Title: SimplePie reports ‘cache’ folder unwriteable/missing
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# SimplePie reports ‘cache’ folder unwriteable/missing

 *  Resolved [seanys](https://wordpress.org/support/users/seanys/)
 * (@seanys)
 * [18 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simplepie-reports-cache-folder-unwriteablemissing/)
 * Hi all,
 * I’m displaying feeds on a page with SimplePie and Exec-PHP and it’s throwing 
   an error message that the wp-content/cache folder is unwriteable. Perms are set
   to 777.
 * Even worse, the SimplePie config in admin reports that the cache folder is missing.
   Also, weirdly, the images on the SP config page are broken with weird URLs similar
   to [http:///wp-content/plugins&#8230](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simplepie-reports-cache-folder-unwriteablemissing/?output_format=md);
   etc, ie. no domain name.
 * Does SimplePie not know where my WP’s root is?
 * Anyone suggest a fix?
 * SimplePie version is 2.1.2

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 *  Thread Starter [seanys](https://wordpress.org/support/users/seanys/)
 * (@seanys)
 * [18 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simplepie-reports-cache-folder-unwriteablemissing/#post-669730)
 * Downgrading SimplePie to 2.1 solves these issues.
 *  [mbprouser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mbprouser/)
 * (@mbprouser)
 * [18 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simplepie-reports-cache-folder-unwriteablemissing/#post-669884)
 * I have the same problem, where can I get a copy of the older version. Its not
   apparent on the SimplePie site.
 *  [rrhobbs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rrhobbs/)
 * (@rrhobbs)
 * [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simplepie-reports-cache-folder-unwriteablemissing/#post-669898)
 * I am having the same problem and I have looked all over for a legacy 2.1 release
   too with no luck
 *  [helmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/helmi/)
 * (@helmi)
 * [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simplepie-reports-cache-folder-unwriteablemissing/#post-669904)
 * [http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/simplepie-support/message/131](http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/simplepie-support/message/131)
 * The fix in the first lines fixes this issue – don’t know why they just don’t 
   release a fixed plugin version – it’s quite simple.

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 * [cache](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/cache/)
 * [simplepie](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/simplepie/)

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 * Last reply from: [helmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/helmi/)
 * Last activity: [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simplepie-reports-cache-folder-unwriteablemissing/#post-669904)
 * Status: resolved

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