Title: Can’t Install/Upgrade Plugins Through WordPress Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # Can’t Install/Upgrade Plugins Through WordPress * [khaledeomar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/khaledeomar/) * (@khaledeomar) * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-installupgrade-plugins-through-wordpress/) * So I can’t install plugins through wordpress. I also can’t upgrade through wordpress. * This wasn’t an issue when I had 2.7.1 but when I upgraded to 2.8 it started happening. * Just yesterday, I deleted my Database and removed wordpress and reinstalled it and I still get the same issue. * > Downloading install package from [http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/si-captcha-for-wordpress.zip](http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/si-captcha-for-wordpress.zip). > Unpacking the package. > Installing the plugin. > Could not create directory. /misc/42/000/191/407/1/user/web/(website url here)/ > wp-content/plugins/(plugin name)/ > Plugin Install Failed. * I started using FTP for a while to get around it but it’s getting pretty annoying. Viewing 12 replies - 1 through 12 (of 12 total) * Thread Starter [khaledeomar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/khaledeomar/) * (@khaledeomar) * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-installupgrade-plugins-through-wordpress/#post-1266808) * Also, this isn’t happening to one blog, it’s happening to all three of my blogs. * [blogatorul](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blogatorul/) * (@blogatorul) * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-installupgrade-plugins-through-wordpress/#post-1266810) * you have to make your wp-content writable. use your windows commander or whatever soft u use for your uploads on the ftp, right click on the folder called wp-content and change attributes to 777. Then upload… Change back to 644 when you are done. * [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/) * (@samboll) * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-installupgrade-plugins-through-wordpress/#post-1266811) * chmod /wp-content to 777 try the upload chmod back to 755 should continue working * Thread Starter [khaledeomar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/khaledeomar/) * (@khaledeomar) * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-installupgrade-plugins-through-wordpress/#post-1266817) * I’m Using Core FTP and it won’t let me change the permissions on my desktop, I can change them on the web server but it doesn’t work that way. * Thread Starter [khaledeomar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/khaledeomar/) * (@khaledeomar) * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-installupgrade-plugins-through-wordpress/#post-1266891) * Okay, So I tried making it 777 then 755 but I get the same result. The problem is that I can’t make it 777 then upload then change to 755. What FTP clients are you using that let’s you change the permissions on your desktop before you upload. * [acy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/acy/) * (@acy) * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-installupgrade-plugins-through-wordpress/#post-1267237) * I also had problems during the installation of plugins and tried your solutions, but did not succeed and I think changing the chmod is not a good solutions. I found two other solutions: [http://stuff24.de/blog/wordpress-could-not-create-directory-plugin-install-failed/](http://stuff24.de/blog/wordpress-could-not-create-directory-plugin-install-failed/) * [pakaian-bayi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pakaian-bayi/) * (@pakaian-bayi) * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-installupgrade-plugins-through-wordpress/#post-1267242) * I have a same problem … help !! * [ericreal72](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericreal72/) * (@ericreal72) * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-installupgrade-plugins-through-wordpress/#post-1267246) * i have the same problem! i tried all of the fixes provided here..nothing worked! * [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/) * (@samboll) * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-installupgrade-plugins-through-wordpress/#post-1267247) * you don’t change permissions on the desktop – you do it on the server with ftp or cpanel file manager you just want to chmod this folder anyway to 777 `/wp- content` * I use filezilla to do it [http://filezilla-project.org/download.php](http://filezilla-project.org/download.php) * [jedhenson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jedhenson/) * (@jedhenson) * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-installupgrade-plugins-through-wordpress/#post-1267274) * I had the same problem with my new site, which for some reason I set up on a Windows server on GoDaddy instead of Linux. Two days ago I switched it from Windows to Linux (still on GoDaddy), and all those problems went away. * This guys explains the simple/easy/pretty quick switch: [http://rockettscience.com/2007/07/17/wordpress-linux-windows-and-godaddy/](http://rockettscience.com/2007/07/17/wordpress-linux-windows-and-godaddy/) * [jedhenson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jedhenson/) * (@jedhenson) * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-installupgrade-plugins-through-wordpress/#post-1267275) * Here’s GoDaddy’s page on doing the switch: [http://help.godaddy.com/article/1285?isc=gdbb1207](http://help.godaddy.com/article/1285?isc=gdbb1207) * [Roger Theriault](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rogertheriault/) * (@rogertheriault) * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-installupgrade-plugins-through-wordpress/#post-1267290) * There’s one case in which this message might be a bit misleading: * If you’re running a local FTPD and didn’t set it to enable uploads. * Eg: vsftpd * > By default, users are allowed to download files from FTP server. They are not > allowed to upload files to FTP server. To change this setting, you should uncomment > the following line: > `#write_enable=YES` * (and `sudo restart vsftpd`) Viewing 12 replies - 1 through 12 (of 12 total) The topic ‘Can’t Install/Upgrade Plugins Through WordPress’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [download](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/download/) * [Failed](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/failed/) * [upgrade](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/upgrade/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 12 replies * 8 participants * Last reply from: [Roger Theriault](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rogertheriault/) * Last activity: [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-installupgrade-plugins-through-wordpress/#post-1267290) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics