WP Plugin Manager Bug?

  • Whenever I load a new plugin, such as the Random Banner plugin, that creates a new folder to be used by the plugin, the folder’s owner is “nobody” instead of my account on the server. This is a hugh problem because I can’t do anything with the directory if I need to. Most hosts will not allow you to run CHOWN to take ownership of a directory like that. So, I have to bother my host everytime I need to take ownership of the directory.

    Anyone have any thoughts or ideas about this? Am I missing something?

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  • Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    It’s a known issue. Contact WPPM’s developer.

    Thread Starter brianlees

    (@brianlees)

    I did…but I didn’t get a response. I guess they aren’t around at the moment. Plus, if it is a known issue, then I don’t have to worry about bothing them too much.

    Thanks for the info.

    You don’t really need the plugin manager. Plugins are pretty simple to install normally, just as are themes….

    Thread Starter brianlees

    (@brianlees)

    I know. However, it is nice because it allows me to easly see when plugins have been updated. Maybe something link this will be incorprated in future versions of WordPress as a native function.

    Well, far as I’m concerned, the less “native functions” that get added the less likely things are to break.

    I just keep bookmarks of stuff I really like and cruise ’round them about once a month. And if the author of a plugin, say, has an email or “notify me of update” function, of course I use it.

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