Eine der häufigsten Fragen, die uns unsere Leser stellen, ist: „Warum kann ich in WordPress keine Plugins hinzufügen?“
Diese Situation tritt in der Regel auf, wenn der Benutzer eine Upgrade-Meldung sieht oder sein Admin-Bereich kein Plugins-Menü enthält. Wenn Sie mit diesem Problem konfrontiert sind, dann sind Sie hier richtig, denn in diesem Artikel werden wir die häufigsten Gründe aufschlüsseln.
Lesen Sie weiter, um herauszufinden, warum Sie in WordPress keine Plugins hinzufügen oder installieren können.
In diesem Leitfaden haben wir 5 der wichtigsten Gründe aufgelistet, warum Sie in WordPress keine Plugins hinzufügen oder installieren können. Verwenden Sie die Quicklinks unten, um zu dem Thema zu springen, das auf Ihre Situation zutrifft:
1. Sie sind auf WordPress.com
WordPress.com ist ein Blog-Hosting-Service, der eine eingeschränkte Version der beliebten selbst gehosteten WordPress-Software anbietet. In unserem Leitfaden zum Unterschied zwischen WordPress.com und WordPress.org finden Sie weitere Informationen.
Benutzer von WordPress.com können keine Plugins installieren, es sei denn, sie führen ein Upgrade auf den Business-Tarif oder einen höheren Tarif durch, der bei 10 US-Dollar pro Monat beginnt. Wenn Sie einen Free-, Personal- oder Premium-Tarif haben, können Sie keine Plugins von Drittanbietern installieren.
Wenn Sie diesen Betrag nicht bezahlen möchten, können Sie Ihr Blog von WordPress.com zu WordPress.org umziehen.
Wenn Sie dabei Hilfe benötigen, können Sie unseren kostenlosen WordPress-Blog-Einrichtungsservice nutzen. Vermerken Sie einfach, dass Sie möchten, dass wir Ihre Website übertragen, und wir werden es kostenlos tun.
Profi-Tipp: Möchten Sie eine Website auf WordPress.org erstellen, ohne dass es zu Problemen kommt? Unsere WPBeginner Pro Services helfen Ihnen, Ihre Online-Präsenz in Schwung zu bringen und mühelos eine schöne Website zu erstellen.
2. Es gibt Benutzerrollenbeschränkungen
WordPress verfügt über ein integriertes System zur Verwaltung von Benutzerrollen, das den Benutzern Ihrer Website verschiedene Zugriffsebenen zuweist.
Administratoren sind die höchste Benutzerrolle mit vollem Zugriff auf alle Funktionen Ihrer WordPress-Website, einschließlich Hinzufügen, Installieren und Aktivieren von Plugins.
Andererseits können Redakteure, Autoren, Mitwirkende und Abonnenten keine Plugins installieren.
Wenn Sie an einer Website arbeiten, aber das Menü „Plugins“ nicht sehen, haben Sie möglicherweise keinen Administrator-Zugang.
Wenn Sie der Person, die die Website verwaltet (z. B. einem Entwickler oder Webmaster), vertrauen, können Sie sie höflich bitten, Ihnen Administratorrechte für die Installation der benötigten Plugins zu erteilen.
3. Sie haben ein Problem mit der Speicherbegrenzung
Das zweithäufigste Szenario ist, dass Sie die Seite Plugins sehen und darauf zugreifen können, aber keine Plugins installieren können. Wenn Sie versuchen, Plugins zu installieren, wird eine Fehlermeldung angezeigt.
Dieser Fehler wird normalerweise durch das PHP-Speicherlimit verursacht. WordPress ist mit der Skriptsprache PHP geschrieben, und jedes PHP-Skript benötigt eine bestimmte Menge an Speicher.
Es gibt Einstellungen in Ihrem WordPress-Hosting und innerhalb des WordPress-Kerns, die die Menge an Speicher festlegen, die ein PHP-Skript verwenden kann.
