Cannot open plugins directory?

  • rockster

    (@rockster)


    20 years ago

    I’m on a hosted account, windows OS w/ PHP. I have WP1.5 running great for most things but plugins. (I need windows OS due to some MS Access ASP pages I have running that I can’t shut down).

    When I go to the plugins admin page, I get the “couldn’t open plugins directory or no plugins” message. I did some sleuthing and determined that my ISP has readdir and closedir disabled. Is this the cause of the problem? I looked at the code in the various WP files and saw this:

    $plugins_dir=@ dir(blah blah) followed by dir->read

    I’m assuming this is similar to readdir, which is disabled in my account…

    The themes admin page works fine, but the theme editing page doesn’t actually show any code in the window.

    I’ve talked to my ISP and determined that there is no way to get the function enabled, so… do I have no ability to install plugins? I’ve also checked permissions, and the directory appears to have the ability to read and execute scripts.

    Any insight much much appreciated!

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  • Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Any insight much much appreciated!

    That is a feature which should be enabled on most (all) webhosts. It’s time to move to a new host. Follow this guide for moving WordPress:

    https://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/move/

    I recommend https://www.dreamhost.com (they’re pretty much dedicated to WordPress).

    Thread Starter rockster

    (@rockster)

    That may be so… but dreamhost doesn’t support ASP and MS Access connections, which I require for other, arguably more important, stuff…

    I suppose I could also transition the other stuff… prospect is painful though…

    webwide

    (@webwide)

    I feel your pain dude – I used to have my whole site (including multiple Access databases) done in ASP – and I can’t tell you how many different CMS/blog variations I’ve tried since then, but the learning curve for MySQL/PHP is a lot better than ASP was. And I’m saving a ton of money on hosting fees! ??

    Here’s a link on ASP2PHP conversion

    https://www.linuxgazette.com/node/8883

    Thread Starter rockster

    (@rockster)

    Hmmm… I may have to try this kool-aid!

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