Could not create directory – Update Theme Problem

  • Hey Guys,

    I am fairly new to wordpress and in the past few days, i have setup a localhost server to make wordpress run in hopes to design off the web. Having said that, there is/was/still a learning curve I am going through.

    I Installed Wamp,
    I was able to get a premium theme and installed it, next, the plugins and then all the problems started, where demo content wouldn’t load and i had to change php.ini file, in ‘Resource limits’ (max_execution_time) -which I might add has not solved the problem either even after changing the values on time out issues.

    But Now, I am experiencing ‘Could not create directory’ problem on Updating the theme.

    Help!

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  • Hi, since it’s a premium theme I suggest contacting the theme developers directly about your issue.

    Most of the time the ‘Could not create directory’ error is a permission problem. But since you’re in a Windows environment the case must just be overwriting an already existing theme folder. It will probably require deleting your current theme and installing the new one instead. Make sure to do a backup first if you already have important data just to be on the safe side.

    It is usually too much trouble to fix these theme / plugin install / update problems that come with localhost, usually because you don’t have an FTP server running etc. Instead it is easier and simpler to install the files yourself from the ZIP files.

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