Title: Settings Cannot Be Saved Last modified: May 21, 2018 --- # Settings Cannot Be Saved * Resolved [supertrooper2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/supertrooper2/) * (@supertrooper2) * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/settings-cannot-be-saved/) * After installing the plugin I have tried to customize the settings and save. However none of the changes are saved, and the welcome message from John keeps reappearing at the top of the page. * I have tried to change the CHMOD settings for the plugin folders from 755 to 775 but keep getting the error message “Operation Not Permitted”. * I have also tried deactivating W3 Total Cache and WordFence plugins but this does not help. * Hoping you will be able to resolve this issue, so that I can get your great plugin to work. Viewing 13 replies - 1 through 13 (of 13 total) * Plugin Author [SeedProd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/seedprod/) * (@seedprod) * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/settings-cannot-be-saved/#post-10303368) * Strange, never heard of anyone having this issue. * Can you save settings under Settings > General in WordPress * Thread Starter [supertrooper2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/supertrooper2/) * (@supertrooper2) * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/settings-cannot-be-saved/#post-10303409) * Yes, settings under General can be saved without any problem. * Plugin Author [SeedProd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/seedprod/) * (@seedprod) * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/settings-cannot-be-saved/#post-10303435) * Hmm, sorry I never seen this issue before so not sure how to tell you to resolve it. I can tell you that the information is saved to the database so changing the file permission will not effect the saving functionality. * You might disabled any other plugins and see if another plugin is affecting the save. * Thread Starter [supertrooper2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/supertrooper2/) * (@supertrooper2) * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/settings-cannot-be-saved/#post-10303455) * Could it be that something is stopping the settings to be saved to the database? * Plugin Author [SeedProd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/seedprod/) * (@seedprod) * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/settings-cannot-be-saved/#post-10303464) * Just another plugin or the theme. We are using the WordPress settings api and that is the recommend way for saving data. or maybe the host is blocking it. Sometimes a host sees some date submitted as a false positive security issue. * Thread Starter [supertrooper2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/supertrooper2/) * (@supertrooper2) * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/settings-cannot-be-saved/#post-10303522) * I cannot find any tables for your plugin in the database! * Plugin Author [SeedProd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/seedprod/) * (@seedprod) * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/settings-cannot-be-saved/#post-10303543) * It saves it to the wp_options table. We use the settings api as described here: * [https://codex.wordpress.org/Settings_API](https://codex.wordpress.org/Settings_API) * Thread Starter [supertrooper2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/supertrooper2/) * (@supertrooper2) * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/settings-cannot-be-saved/#post-10304083) * There are no lines in the wp-options table relating to this plugin. However on a second website I have found the following lines in the wp-options table: * seed_csp4_settings_content seed_csp4_settings_design seed_csp4_settings_advanced seed_csp4_review * Is there a way I can export these 4 lines from the second website’s database and import into the first website’s database? * Plugin Author [SeedProd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/seedprod/) * (@seedprod) * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/settings-cannot-be-saved/#post-10304137) * Yep you can just copy and paste the values ftom one table to another and that should work. * Thread Starter [supertrooper2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/supertrooper2/) * (@supertrooper2) * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/settings-cannot-be-saved/#post-10304202) * I’m not an expert and would appreciate if you could advise me how to do this. * How can I add lines to the wp-options table? * Plugin Author [SeedProd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/seedprod/) * (@seedprod) * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/settings-cannot-be-saved/#post-10304383) * Unfortunately it’s pretty technical and describing it would be no easy task. Just Google it and you should be able to find an in depth guide on it. * Thread Starter [supertrooper2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/supertrooper2/) * (@supertrooper2) * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/settings-cannot-be-saved/#post-10305215) * I figured out how copy the values from one table and insert into another. * Now the plugin works and settings can be saved. * Thanks for your great support. * Plugin Author [SeedProd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/seedprod/) * (@seedprod) * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/settings-cannot-be-saved/#post-10305296) * Great, glad you got it working! 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