Title: Cannot Access Plugin Directory – Automatically changed directory Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # Cannot Access Plugin Directory – Automatically changed directory * Resolved [kalana1338](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kalana1338/) * (@kalana1338) * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-access-plugin-directory-automatically-changed-directory/) * A few days ago I noticed that my plugin directory URL had changed. I was trying to upload a plugin and it wasn’t showing up in the list. Long story short, I ended up doing a fresh re-install of WordPress. I’m still on 2.6 because I go thru my host and they haven’t upgraded yet. Anyway, I was hoping the re-install would fix the plugin directory problem, but it did not. * The plugin directory has always been the standard /wp-content/plugins. * The plugin directory now reads something like /hermes/web06/b1548/***/blog/wp- content/plugins * Where the *** is located is a reference to the host name and my user name that I did not wish to share here. blog/wp-content/plugins is correct, but I don’t know about the rest. I have no idea where this /hermes/etc… place is located and I haven’t touched anything to my knowledge to create this. Additionally, I also do not know when this occured because I haven’t touched plugins for awhile. * Any assistance or direction or thoughts on what might be causing this problem would be so very much appreciated. * I currently have no plugins running because I cannot re-upload them to the “correct” location after the re-install. * Thanks in advance for any feedback! Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total) * [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/) * (@samboll) * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-access-plugin-directory-automatically-changed-directory/#post-954766) * > hermes/web06/b1548/***/blog/wp-content/plugins * that’s just the names of the server and routes to your root – normal – mine reads nearly the same. Try uploading them manually via ftp to your wp-content/plugins folder. * edit – looked at my business site at Ipower – very similar to you * Thread Starter [kalana1338](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kalana1338/) * (@kalana1338) * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-access-plugin-directory-automatically-changed-directory/#post-954930) * Well then maybe that isn’t the exact problem. I have manually used FTP to upload my plugins into wp-content/plugins and they show up there but they do not show up in the WordPress plugin area. All I see is Akismet and Hello Dolly. * I have uploaded a theme the same way I do plugins and it works fine. * Any other ideas on why uploaded plugins wouldn’t show up??? * Thread Starter [kalana1338](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kalana1338/) * (@kalana1338) * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-access-plugin-directory-automatically-changed-directory/#post-954938) * Nevermind. I just messed up uploading the plugins I was trying and didn’t realize they were two levels deep. I believe this is resolved. I believe I did have a problem before the re-install but it is now fixed and its good to know the directory is correct. * Thanks! Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total) The topic ‘Cannot Access Plugin Directory – Automatically changed directory’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [plugin directory](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/plugin-directory/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 3 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [kalana1338](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kalana1338/) * Last activity: [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-access-plugin-directory-automatically-changed-directory/#post-954938) * Status: resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics