Unable to auto-install plugin

What happens when you upload a plug-in directly to your webserver and unpack it?

Just in case you need to know manual uploads should be to:

WordPress-installation-directory/wp-content/plugins/<b>upload your plugin here</b>)

Visit the Installed Plugins page once you’ve uploaded and extracted your plugin then see whether your new plugin is listed and activateable. If it is then you likely need to change your plugin and wp-content directories’ permission settings to 755 (do both).

im having this problem aswell – how does one change the wp-content directories permission settings?

electricsugar, I think you’re using a Windows server so I don’t know; however, the permissions need to be:

user(read,write,execute)
group(read,execute)
world(read,execute)

Which in Linux has the numeric value of 755.

For those using a Linux server, if your host provides cPanel (the control panel, dashboard, you see when you log-in) then,

• using the legacy file manager, left-click the directory then look at the top right of the page where it says “Change Permissions”, left click the change permissions button then use the checkboxes to set the permissions as described above; and,
• using the new file manager, either left-click to select the directory then use the top menu to select “Change Permissions” or right-click the directory then use the pop-up menu to select change permissions then use the checkboxes to set the permissions as described above.

If changing directory permissions doesn’t work then you might need to switch-off php safe mode by editing php.ini. Your host can help with this.