ‘/wp-content/plugins’ * and THEN WordPress agrees that we have a new plugin installed. * Any ideas? * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Installation confused about plugin location](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-confused-about-plugin-location/) * Thread Starter [martonic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/martonic/) * (@martonic) * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-confused-about-plugin-location/#post-3661128) * Unfortunately, changing wp-config.php did not seem to help. * For example, wp-config.php has this: * define( ‘WP_CONTENT_DIR’, $_SERVER[‘DOCUMENT_ROOT’] . ‘/wp-content’ ); define(‘ WP_CONTENT_URL’, ‘[http://sitename.com/wp-content’](http://sitename.com/wp-content’);); * (the text is not “sitename”, it is the actually web site name) * I log into dashboard and it says I need to update two themes (twenty-ten and twenty-eleven). * If I update them, it changes the content HERE: * $_SERVER[‘DOCUMENT_ROOT’] . ‘/wp/wp-content/themes’ * NOT here: * $_SERVER[‘DOCUMENT_ROOT’] . ‘/wp-content/themes’ * It says both updates are successful BUT as soon as I click “Dashboard”, it STILL says that two themes need to be updated. * WordPress is READING our content from the correct location, but WRITING it to the wrong location! * Any help will be appreciated enormously! * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Installation confused about plugin location](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-confused-about-plugin-location/) * Thread Starter [martonic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/martonic/) * (@martonic) * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-confused-about-plugin-location/#post-3661127) * Thank you very much! * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[FAQ plugin] Works great – but disables our "Add Media" button](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-great-but-disables-our-add-media-button/) * Thread Starter [martonic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/martonic/) * (@martonic) * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-great-but-disables-our-add-media-button/#post-3370214) * Our “solution” is to use a different plugin. * To use this one, don’t forget to update the jquery registration as explained in the post just above by the author. * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[FAQ plugin] Works great – but disables our "Add Media" button](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-great-but-disables-our-add-media-button/) * Thread Starter [martonic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/martonic/) * (@martonic) * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-great-but-disables-our-add-media-button/#post-3370141) * Thank you very much. We are now using another solution, but I appreciate the answer. * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[FAQ plugin] Works great – but disables our "Add Media" button](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-great-but-disables-our-add-media-button/) * Thread Starter [martonic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/martonic/) * (@martonic) * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-great-but-disables-our-add-media-button/#post-3370105) * [http://madebyraygun.com/wordpress/plugins/q-and-a-plus/](http://madebyraygun.com/wordpress/plugins/q-and-a-plus/) * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[FAQ plugin] Works great – but disables our "Add Media" button](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-great-but-disables-our-add-media-button/) * Thread Starter [martonic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/martonic/) * (@martonic) * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-great-but-disables-our-add-media-button/#post-3370103) * No – we switched to “Q&A” (now using the paid version, “Q&A Plus”) which is looking okay (with search and category links disabled, and styling added). * We also liked “Faq manager” except that re-ording the questions seems to be broken 🙁 Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 23 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/martonic/replies/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/users/martonic/replies/page/2/?output_format=md)