Title: installing a large plugin
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# installing a large plugin

 *  Resolved [alanpmcd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alanpmcd/)
 * (@alanpmcd)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-a-large-plugin/)
 * I am new to WordPress. I am trying to install a large plugin (s2member). It won’t
   install automatically via the search because of its size. I have uploaded the
   zip file to wp-content/plugins, and, when that seemed to have no effect, I tried
   uploading to uploads/2010/11
 * In my dashboard, however, I can’t persuade WP to see the plugin in order to activate
   it. What can I do?
 * Sorry if as a newbie here I’m (not) doing something obsvious!
 * alan

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-a-large-plugin/#post-1779676)
 * Unpack the plugin archive and upload the plugin folder to wp-content/plugins.
 *  Thread Starter [alanpmcd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alanpmcd/)
 * (@alanpmcd)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-a-large-plugin/#post-1779790)
 * Thanks a lot esmi, you’ve got me up and running. The vital phrase ‘unpack the
   plugin archive’ wasn’t in the Word Press instructions and for some reason didn’t
   occur to me, so I copied the zip file in there and was baffled.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-a-large-plugin/#post-1779824)
 * Glad to have helped. 🙂

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