Unpacking the update... Could not create directory. Wordpress

directory, gallery, php, plugins, wordpress

Solution

This is a permissions issue. Ensure the directory is writable by apache. Plugins are unpacked into the wp-content/plugins directory, so I would first attempt writing to the directory as apache:

sudo -u apache touch /path/to/wp-content/plugins/test.txt

Set permissions accordingly to correct the issue. You can read about permissions here: https://www.pluralsight.com/blog/it-ops/linux-file-permissions

You can read about the correct file permission scheme for Wordpress here: https://wordpress.org/support/article/changing-file-permissions/

Problem

When I instal `nextgen-gallery` plugins. This error message appears ``` Downloading update from https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/nextgen-gallery.zip… Unpacking the update… Could not create directory. ``` How can I fix this problem ?

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