Title: cannot upload advanced-cache.php
Last modified: December 24, 2023

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# cannot upload advanced-cache.php

 *  Resolved [2022dmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/2022dmi/)
 * (@2022dmi)
 * [2 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-upload-advanced-cache-php/)
 * sftp://eyepublishewe.wordpress.com@sftp.wp.com/htdocs/wp-content/advanced-cache.
   php<span style=”mso-no-proof:yes”> I cannot upload the advanced-cache.php file
   becasue one already existnor am I able to edit the existing one it appears to
   be a directory</span><span style=”mso-no-proof:yes”></span>

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 *  Plugin Support [Kowsar Hossain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kowsar89/)
 * (@kowsar89)
 * [2 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-upload-advanced-cache-php/#post-17299294)
 * [@2022dmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/2022dmi/) You may ask your hosting
   provider about this issue.
 * I’m assuming “`wp-content/advanced-cache.php`” file is not writable in your case.
   You can ask your hosting provider to configure the appropriate writing permission
   for this file. Any caching plugin you use will require the ability to write to
   this file to function properly.
 *  Thread Starter [2022dmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/2022dmi/)
 * (@2022dmi)
 * [2 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-upload-advanced-cache-php/#post-17299608)
 * Error: Directory /htdocs/wp-content/advanced-cache.php: no such file or directory
   
   Error: Failed to retrieve directory listing
 * 777?
 *  Plugin Support [Kowsar Hossain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kowsar89/)
 * (@kowsar89)
 * [2 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-upload-advanced-cache-php/#post-17299946)
 * [@2022dmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/2022dmi/) You can set the file
   permission to 644. For more details, please check this article: [https://www.malcare.com/blog/wordpress-file-permissions/](https://www.malcare.com/blog/wordpress-file-permissions/)

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 * Last activity: [2 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-upload-advanced-cache-php/#post-17299946)
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