Wenn ein Prozess diese Grenze erreicht, wird er entweder beendet oder zeigt einen Fehler wie diesen auf Ihrer WordPress-Website an:
Fataler Fehler: Erlaubte Speichergröße von 67108864 Bytes erschöpft
Die schnelle Lösung für dieses Problem ist die Erhöhung des PHP-Speicherlimits. Sie können dies tun, indem Sie diese Zeile in Ihre wp-config.php-Datei einfügen:
define('WP_MEMORY_LIMIT', '256M');
Ausführlichere Anweisungen finden Sie in unserer Anleitung zur Behebung des WordPress-Fehlers „Erschöpfter Speicher“.
Beachten Sie, dass die Erhöhung des PHP-Speicherlimits zwar manchmal das Problem beheben und die Installation von Plugins ermöglichen kann, aber nicht immer die ideale Lösung ist.
Bösartiger Code könnte ein hohes Speicherlimit ausnutzen, um mehr Ressourcen als beabsichtigt zu verbrauchen, was die Sicherheit Ihrer WordPress-Website beeinträchtigen könnte.
Bevor Sie das Speicherlimit selbst ändern, sollten Sie unbedingt Ihren WordPress-Hosting-Anbieter konsultieren. Er kann die spezifischen Anforderungen Ihrer Website analysieren und Sie bei Bedarf zu einer sicheren und angemessenen Erhöhung des Speicherlimits beraten.
Weitere Informationen finden Sie in unserem Artikel darüber, wie Sie richtig um WordPress-Support bitten.
4. Sie befinden sich in einem Multisite-Netzwerk
Ein weiterer möglicher Grund, warum Sie das Plugins-Menü in WordPress nicht sehen können, ist, dass Ihre Website Teil eines WordPress-Multisite-Netzwerks ist.
Ein WordPress-Multisite-Netzwerk ermöglicht es Ihnen, mehrere Websites von einer einzigen WordPress-Installation aus zu verwalten. Dies kann in Situationen nützlich sein, in denen Sie ein Netzwerk ähnlicher Websites betreiben müssen.
Ein wesentlicher Unterschied zwischen einem Multisite-Netzwerk und einer typischen WordPress-Installation besteht jedoch darin, dass der Netzwerkadministrator mehr Kontrolle über die einzelnen Sites hat.
In manchen Fällen kann der Netzwerkadministrator das Plugins-Menü für einzelne Sites innerhalb des Netzwerks deaktivieren, um die Konsistenz zu wahren oder die Stabilität aller Sites zu gewährleisten.
Um dieses Problem zu lösen, können Sie Ihren Netzwerkadministrator bitten, Plugins für Sie zu installieren.
Weitere Informationen zu diesem Thema finden Sie in unserem Leitfaden zu der Frage , warum Sie bei WordPress-Multisite-Installationen nicht alle Plugins sehen.
5. Sie haben die falsche Plugin-Datei hochgeladen
Angenommen, Sie möchten eine Plugin-Datei eines Drittanbieters hochladen, aber WordPress zeigt eine Fehlermeldung wie die folgende an:
In diesem Fall sollten Sie überprüfen, ob Sie überhaupt die richtige Datei hochgeladen haben. Plugin-Dateien werden in der Regel in einem .zip-Paket geliefert, das heißt, sie verwenden das .zip-Format.
Überprüfen Sie auch, ob die heruntergeladenen Zip-Inhaltsdateien ebenfalls kompatibel sind. Nicht alle Plugins von Drittanbietern stammen aus vertrauenswürdigen Quellen, und das kann der Grund sein, warum sie nicht richtig hochgeladen werden.
Weitere Informationen zur Installation von Plugins finden Sie in den folgenden Anleitungen:
- Wie man ein WordPress Plugin installiert (Schritt für Schritt)
- Leitfaden für Einsteiger: Wie Sie das beste WordPress-Plugin auswählen
- Sollten Sie Plugins installieren, die nicht mit Ihrer WordPress-Version getestet wurden?
Um Sicherheitsrisiken zu minimieren, empfehlen wir außerdem, nur Plugins aus seriösen Quellen wie dem Plugin-Verzeichnis von WordPress.org zu installieren. Das WordPress.org-Verzeichnis verfügt über ein Prüfverfahren und bietet in der Regel Plugins von vertrauenswürdigen Entwicklern an.
