Title: Missing “Add New Plugin” button in wordpress menu
Last modified: September 28, 2022

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# Missing “Add New Plugin” button in wordpress menu

 *  Resolved [auser0912387](https://wordpress.org/support/users/auser0912387/)
 * (@auser0912387)
 * [3 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-add-new-plugin-button-in-wordpress-menu/)
 * Recently I noticed that I no longer see the button that allows me to add a new
   plugin in the Plugins menu in wp. I’m running wordpress 6.0.2. I don’t remember
   exactly when I noticed that the button went missing, but it has been gone for
   some time now. What should I be looking at here to bring the button back?

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 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [3 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-add-new-plugin-button-in-wordpress-menu/#post-16052331)
 * This may be a plugin or theme conflict. Please attempt to disable all plugins,
   and use one of the default (Twenty*) themes. If the problem goes away, enable
   them one by one to identify the source of your troubles.
 *  Thread Starter [auser0912387](https://wordpress.org/support/users/auser0912387/)
 * (@auser0912387)
 * [3 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-add-new-plugin-button-in-wordpress-menu/#post-16060090)
 * I disabled all plugins and still no “add plugins” button. Also, I can’t upgrade
   any plugin or my themes. There is no longer a button or option that allows me
   to do that. I downgraded wordpress to 6.0.1, then 5.9.4 and still it did not 
   fix it. I really don’t want to switch themes right now, it’s unlikely to be the
   problem (downgrading should ahve fixed the problem if it was theme related, since
   it was recently working fine) and it might cause a bunch of issues with my widgets
   and some custom things going haywire. Anything else I can try?
    -  This reply was modified 3 years, 8 months ago by [auser0912387](https://wordpress.org/support/users/auser0912387/).
 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [3 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-add-new-plugin-button-in-wordpress-menu/#post-16060107)
 * > Also, I can’t upgrade any plugin or my themes.
 * You may try manually upgrading:
    [Try installing or upgrading the Plugin manually.](https://wordpress.org/support/article/managing-plugins/#manual-plugin-installation)
   [https://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/how-to-manually-update-wordpress-plugins-via-ftp/](https://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/how-to-manually-update-wordpress-plugins-via-ftp/)
 * [Try installing or upgrading the Theme manually.](https://wordpress.org/support/article/using-themes/#adding-new-themes)
   
   [https://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/how-to-properly-change-a-wordpress-theme/#how-to-change-wordpress-theme-manually](https://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/how-to-properly-change-a-wordpress-theme/#how-to-change-wordpress-theme-manually)
 * _____
 * **BACKUP: If you haven’t already done, always backup everything (including your
   database) before doing any actions, just in case something really goes wrong.
   You can never have enough backups! See [https://wordpress.org/support/article/wordpress-backups/](https://wordpress.org/support/article/wordpress-backups/)**
    -  This reply was modified 3 years, 8 months ago by [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/).
 *  Thread Starter [auser0912387](https://wordpress.org/support/users/auser0912387/)
 * (@auser0912387)
 * [3 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-add-new-plugin-button-in-wordpress-menu/#post-16060138)
 * I know that I can manually upgrade a plugin, but I’m concerned with the larger
   issue… Auto updates are gone… No wordpress updates, no theme updates, no plugin
   updates. The buttons are missing from the wordpress dashboard for both updating
   and for plugins. That’s a big deal! I need to fix the this, I can’t be manually
   checking for updates every day for plugins and for wordpress itself. I need to
   restore wordpress to normal functionality
 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [3 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-add-new-plugin-button-in-wordpress-menu/#post-16060141)
 * Troubleshooting with your browser: Your browser can help you identify JavaScript
   issues or conflicts and [this article can assist you in doing that diagnosis](https://wordpress.org/support/article/using-your-browser-to-diagnose-javascript-errors/).
 *  Thread Starter [auser0912387](https://wordpress.org/support/users/auser0912387/)
 * (@auser0912387)
 * [3 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-add-new-plugin-button-in-wordpress-menu/#post-16060877)
 * I followed the article, “tried another browser”’ lol… no that didn’t work. and
   went into chrome’s dev console with all plugins disabled. No errors for wordpress:
 *     ```
       load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils&ver=5.9.4:5 JQMIGRATE: Migrate is installed, version 3.3.2
       DevTools failed to load source map: Could not load content for chrome-extension://gighmmpiobklfepjocnamgkkbiglidom/browser-polyfill.js.map: System error: net::ERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND
       ```
   
 * I have no idea what that chrome extension error message is, but I highly doubt
   it has anything to do with my issue.
 * Is there somewhere I can report a bug to wordpress? This isn’t going to be resolved
   by “trying another browser” and such.
 * _[ [Please do not bump.](https://wordpress.org/support/guidelines/#do-not-bump-posts)]_
    -  This reply was modified 3 years, 8 months ago by [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/).
 *  Thread Starter [auser0912387](https://wordpress.org/support/users/auser0912387/)
 * (@auser0912387)
 * [3 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-add-new-plugin-button-in-wordpress-menu/#post-16062991)
 * I tried the advice in the article above but it did not resolve my problem. What
   else can I try?
 *  Thread Starter [auser0912387](https://wordpress.org/support/users/auser0912387/)
 * (@auser0912387)
 * [3 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-add-new-plugin-button-in-wordpress-menu/#post-16069163)
 * Fixed it. in wp-config, this line:
 * `define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS',true);`
 * changed true to false.
 * Such a simple fix, and the solution is almost never the BS about theme and plugin
   conflicts. Never once has a theme/plugin conflict been my issue in 12+ years 
   of using wordpress. It’s always something like this. Hope this helps someone 
   else.

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## Tags

 * [add new plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/add-new-plugin/)
 * [button missing](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/button-missing/)
 * [unable to update](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/unable-to-update/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [auser0912387](https://wordpress.org/support/users/auser0912387/)
 * Last activity: [3 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-add-new-plugin-button-in-wordpress-menu/#post-16069163)
 * Status: resolved

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