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I recently transferred my Wordpress Site to a new host. I have almost everything working, except for the plugin auto installer.

If I search for a plugin and install it, it works just fine.

If I try to upload my plugin from my computer, I get this error message:

Download failed. A valid URL was not provided.

I can manually install the plugin through my FTP client, Cyber Duck, by uploading the folder and activating it in the plugins list.

I have set all my permissions to 777 on my plugins folder. I do not see anything in my server error logs period.

I've had a lot of problems with setting permissions with the transfer, so I think that may be it.

Can someone help?

Thanks!

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Was your plugin uploaded to /uploads directory on the server after you pressed "Upload"? If "Yes", have you added "Connection Information" after that? If "Yes" again, it could be server configuration issue.

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  • Okay, yes, it does upload into my uploads directory. Which, I didn't think so at first, but then saw it in my media library when I went to add a picture. I don't understand what you mean by adding connection information though.. Why are my plugins going to my uploads folder instead of my plugins folder?
    – snowlas
    Mar 27, 2012 at 19:32
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    Okay, got it to work. My pictures weren't uploading correctly either. So I went to Settings>Media and filled in the Full Path URL with mysite.org/wp-content/uploads and now both the pictures upload and plugins upload correctly! Voila! Two birds with one stone.
    – snowlas
    Mar 27, 2012 at 19:58
  • Firstly plugins goes to /uploads, then they are getting copied to /plugins using your FTP connection information.
    – Max Yudin
    Mar 28, 2012 at 8:05

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