Title: Cannot activate WP Staging
Last modified: April 18, 2022

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# Cannot activate WP Staging

 *  Resolved [kelseymarkey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kelseymarkey/)
 * (@kelseymarkey)
 * [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-wp-staging/)
 * Hello,
 * I’ve just installed WP staging 2.9.8 on my site by following the instructions
   at [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-staging/#installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-staging/#installation).
   However, when I go to activate the plugin, it does not move from a “Disabled”
   status. I am running WordPress 5.9.3 – is WP Staging compatible with 5.9.3 yet?
   Or any other ideas what might be causing this issue?
 * Thanks!

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 *  Plugin Contributor [alaasalama](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alaasalama/)
 * (@alaasalama)
 * [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-wp-staging/#post-15569003)
 * Hi [@kelseymarkey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kelseymarkey/)
    WP STAGING
   is compatible with the latest version of WordPress.
 * Can you install and activate other plugins normally? Please enable WP_DEBUG mode
   following [this guide](https://wp-staging.com/docs/enable-wordpress-debug-log-mode/),
   then re-activate the plugin and submit the debug.log file via this form:
    [https://wp-staging.com/support/](https://wp-staging.com/support/)
 * And we will help you further from there.
    Thanks, Alaa
 *  Thread Starter [kelseymarkey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kelseymarkey/)
 * (@kelseymarkey)
 * [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-wp-staging/#post-15579977)
 * Hi Alaa,
 * Thanks for following up. I have confirmed that I can install and activate other
   plugins normally. I will look into enabling WP_DEBUG mode and sending the logs.
   In the meantime can you explain why WP Staging is an incompatible plugin? [https://wordpress.com/support/incompatible-plugins/](https://wordpress.com/support/incompatible-plugins/)
 * Thanks!
    Kelsey
 *  Plugin Author [Rene Hermenau](https://wordpress.org/support/users/renehermi/)
 * (@renehermi)
 * [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-wp-staging/#post-15580645)
 * Hi Kelsey,
 * the wp staging free version makes use of ABSPATH and stores the staging site 
   inside this folder. In the future, we are going to release an update that allows
   to clone a site into a writeable subfolder on wordpress.com systems and hope 
   this will make wp staging compatible with wordpress.com

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 * Last reply from: [Rene Hermenau](https://wordpress.org/support/users/renehermi/)
 * Last activity: [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-wp-staging/#post-15580645)
 * Status: resolved