Title: New install – plugins.php & plugin-install.php not found
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# New install – plugins.php & plugin-install.php not found

 *  Resolved [mgcchkn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mgcchkn/)
 * (@mgcchkn)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-install-pluginsphp-plugin-installphp-not-found-1/)
 * Fresh install (via softaculous) and when clicking on Plugins in the left admin
   menu it takes me to a page not found error. Same thing when I click on the flyout
   menu for Installed Plugins. Same thing when I click on Add New in the flyout 
   menu. However, when I click on Plugin Editor I get the plugin editor page.
 * I’ve searched the forums and haven’t been able to find this error. Thank you 
   for your time.

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-install-pluginsphp-plugin-installphp-not-found-1/#post-6982504)
 * Seems like something went wrong with their installer.
 * Try [downloading WordPress](https://wordpress.org/download/) again, access your
   server via [SFTP or FTP](https://codex.wordpress.org/FTP_Clients), or a file 
   manager in your hosting account’s control panel, and delete then replace your
   copies of everything on the server **except** the `wp-config.php` file and the`/
   wp-content/` directory with fresh copies from the download. This will effectively
   replace all of your core files without damaging your content and settings.
 * Some uploaders tend to be unreliable when overwriting files, so don’t forget 
   to delete the original files before replacing them.
 *  Thread Starter [mgcchkn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mgcchkn/)
 * (@mgcchkn)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-install-pluginsphp-plugin-installphp-not-found-1/#post-6982506)
 * I don’t have an active site yet so I’ve uninstalled and made sure the directory
   was completely empty and reinstalled, same problem every time. I think in the
   4.4.1 version there is some file name discrepancies. I looked through all the
   config files I could find and saw that some places it’s calling for plugin.php
   and others it’s calling for plugins.php. And I’m completely dumbfounded on the
   plugin-install.php, couldn’t find any discrepancies.
 *  [datzone](https://wordpress.org/support/users/datzone/)
 * (@datzone)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-install-pluginsphp-plugin-installphp-not-found-1/#post-6982507)
 * I guess the .htaccess file in the root directory needed to be modified.
 * in .htaccess find the following line and remove “2” (-php52 => php5):
 * AddHandler application/x-httpd-php52 .php .php5 .php4 .php3
 * Fix looks like this bellow:
 * AddHandler application/x-httpd-php5 .php .php5 .php4 .php3
 *  Thread Starter [mgcchkn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mgcchkn/)
 * (@mgcchkn)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-install-pluginsphp-plugin-installphp-not-found-1/#post-6982508)
 * datzone – you are the man! removed the 2 and it works! Thank you very much!
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-install-pluginsphp-plugin-installphp-not-found-1/#post-6982509)
 * Awesome, glad that worked!

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 * Last activity: [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-install-pluginsphp-plugin-installphp-not-found-1/#post-6982509)
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