Unable to delete Plugins

  • Resolved gregorymcg

    (@gregorymcg)


    15 years, 10 months ago

    I have had my blog up and running for a month now and been experimenting with Plugins. When trying to delete some of the ones I am not planning to use I get the following message below.
    The context of the error suggests that I do not have permission to delete files on the server that is hosting the stite. However, the ISP assures me that all permissions have been set.

    Is anyone familiar with the following warnings: –

    Warning: touch() [function.touch]: Unable to create file D:\inetpub\vhosts\australianbluegrass.com\httpdocs/wp-content/1232059191 because Permission denied in D:\inetpub\vhosts\australianbluegrass.com\httpdocs\wp-admin\includes\file.php on line 174
    Warning: fileowner() [function.fileowner]: stat failed for D:\inetpub\vhosts\australianbluegrass.com\httpdocs/wp-content/1232059191 in D:\inetpub\vhosts\australianbluegrass.com\httpdocs\wp-admin\includes\file.php on line 628
    Warning: unlink(D:\inetpub\vhosts\australianbluegrass.com\httpdocs/wp-content/1232059191) [function.unlink]: No such file or directory in D:\inetpub\vhosts\australianbluegrass.com\httpdocs\wp-admin\includes\file.php on line 630
    Warning: touch() [function.touch]: Unable to create file D:\inetpub\vhosts\australianbluegrass.com\httpdocs/wp-content/1232059191 because Permission denied in D:\inetpub\vhosts\australianbluegrass.com\httpdocs\wp-admin\includes\file.php on line 174
    Warning: fileowner() [function.fileowner]: stat failed for D:\inetpub\vhosts\australianbluegrass.com\httpdocs/wp-content/1232059191 in D:\inetpub\vhosts\australianbluegrass.com\httpdocs\wp-admin\includes\file.php on line 628
    Warning: unlink(D:\inetpub\vhosts\australianbluegrass.com\httpdocs/wp-content/1232059191) [function.unlink]: No such file or directory in D:\inetpub\vhosts\australianbluegrass.com\httpdocs\wp-admin\includes\file.php on line 630

    Many thanks Greg.

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  • Hey Greg,

    A sure-fire method of removing most plugins is not by deactivating them in the WP back-end, but by deleting/renaming their folders from wp-content/plusgins/ on the server.

    I say most, as some sophisticated plugins embed themselves so deeply into the system that you need to use the uninstall procedure that came with the plugin.

    The following is a guess wrt the errors:

    Very often, the permissions of a file are correct but the “owner” or “user” is incorrect. You (used to?) see this a lot with Joomla where you could either ftp the plugin and unzip it yourself, or, use the back-end upload form to install the plugin. The difference was the “user”/”owner” that was assigned to those files, so even though they looked ok, one user didn’t have the right privileges to do anything with them, sigh.

    You don’t usually see this kind of thing with WP but it all depends on how your specific server has been configured.

    Thread Starter gregorymcg

    (@gregorymcg)

    Thanks for that.
    I’ll call my ISP and see if they can talk me through that.

    Greg.

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