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Ziyaddin Sadygly
Ziyaddin Sadygly

Reputation: 9646

Unable to create directory wp-content/uploads in Wordpress

I created php files for my plugin and added them to myplugin folder. Then I zipped myplugin folder as myplugin.zip. In Admin Panel of Wordpress I wanted to install my plugin to wordpress. I choosed this zip file and clicked to Install "Now button". Then Wordpress gave an error:

Unable to create directory wp-content/uploads/2013/05. Is its parent directory writable by the server?

What is the problem and how can I solve it? My OS is Linux and I use XAMPP server in my machine.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 10714

Answers (5)

Hasan Sawan
Hasan Sawan

Reputation: 421

in case of MAC run sudo chmod -R 777 /Applications/XAMPP/htdocs/

Upvotes: 1

pastullo
pastullo

Reputation: 4201

navigate to your main project folder and run the following:

chmod -R 0777 wp-content

Upvotes: 1

Ana Gomez
Ana Gomez

Reputation: 52

I had this problem yesterday, I solved it by uninstalling the Wordpress module and installing it again as root from the terminal.

I thought if I run the installation wizard as I was logged as root was enough, but it wasn't.

These are the steps for MacOS:

  1. Uninstall wordpress module. Be sure the folder is empty.
  2. Mount the wordpress disk image
  3. cd /volumes/nameOfWordpressModule image
  4. sudo bitnami wordpress module.app/Contents/MacOS/installerbuilder.sh

I recommend you to list the items so you can write exactly the name of the image and app.

Hope it helps!

Upvotes: 1

vlasits
vlasits

Reputation: 2235

In your terminal, navigate to the wp-content folder and then run:

chmod -R 0744 plugins

That will set the folder and its subfolders to read/write/execute for you and read for everyone else.

Edit As suggested in the comments, check this out: codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions

Alternatively you can just unzip them yourself and save them into this folder:

/wp-content/plugins/name-of-theplugin

Then you can just activate the plugin from the admin page.

Upvotes: 3

Abhishek Dujari
Abhishek Dujari

Reputation: 2443

I am not entirely familiar with XAMPP but it should be run as a user. Most likely your own windows account. You may try this:

Select the folder wp-content and right click -> properties. then go to Security Tab. There check to see if the User (i.e. you) has write+ modify permission.

Check what is XAMPP server running as, the folder above must have the permissions for the same user. Double check the "general" tab on the wp-content folder and check the "Attributes" section. Make sure "Read Only is unchecked. If you are changing it, windows will prompt for whether to apply to subfolder. Say "yes".

. Or run XAMPP at Administrator and skip the above step .(assuming it is not production / public internet facing server).

Upvotes: 1

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