Title: Cannot Upload Plugin
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Cannot Upload Plugin

 *  [mwavera](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mwavera/)
 * (@mwavera)
 * [18 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-upload-plugin/)
 * Hey everyone,
 * I am a novice at word-press to say the least.
 * Anyways, I downloaded the files to a plugin I want (something to upload pictures
   so I can have a photo in my post), but cannot figure out how to upload the files
   to wordpress. Every help section I read says “upload to wordpress plugins folder”,
   but I cannot figure otu how to do that. Could someone please point me in the 
   right direction?

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 *  Thread Starter [mwavera](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mwavera/)
 * (@mwavera)
 * [18 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-upload-plugin/#post-598259)
 * please help
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [18 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-upload-plugin/#post-598260)
 * So, how did you upload the WP files to your server?
    Maybe FTP? [http://codex.wordpress.org/FTP_Clients](http://codex.wordpress.org/FTP_Clients)
 *  [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/)
 * (@whooami)
 * [18 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-upload-plugin/#post-598261)
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Managing_Plugins](http://codex.wordpress.org/Managing_Plugins)
 * Plugins require downloading and uploading to install.
 * You must be familiar with how to download and upload files and how to use FTP,
   if required.
 * beginners guide to ftp:
 * [http://www.ftpplanet.com/ftpresources/basics.htm](http://www.ftpplanet.com/ftpresources/basics.htm)
 * ONLY your host can give you the information you need to access your site via 
   ftp.
 * Uploading is sending files .. downloading is retrieving files.

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## Tags

 * [upload](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/upload/)
 * [uploading](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/uploading/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 3 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/)
 * Last activity: [18 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-upload-plugin/#post-598261)
 * Status: not resolved

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