Plugin installed, but “wrong directory”-error upon activation

  • Resolved Michael

    (@mkalina)


    5 years, 11 months ago

    Hi, I have used the AMP-plugin for quite some time now. When I updated to 1.0.1, this error message came up:

    You appear to have installed the AMP plugin incorrectly. It is currently installed in the sbb-guidepost directory, but it needs to be placed in a directory named amp. Please rename the directory. This is important for WordPress plugin auto-updates.

    I completely deleted and reinstalled the plugin – same error. Should I in fact do what the message tells me and hard-rename the plugin-directory?

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  • Plugin Author Weston Ruter

    (@westonruter)

    What is the directory name the plugin is in right now?

    I’m any case, doing a hard rename of the directory would fix the problem. It’s possible you may have another amp directory that is empty which needs to be deleted first.

    Thread Starter Michael

    (@mkalina)

    The dir name was sbb-guidepost. I deactivated the plugin, renamed the directory to amp, now it works without problems so far.

    And no, there was no empty amp-directory.

    Thanks anyway!

    You appear to have installed the AMP plugin incorrectly. It is currently installed in the mvp-google-amp directory, but it needs to be placed in a directory named amp. Please rename the directory. This is important for WordPress plugin auto-updates.

    How to fix this

    I just installed it and its not working

    Plugin Author Pascal Birchler

    (@swissspidy)

    @udaythenimrod The easiest solution would be:

    1. Deactivate and remove plugin.
    2. a) Download a new copy from https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/amp/ and upload it to your site
    2. b) Install a new copy directly from within WordPress admin by searching for AMP

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