Title: W3 Total Cache Update Error
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# W3 Total Cache Update Error

 *  [dm5k](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dm5k/)
 * (@dm5k)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3-total-cache-update-error/)
 * “W3 Total Cache Error: Files and directories could not be automatically created
   to complete the installation.
 * Please execute commands manually
 * or use FTP form to allow W3 Total Cache make it automatically.”
 * Every time I update W3 Total Cache I get this message. How do I install updates
   manually?? I have tried clicking the “update via FTP” and that does nothing.
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/)

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 * Last reply from: [dm5k](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dm5k/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3-total-cache-update-error/)
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