Comments on: [Solved] WordPress 2.5 One-Click Plug-in Upgrades – Could not create directory

By: Symmtech

Symmtech — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 03:28:12 +0000

The difference in the /etc/vsftp.conf files was

# Uncomment this to enable any form of FTP write command.
#write_enable=YES

The new server was configured with the #write_enable=YES commented out like the above. I uncommented it and WP worked.

I use SSH and ftp over ssh mostly and that is why I didn’t notice the ftp write issue earlier.

Hope this helps somebody.

By: Symmtech

Symmtech — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 03:13:55 +0000

I know this thread is a bit old, but I thought I would post my fix to my problem. I have been searching for weeks trying to find out why I could write to or make directory using wp 2.9.2 ubuntu 10.4 new install. The problem turned out to be in the vsftpd configuration where the local user couldn’t write when posting. I performed a manual ftp and couldn’t post the file using cmd ftp client. I couldn’t write. I then got my vsftpd.conf configuration file from the working (old) server and configured the new server just like the old. After that WP work as always. I will post the difference in the configuration shortly.

By: shawn

shawn — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:06:57 +0000

If you have a VPS or dedicated server you may also want to use the shell to set the permissions. The reason is UMASK. Just because php sets the permissions doesn’t mean that apache has the rights to that folder due to UMASK.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 07:57:01 +0000

Thanks! I’ve been having this problem ever since I installed Wordpress, and I’m surprised it hasn’t been fixed after three major updates.

However, this fix does it every time, and this is the only website I’ve seen so far that has a legitimate fix. All the other sites just say to chmod the folder to 777 (not a good idea all of the time).

By: tijms

tijms — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:29:23 +0000

I had hoped you had solved my problems, but unfortunately the suggested solution(s) didn’t work…

Even if chmodding the directory to 0777 the error remains, despite me using the mkdir fix you suggested.

Does anyone have any idea what might be causing this? Creating directories and copying files remains a problem despite the liberal file/dir attbs set.

By: Trisya

Trisya — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:27:29 +0000

it worked!!! thanks alot!!

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:18:29 +0000

Thank you SO MUCH – I had tried several solutions.

You are the one who nailed it, thanks again

Ben

By: turkyjulio

turkyjulio — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:25:42 +0000

Thanks a lot, it not just work for WP 2.5 but also WP 2.8. It’s totally helping me…..Gracias.

By: Jimisola

Jimisola — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:24:44 +0000

Thanks. patch + chmod did the works! (WP 2.5.1)

By: Liew Cheon Fong

Liew Cheon Fong — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:27:56 +0000

does not work on wordpress 2.7

By: rivermaya

rivermaya — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:45:47 +0000

if you can’t change permission for upgrade directory, just delete the files inside it and try again to chmod

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By: Stephen

Stephen — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:07:41 +0000

I just tried all of the suggested hacks on my other WP site that’s hosted externally. Unfortunately, nothing worked but that maybe because it’s running WP 2.7 RC1.

Thanks for the tips though!

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:47:22 +0000

The code hack didn’t work for me, neither did the permissions. Grrr.. i have a number of blogs running on the same host (VPS) and the rest of them work fine!

I did have to create the upgrade subdirectory… that didn’t make a difference either. Bleh!

By: sanadi

sanadi — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:58:15 +0000

Ich musste \wp-admin\includes\update.php in Zeile 123 ändern, damit es funktioniert:

//$working_dir = $content_dir . ‘upgrade/’ . basename($plugin, ‘.php’);
$working_dir = $content_dir . ‘upgrade’;

By: Andreas

Andreas — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:58:42 +0000

Bin begeistert – es funktioniert danke dieser “Slash” Lösung

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:56:23 +0000

I’m running on Windows (using XAMP) and creating the directory with appropriate permissions did not work for me, your code hack did though, so, thanks!

By: racoon97

racoon97 — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:25:01 +0000

Thank you so much. Easy update for plugins works now.

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By: Marek

Marek — Thu, 29 May 2008 05:55:48 +0000

Ey Kollege bei mir hat das Upgrade problemlos funktioniert. Vielleicht sind ja die PHP-Einstellungen deines Provides etwas restriktiver?