Can’t install plugin on Hostinger. No permission to write into file system.

  • Resolved Jonas Grumby

    (@ss_minnow)


    1 year, 2 months ago

    I keep getting this “No permission to write into file system.” error message when I try to set up the IP2Location BIN database on my Hostinger website. They’re telling me that the plugin has to be uploaded to the wp-content/uploads folder, which doesn’t make any sense. I tried to delete the plugin and then delete the wp-content/uploads/ip2location folder, and reinstall the plugin but I’m still getting the same error message. Can you shed some light on this? Thank you.

    • This topic was modified 1 year, 2 months ago by Jonas Grumby.
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  • Thread Starter Jonas Grumby

    (@ss_minnow)

    1 year, 2 months ago

    File permissions are set to 755 for the wp-content folder. Even if I change to 777 it still doesn’t work.

    • This reply was modified 1 year, 2 months ago by Jonas Grumby.
    Thread Starter Jonas Grumby

    (@ss_minnow)

    1 year, 2 months ago

    BTW the wp-content/uploads/ip2location folder is there and it has all of the files in it from our last hosting setup.

    • This reply was modified 1 year, 2 months ago by Jonas Grumby.
    Thread Starter Jonas Grumby

    (@ss_minnow)

    1 year, 2 months ago

    I should add that the site was migrated from Hostpapa to Hostinger. All of the original files are there, including the ones in wp-content/uploads/ip2location. I tried deleting that folder and it didn’t help so I put it all back.

    The plugin is telling me “IP2Location Country Blocker requires the IP2Location BIN database to work. Setup your database now.”

    When I try to do that I get the error “No permission to write into file system.”

    Thank you

    • This reply was modified 1 year, 2 months ago by Jonas Grumby.
    Plugin Author IP2Location

    (@ip2location)

    1 year, 2 months ago

    Please clear the content inside “wp-content/uploads/ip2location” and make sure your web server has the permission to read/write on this directory.

    Thread Starter Jonas Grumby

    (@ss_minnow)

    1 year, 2 months ago

    Now they’re saying this. How big is the local query database? I’m supposed to have 200 GB NVMe storage.

    I was able to verify your Hosting configuration and the Framework that you are trying to install , this can only be used on a KVM/VPS server

    IP2LOCATION database cannot be installed on shared hosting due to several limitations:

    1. Storage restrictions – The database files are typically large
    2. No root access – Installation requires system-level permissions
    3. Resource limitations – Queries might exceed shared hosting limits
    Plugin Author IP2Location

    (@ip2location)

    1 year, 2 months ago

    1. The file is around 50MB, so please ensure you have enough disk space.
    2. No root access required.
    3. You must have at least 256MB free memory to read/query the database.
    Thread Starter Jonas Grumby

    (@ss_minnow)

    1 year, 2 months ago

    This is resolved. There were absolute paths in the WP database tables that didn’t exist on the new server. I had to use PHPMyAdmin to search for a folder name and manually replace those paths with the correct ones. Everything is working fine now.

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