Hier sind einige zusätzliche Tipps für die Auswahl sicherer Plugins:
- Suchen Sie nach Plugins mit aktiver Entwicklung und guten Nutzerbewertungen.
- Überprüfen Sie das Datum der letzten Aktualisierung, um sicherzustellen, dass das Plugin mit Ihrer WordPress-Version kompatibel ist.
- Lesen Sie die Beschreibung und die Bewertungen des Plugins, um sich über seine Funktionen und mögliche Kompatibilitätsprobleme zu informieren.
Erfahren Sie, wie Sie häufige WordPress-Fehler beheben
Abgesehen davon, dass Sie keine Plugins in WordPress installieren können, können Sie von Zeit zu Zeit auf andere Arten von Problemen stoßen. Schauen Sie sich die folgenden Artikel an, um einige dieser häufigen Probleme zu lösen:
- Passwort vergessen? Wie man ein verlorenes Passwort in WordPress wiederherstellt
- Wie man gelöschte Seiten in WordPress wiederherstellt
- So deinstallieren und löschen Sie ein WordPress-Theme (Schritt für Schritt)
- Deinstallation und Neuinstallation von WordPress (Schritt für Schritt für Einsteiger)
Wir hoffen, dass dieser Artikel Ihnen geholfen hat zu erfahren, warum Sie in WordPress keine Plugins hinzufügen oder installieren können. Vielleicht interessieren Sie sich auch für unseren Leitfaden für Anfänger zur Fehlerbehebung in WordPress und unseren Artikel über die Behebung häufiger Bildprobleme in WordPress.
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Evan Cleary
I set up a Wordpress site in 2014 and was able to get plugins without going into a business plan. And I sent up another site a few years ago and it was also not any problem to add plugins. As far as I know, it was via Wordpress.com and not Wordpress.org – I downloaded a theme and editors that and used my own URL hosted by a hosting company. I’m quite confused now as no one seems to be saying that this policy of having to pay for a business plan is a new thing. Is it a new thing?
WPBeginner Support
If your site is on a hosting provider and not the WordPress.com website then it is a WordPress.org site. Having to purchase the business plan on WordPress.com for access to plugins is not something new.
Admin
karan
I had one site of mine that had the issue of no option for adding or updating plugins. For some reason define(‘DISALLOW_FILE_MODS’,true); was in my wp-config file.
Once I deleted that line, my plugin options were restored. It took me a while to find this solution. I hope this helps people find this solution.
WPBeginner Support
Thanks for sharing your recommendation
Admin
Sophorn Chhum
Thanks, man. You’re awesome
Amin
Thank you very much!
naema
Excellent.Great it’s working.Thank you!!!
Heide
Thanks for the good article! I am bit confused, because I am super administrator and can’t install any new plugins. I can activate and deactivate plugins for sites or the whole network. But I don’t have the page for plugin installtion. Do you have any suggestions in this case? Thanks!
WPBeginner Support
If you’re using a multisite like it sounds like you are, you would need to install the plugin in the network admin area rather than on the individual sites.
Admin
anis
when i try to install a pluging it shows the following:
Installation failed: Abort class-pclzip.php : Missing zlib extensions
what should i do
WPBeginner Support
For that error, you would want to first reach out to your hosting provider and they should be able to assist.
Admin
Amy Skea
I can’t download I get this message. I have tried various plugins and get the same.
Thank you
Installation failed: Could not copy file. wp-fastest-cache/wpFastestCache.php
WPBeginner Support
For that specific message, you may want to try the recommendations in our article below:
https://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/how-to-fix-file-and-folder-permissions-error-in-wordpress/
Admin
santosh
hey i cant upload and install pluginsin my wordpress website.
its shows just the blank page.please help me
WPBeginner Support
If you are only seeing a blank page, you would want to follow the recommendations in our article below:
https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-fix-the-wordpress-white-screen-of-death
Admin
Amarnath
Hey, I am troubling to install wordpress.
„The MySQL Connection could not be established.“
It is written like this what should I do?
WPBeginner Support
You would want to ensure your username and password in your wp-config file are the correct ones, you may also want to check with your hosting provider’s support if this is a new error and they should be able to assist.
