Title: Error when installing
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Error when installing

 *  Resolved [yardena613](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yardena613/)
 * (@yardena613)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-installing-8/)
 * I tried installing your plugn but I get this error:
    Warning: require_once(includes/
   meta-boxes.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file 
   or directory in /home/content/78/6009878/html/wp/wp-content/plugins/printfriendly/
   pf.php on line 1063
 * Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required ‘includes/
   meta-boxes.php’ (include_path=’/var/chroot/home/content/78/6009878/html/php/’)
   in /home/content/78/6009878/html/wp/wp-content/plugins/printfriendly/pf.php on
   line 1063
 * What am I doing wrong?
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/printfriendly/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/printfriendly/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Print & PDF by PrintFriendly](https://wordpress.org/support/users/printfriendly/)
 * (@printfriendly)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-installing-8/#post-4208335)
 * I believe the problem is your installation of WP is missing the meta-boxes.php
   file. Can you add?
 * Every WP version since WP-2.9 has the file “wp-admin/includes/meta-boxes.php”
   which is what we are trying to include in our plugin. If its not found, it produces
   the error.
 *  Thread Starter [yardena613](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yardena613/)
 * (@yardena613)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-installing-8/#post-4208350)
 * Hi Thanks for your help. I have WP 3.6.1 installed and I see the meta-boxes.php
   file is there?? Any other suggestions?
 *  Plugin Author [Print & PDF by PrintFriendly](https://wordpress.org/support/users/printfriendly/)
 * (@printfriendly)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-installing-8/#post-4208359)
 * Is it possible that you may have moved your plugins directory ? Thats can also
   possibly be a reason.
 *  Thread Starter [yardena613](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yardena613/)
 * (@yardena613)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-installing-8/#post-4208360)
 * Hi I REALLY appreciate your help.
    All my plugins including printfriendly is 
   in wp-content/plugins/. Also the plugin actually works but I cant get into the
   settings page to make changes [http://challahcrumbs.com/wp/](http://challahcrumbs.com/wp/)
   Any other ideas?
 *  Plugin Author [Print & PDF by PrintFriendly](https://wordpress.org/support/users/printfriendly/)
 * (@printfriendly)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-installing-8/#post-4208370)
 * Afraid I’m out of ideas.
 *  [TheOnline BusinessStore](https://wordpress.org/support/users/theonline-businessstore/)
 * (@theonline-businessstore)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-installing-8/#post-4208379)
 * Try installing the plugin on another theme you have, if it works then you’ll 
   know your theme is just not compatible with this plugin(4 some reason) Or Try
   using just the HTML or short code instead. Perhaps doing everything manually 
   is all that’s needed…
    It’s happened to me either I switch themes if I truly 
   need just this plugin or I try another similar functioning plugin that does work.

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 * 6 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [TheOnline BusinessStore](https://wordpress.org/support/users/theonline-businessstore/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-installing-8/#post-4208379)
 * Status: resolved