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Can't use the built-in wordpress install/upgrade plugin feature

When I try to upgrade or install a plugin I get a successful message: Downloading install package from http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/jquery-lightbox-gallery.zip… Unpacking the package… ...
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Custom WP plugin installation permission problem

I've developed a custom plugin for WP. When I install it manually on my server, using FTP transfer, all is perfectly working. I tried to make a zip file and uploading it through WP admin panel. All ...
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Is it possible to block subscriber users to changing its password?

I want to disable changing password option for all my subscriber users. Is it possible by doing any code tweak or something using any plugin? If someone has any idea or plugin knowledge to do this ...
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Wordpress is giving a permissions error on plugin submission [closed]

I'm creating a new plugin (based on a previous plugin I created that works). The options pages show up fine but when I submit I get the "You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page." ...
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How to prevent a post from being deleted?

For auditing issue, I only want a post can be trashed, but not deleted - for all users. So I have a plugin like add_action('before_delete_post', function($id) { wp_die(0); }); But ...
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Advanced Custom Fields - Disable Users to Edit Custom Fields

I don't really know how to explain this, so this will most probably not make much sense. Basically, I made a custom field (drop-down selection) for the Add/Edit User page, and I want to be the only ...
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1answer
144 views

Are these wp-content permissions safe?

I have just started out with a VPS running centos 6.3 to host my blog and play around. After Installing WordPress 3.5.1, when I tried to install some plugins from the admin console, it complained of ...
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Plugin/Folder permission issues with Azure

Has anyone come across plugin issues when using Wordpress with Azure? I recently spun up a free wordpress install on azurewebsites.net, using PHP 5.4 and Wordpress 3.5. Once plugin in particualr, ...
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JW Player for wordpress fails to install [closed]

I need to install jw player for wordpress plugin. After activating it I get the following errors telling me that the uploads directory is not writable and I am sure that it is. I don't know why this ...
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Advanced Custom Fields/User Role Editor - how to hide ACF for certain users?

I am using User Role Editor to specify customized user roles. I am also using Advanced Custom Fields plugin. I would like to be able to hide Advanced Custom Fields from showing up for certain users; ...
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177 views

Can't Install Standard Plugins on a Local MAMP installation

I've tried to install two standard plugsins (wp-touch was one). I have a local installation under OS 10.6 and MAMP which otherwise seems to work fine. I select the zip file but get the error ...
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How to hide plugin options for editors via functions.php

I've read the entry Best Collection of Code for your functions.php file, it really help me a lot. I only got a question, is there a way to hide some plugins options (in their respective ...
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668 views

Problem with permissions in wp-content/plugins

I have a WP installation on my local machine and trying to get my hands dirty with plugins. I wish to clone a project from github which has this plugin code. However, i dont have the permissions ...
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1answer
1k views

Plugins won't auto-update on IIS

Using IIS 6 on XP Server '03, using WP 3.2.1, when I attempt to use the auto-update for my plugins, I receive this message: The update process is starting. This process may take a while on some ...
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2answers
978 views

Standard permissions for wordpress; Plugin installation asks for FTP credentials

I'm on a server that does not have FTP installed and will not have FTP installed. I have another website that I've been able to install plugins in before, including the one I'm trying to install now ...
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1answer
622 views

How to write to the plugin's directory?

My plugin needs to create some directories for its use when it's executed. On many hosts (those using suPHP for example) there is no problem and everything works fine. But on other hosts, PHP does ...
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1answer
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Making plugin to use different table prefix cause permission problem

I have multiple wordpress websites that uses the same files and database but with different table prefixes, I use a plugin "Shortcode Exec PHP" and I would like to use the same shortcodes on all the ...
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260 views

What are the correct permissions so WP doesn't ask for FTP credentials if installing plugin?

My nginx user is www-data. If I do su www-data I can create both file and directory. But when installing plugin I am asked for FTP credentials. I tried to give the public_html directory 777 ...
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1answer
1k views

Add menu page issues (permissions & position)

OK, I have an issue with Sidebar Generator Plugin. This plugin creates subpage called "Sidebars" in WP-Admin. The point is, it is created as a child of "Appearance" page. And I don't want it here, I ...
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1answer
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Can't install new plugins because of the error “Could not create directory”

A faculty member is having difficulties with a instructional wordpress install. Fixing individual permission problems has been hit and miss, and have become a perennial pain, so I'll ask here. What ...
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8answers
5k views

Is there a way (plugin?) to restrict a user to being able to edit just one page?

We use wordpress like a CMS and would very much like to allow users to have a "homepage". Ideally they'd be prevented from mucking up the whole site. Is there a simple way to limit users editing ...
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1answer
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Creating Custom Roles for use on a WordPress Multi-site Instance?

We have a large site that consists of a number of smaller websites. We are looking at replacing our current CMS with WordPress. The only problem is that we need to create a custom role (kind of in ...