Title: WordPress won't install plugins.
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# WordPress won't install plugins.

 *  Resolved [shovelshed](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shovelshed/)
 * (@shovelshed)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-wont-install-plugins/)
 * When trying to install most plugins, wordpress does the following:
 * [Image of problem.](http://cl.ly/22151E3d2r3C1L1s103Z)
 * It gets to the first line of install, then just stops page loading altogether,
   occasionally i’ll get a .tmp file of the plugin in the plugins folder. Also, 
   some plugins just fail to activate, and bring up fatal error messages.
 * I’ve never had any trouble like this before with wordpress. I’ve already entirely
   deleted wordpress from the server, downloaded the latest version (again), created
   a new database, and installed from scratch, and still have the same problem.
 * The site is on 1and1 hosting, i don’t know if anybody has had any problems with
   them before? Considering the plugins all work on other wordpress setups i have,
   i can only point the problem to being with the server provider, which doesn’t
   really make sense to me.
 * If anybody can help diagnose, or know what the potential issue is, it would be
   extremely helpful.
 * Thanks.

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 *  [Snat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/snat/)
 * (@snat)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-wont-install-plugins/#post-1899939)
 * Try adding `AddType x-mapp-php5 .php` to your .htaccess file in your root directory.
 *  Thread Starter [shovelshed](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shovelshed/)
 * (@shovelshed)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-wont-install-plugins/#post-1899971)
 * Awesome. Worked straight away.
 * Just so i understand the problem, what does adding that line to .htaccess actually
   do?
 * Thanks.
 *  [Snat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/snat/)
 * (@snat)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-wont-install-plugins/#post-1900094)
 * It is forcing all .php files to be loaded via PHP 5 … in a basic sense. 1and1
   I believe supports both PHP4 and PHP5.

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 * [fail](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/fail/)
 * [fatal error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/fatal-error/)

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 * Last reply from: [Snat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/snat/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-wont-install-plugins/#post-1900094)
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