Title: Cannot see my plugins
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Cannot see my plugins

 *  [smartcatseo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smartcatseo/)
 * (@smartcatseo)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-see-my-plugins/)
 * Hey there,
 * I can’t seem to get my plugins to work. After uploading and activating them, 
   I don’t see them on my left sidebar.
 * I’ve checked with my Hosting provider Godaddy and my wp-content folder has all
   the plugin folders in there. With the permission icon. So we think the problem
   is on the WP end of things.
 * When I downloaded my first plugin, I was not prompted to give my ftp info either.
   
   Please help!

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-see-my-plugins/#post-2523988)
 * Have you tried:
 * – switching to the Twenty Eleven theme to rule out any theme-specific problems.
 * – [resetting the plugins folder](http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_Troubleshooting#How_to_deactivate_all_plugins_when_not_able_to_access_the_administrative_menus.3F)
   by FTP or PhpMyAdmin. Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause
   problems.
 * – re-uploading the wp-admin and wp-includes folders from a **fresh** download
   of WordPress.
 *  Thread Starter [smartcatseo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smartcatseo/)
 * (@smartcatseo)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-see-my-plugins/#post-2524184)
 * Ok, I’ve tried the Twenty Eleven theme. Logged out and back in again. It didn’t
   do anything.
 * Where can I find the wp-options folder? Based on the link you gave me, after 
   I deactivate them, what do I do?
    I have tried deactivating all the plugins and
   deleting some. I only kept one just to test with. The All-in-One-SEO plugin. 
   I downloaded a fresh one but still nothing.
 * If I download WordPress again, won’t I lose all my content? I had problems with
   themes before and had to uninstall WP and re-install it again. I lost all my 
   content that way and had to start all over again – still with no plugins functioning.
 * Both my blogs have this problem. I don’t know what I am doing wrong. I’ve searched
   through the forum or the past 5 days trying to find a thread that can help me.
   They were slightly different situations or the solution was not posted.
    If anyone
   has had the same problem and whose figured it out, please help me!

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [smartcatseo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smartcatseo/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-see-my-plugins/#post-2524184)
 * Status: not resolved

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