Title: Cannot Upload Plugins
Last modified: May 9, 2020

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# Cannot Upload Plugins

 *  Resolved [gladiator121](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gladiator121/)
 * (@gladiator121)
 * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-upload-plugins/)
 * Hi,
 * I’am not able to install or delete plugins in my website. I am also cannot update
   the plugins.
 * When I hover over “Plugins” in my setting tab, i do not get any options to add
   a new plugin. See screenshot:
    [https://ibb.co/sjr9xcc](https://ibb.co/sjr9xcc)
 * I am not able to update plugins also or delete.
 * I tried all of these solutions :
    1)changed my theme to the default one 2)deactivated
   all the plugins 3)increased the PHP memory limit to 256 4)Checked if i’m in administrator
   account or editor – i’m in admin role 5)tried to connect directly to /wp-admin/
   plugin-install.php – and this lead me to an error “Sorry, you are not allowed
   to access this page.”
 * any help would be appreciated.
    Thanks

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 *  [kaushalsheth](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kaushalsheth/)
 * (@kaushalsheth)
 * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-upload-plugins/#post-12806338)
 * Check file permissions of the WordPress
 * > [Changing File Permissions](https://wordpress.org/support/article/changing-file-permissions/)
 * If issue still persists, check error log file and you will find errors related
   to this issue
 *  Thread Starter [gladiator121](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gladiator121/)
 * (@gladiator121)
 * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-upload-plugins/#post-12806360)
 * After a very long and deeply investigate, the problem was with wp-config.php 
   file
 * 2 lines of code was causing the problem,
    define(‘DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT’, true);
   define(‘DISALLOW_FILE_MODS’, true);
 * when i switched them to false, the problem was resolved.
 * Thank you so much.
 *  [kaushalsheth](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kaushalsheth/)
 * (@kaushalsheth)
 * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-upload-plugins/#post-12806367)
 * Awesome. I also learnt something new today 🙂

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 3 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [kaushalsheth](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kaushalsheth/)
 * Last activity: [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-upload-plugins/#post-12806367)
 * Status: resolved

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