Title: Add plugins missing / permission error
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Add plugins missing / permission error

 *  Resolved [helpful_stranger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/helpful_stranger/)
 * (@helpful_stranger)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-plugins-missing-permission-error/)
 * After lots of googling for the solution, I only came across unrelated problems,
   so I thought I’d post my own solution here.
 * I installed WordPress on Fedora through the package manager. When I tried adding
   a plugin I got a permission error. Since Google got me nowhere, and after much
   mucking about with SELinux, I decided to explore WordPress’s configuration file
   manually. The solution was so simple that I couldn’t believe all the time I wasted
   Googling for the answer.
 * Simply change “true” to “false” in the following lines in `wp-config.php`:
    `
   define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', false);` `define('AUTOMATIC_UPDATER_DISABLED', false);`
 * That’s all! Good luck!

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 * [Fedora](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/fedora/)
 * [permission](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/permission/)
 * [SELinux](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/selinux/)

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 * Last reply from: [helpful_stranger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/helpful_stranger/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-plugins-missing-permission-error/)
 * Status: resolved

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