Wordpress: Could not create directory

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When trying to upload new plugins to wordpress, i am always faced with the same "Could not create directory." error.

From debugging i have determined the directory thats failing to be created is /wp-content/upgrade/new-shop.1.0.6-10/new-shop/template-parts.

As a good test, i have run chmod 777 on wp-content, as well as set chown www-data:www-data.

drwxrwxrwx 8 www-data www-data 4.0K Apr 3 14:20 wp-content

Subsequent child directories are also set to these permissions

drwxrwxrwx 4 www-data www-data 4.0K Apr 3 14:10 upgrade

Further to this, updating installed plugins fails:

"Update Failed: Could not create directory."

/wp-content/upgrade/akismet.4.1.4-QrVWAO/akismet/views

I don't know how else to make the wp-content directory any more open or accessible ( let alone unsafe ).

I'm using Wordpress 4.9.5 on Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS

Update: Some progress has been made with updating plugins by enabling write_enable=YES for vsftpd, however still getting issues on uploading plugins

src: https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/7859/wp-upgrade-cant-create-directory-even-though-perms-are-777

@NasirRiley SELinux status: disabled – Simon. Apr 03 '20 at 15:01 — Simon., Apr 03 '20 at 15:01
maybe you can try chown -R www-data:www-data wp-content – SCnet Apr 03 '20 at 20:38 — SCnet, Apr 03 '20 at 20:38

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 03 '20 at 15:22

I believe i solved this by enabling the FTP server, vsftpd in my case.

enable write_enable=YES for vsftpd.conf config.

After removing all data inside wp-content/uploads & wp-content/upgrades, this now appears to be working.

[src:] https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/7859/wp-upgrade-cant-create-directory-even-though-perms-are-777

Wordpress: Could not create directory

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