plugins not appearing in plugin management

  • I am having problems getting plugins to work. I have tried installing many different plugins (YAPB, spell-checker, duh-gallery, many others) and have followed the installation instructions for each. My wp-content/plugins folder currently has the files that came with the WP package (hello, wp-db-backup, and a folder called akismet) and spell-plugin, and duh-gallery. However, the plugins management section always says:

    Couldn’t open plugins directory or there are no plugins available.

    I don’t know what I’m doing wrong! My site is:

    https://www.zendurl.com/a/abcisaac/

    Please help!

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  • https://www.zendurl.com/a/abcisaac/wp-content/plugins/

    Most likely, your answer is right there.

    Thread Starter 123isaac

    (@123isaac)

    The promptness of your reponse is amazing. I do not have an index file in the directory. I did not know I needed one. The installation package for wp did not include such a file in that directory. I do know know what an .htaccess file is. the wp-content/plugins folder permission is currently set to 777. Do I have to change permissions for the files, too? This is so confusing!

    wp-content/plugins folder permission is currently set to 777

    dont do that. the permissions of wp-content/plugins ought to be 755

    you dont really need the index.php/html file either, or the .htaccess

    do this: change the permissions of that directory, and any other directories inside it to 755.

    files inside of that directory ought to be chmod 644.

    once again,

    directories: 755
    files: 644

    after youve done that, lets see what happens.

    Thread Starter 123isaac

    (@123isaac)

    And I do not know how to change permissions for Perl and CGI. Do you have any clues for me? Thanks for you help!

    There is no Perl and CGI in WordPress.

    what do you mean? change the permissions for perl and cgi?

    these are NOT perl files. they are php.

    Use your ftp client, and change the permissions as I suggested.

    Thread Starter 123isaac

    (@123isaac)

    Thank you again. I have done so. The wp-content/plugins and the plugins/akismet (which I still don’t know what it is) are both set for 755 and all four files in the plugins folder are set for 644. But I still have the same error message after refreshing. I also logged out and logged back in.

    according to your install,

    https://www.zendurl.com/a/abcisaac/wp-content/plugins/akismet/akismet.gif

    should look like this:

    https://you-get.onewish.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/akismet/akismet.gif

    it doesnt, which suggests things arent where you think they are.

    Thread Starter 123isaac

    (@123isaac)

    Wait a second, that’s not me! Is something in my files referring to the wrong place? How can I fix it?

    Look, youre going to have be alot clearer if you want help.

    So, what do you mean, thats not me.. are you talking about the OTHER url? I KNOW that — thats ONE of my sites, showing you what you ought to see at the URL that IS yours.

    You need to read.. and digest, before replying please. It just takes us off track if you do not.

    Thread Starter 123isaac

    (@123isaac)

    I’m sorry. Yes, I can see the little blue graphic on your link. I am looking in my FTP program and I can trace the path wp-content/plugins/akismet but there is not a .gif file in there. There is just a file called akismet.php. My WP installation ZIP doesn’t have the .gif, either. Thank you for your willingness to help me, it is greatly appreciated.

    ok, well then, we have this:

    https://www.zendurl.com/a/abcisaac/wp-content/plugins/akismet/akismet.php

    which is there.

    So, you dont see askimet then on your plugins page?

    How about doing a HARD reload of your plugins page, please.

    Thread Starter 123isaac

    (@123isaac)

    I do not. Only the “couldn’t open plugins directory…” message.

    How about doing a HARD reload of your plugins page, please.

    Thread Starter 123isaac

    (@123isaac)

    Forgive my ignorance. What is a HARD reload?

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