your nesting the directries.
see this:
http://motivationlife.com/wp-content/plugins/blog-metrics/
Notice the directory INSIDE there??
you dont want that.
when you click this:
http://motivationlife.com/wp-content/plugins/blog-metrics/
you want to see the plugin files.
whooami, thanks for responding
I don’t have much experience with this, can you please be a little more specific on what i need to do in order to properly install my plugins.
Thank you,
I always find it useful to read the readme.txt file, and the one for Blog Metrics actually says:
== Installation ==
This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.
1. Upload ‘blog_metrics.php’ folder to the ‘wp-content/plugins/’ directory
1. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
1. The plugin will appear as a subpage on your dashboard.
you are nesting directories:
a wordpress install has this:
wp-content/plugins/
plugins when they have their own folders, need to be uploaded so that you have this:
wp-content/plugins/plugin-name/
then the files and any subfolders.
NOT THIS:
wp-content/plugins/plugin-name/plugin-name-again/
see the difference?
I’ve actually been wondering, should all plugin authors be using the link structure:
/name-of-plugin/PLUGIN FILES
for any future plugins? Since for instance, the plugin author has specified uploading the php file directly into the /plugins directory.
Is the new ‘ideal’ structure to make automatic upgrading easier perhaps?
p/s: Sorry to gatecrash and ask a newbie question 🙂
theres isnt any “rule” re: that and since the path to any accompanying plugin files can be defined in the main plugin file, rules arent necessary.
WORDPRESS does not look any further than ONE directory deep for the necessary file stuff it needs to “see” a plugin, though.
@whooami: Thank you for the information 🙂 It’s very helpful!
thank you all very much for your help now everything works perfect.
Rolando,
