Title: NextGEN Plugin – Odd Error Message, Can't Install
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# NextGEN Plugin – Odd Error Message, Can't Install

 *  [mbouteneff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mbouteneff/)
 * (@mbouteneff)
 * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nextgen-plugin-odd-error-message-cant-install/)
 * Hello,
 * I recently installed a fresh, new version of WordPress 3.0 under NBouteneff.com
   to start from scratch. I then purchased and installed the Photocrati theme. Part
   of the Photocrati installation includes the installation of the NextGEN Gallery
   Theme. I host via 1and1.com and used a 5.0 MySQL database.
 * When I attempted to install the NextGEN Gallery plugin through the WordPress 
   dashboard, I got this odd error message from WordPress:
 * > “Upgrade NextGEN Gallery
   >  “The script detect that you upgrade from a older 
   > version. Your database tables for NextGEN Gallery is out-of-date, and must 
   > be upgraded before you can continue. If you would like to downgrade later, 
   > please make first a complete backup of your database and the images. “The upgrade
   > process may take a while, so please be patient. “[LINK]Start upgrade now…[LINK]”
 * This seemed odd, since I was installing NextGEN for the first time. When I click
   on the “Start upgrade now” link, I then get the message “Upgrade successful” 
   followed by a “Continue” link. However, if I click on “Continue”, I get the same
   exact message prompt to upgrade shown above, with the same outcome. Nothing ever
   gets upgraded, despite the “success” message.
 * Can anyone help? Alex Rabe, are you out there? 🙂
 * Thanks,
 * Mike

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