Title: Fixing plugin that stops admin login?
Last modified: April 10, 2017

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# Fixing plugin that stops admin login?

 *  [silsurf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/silsurf/)
 * (@silsurf)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fixing-plugin-that-stops-admin-login/)
 * There is a plug in I am using that is stopping my site from loading. All I get
   is a white blank screen. (the favicon loads and there is no error)
 * My host (Media Temple) helped me understand that if I rename the plugins folder,
   the site loads, but now I have to figure out what exactly is causing the problem.
   There are not really any special plugins that I need, so I am happy to just start
   fresh.
 * I tried changing the plugin folder name then installing Askimet as a test, but
   I get “Installation failed: Could not create directory.” when I try to install
   a new version of Askimet.
 * Thanks for any guidance on the issue,
 * Henry

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 *  [a2hostingrj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/a2hostingrj/)
 * (@a2hostingrj)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fixing-plugin-that-stops-admin-login/#post-9016558)
 * The “could not create a directory” error is related to bad folder permission/
   ownership
 * The permissions of the WP-content/plugin might be incorrect. The permission for
   that directory should be 755.

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 * Last activity: [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fixing-plugin-that-stops-admin-login/#post-9016558)
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