Admin
May
Hey.
How Can I transfer my blog from wordpress.com to wordpress.org to get the benefits of the second one ?
WPBeginner Support
For how to do that, you would want to take a look at our article here:
https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-properly-move-your-blog-from-wordpress-com-to-wordpress-org/
Admin
Zeeshan
hi!
i am install pulgin but faild.
and ERROR IS
Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in G:\xampp\htdocs\Ecommrace\wp-includes\Requests\Transport\cURL.php on line 462
WPBeginner Support
For fixing that error you would want to follow the recommendation in our article here: https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-fix-fatal-error-maximum-execution-time-exceeded-in-wordpress/
Admin
Ale Sants
Hello! Same problem here. Cannot ADD plugins.
More details of my site:
WordPress 5.2.2 running Bridge theme, so Wordpress.org. no .com
Hostgator for hosting
I am an admin and no one else has ever done any work on the site, so I am the only admin for sure.
Please help and thanks in advance!
WPBeginner Support
You may want to check with your hosting provider to ensure there are no errors on their end that could be part of the problem. You could try checking your folder permissions as well similar to the article here: https://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/how-to-fix-file-and-folder-permissions-error-in-wordpress/
Admin
Ale Sants
Thanks so much. Will do that and will send any updates.
Rishabh Jain
Hey!
I want to install WP super cache plugin but when I search it in plugin dialog box, on right top corner it shows ‚Not Available‘ Why is it so? Is there any problem with my blog. Please help me out…
WPBeginner Support
Is your site on WordPress.com or a managed hosting provider?
Admin
Mazie
Don’t know what I’m doing wrong with new wordpress.com blog (true newbie). My menu doesn’t look like those above. All I see are the following 7 options, all are listed on the left: Site Identity, Colors & Backgrounds, Fonts, Header Image, Menus, CSS and Widgets. I guess my question is, is this as it should be for the free (.com) site? Is it from this menu that I will create and complete my free blog?
Sorry to be so ignorant about this. I think I’m missing something as I don’t imagine it’s supposed to seem so confusing.
Thank you!
Mazie
WPBeginner Support
Sadly, our tutorials are for WordPress.org rather than WordPress.com which is what you’re using would be part of the confusion. If you go to the wp-admin area of your WordPress.com site the admin area will look similar but you will still have the WordPress.com limitations.
Admin
Sasha
Deactivate Wordpress Plugin: WP Editor and you will be able to see list of your hidden plugin. WP Editor not tested/comparable with new WP version and php 7.
WPBeginner Support
Thanks for sharing what worked for you
Admin
chris
I am trying to install a plug-in on a website that a company designed for me but I don’t have the plugin option in my administrator menu (made sure I was an admin not just a editor). My admin bar is also Red with „PRODUCTION SERVER“ next to my name. Are these too related? How to I add plug-ins if I don’t have the the plug-in tab?
Nalin Puri
I am using InstantWP Named automated wordpress local server.If i buy my hosting service can i shift my blog from instant vp to that hosting server of GoDaddy
WPBeginner Support
Hi Nalin,
Yes it can be.
Admin
sajilesh kurup
Hi,
on wordpress website i am able to see pulgin menu, however as i hover mouse pointer over it not displaying option menu of add new
anh tuan
please help me! i’m a admin on my website but i can’t see any plugins on plugin dashboard, in my hostin, it still no problem??
WPBeginner Support
Hello,
You may not have an admin account or someone you hired to work on your website has disabled your access to plugins area. Sometimes developers do this to make sure that their customers don’t accidentally break their websites.
Admin
kevin shiu
How do I go about fixing this myself assuming the original developer is no longer around?
Judy Adams
I tried adding the plug in contact form 7 add-on now I get a white a screen after activating or trying to activate. I cannot go to my dashboard or anything in word press now. When trying to FTP in to deactivate plugin I am not sure what login and password to use. Can you please help me? I don’t want to lose my whole website I created because I cant get in now.
Riazvic
Hi,
I am having an e-commerce website, unfortunately, I am having a theme which came with a premium plugin which I have purchased. their plugin section is available but widget section is not available how can I put google translate code into that theme where should use that code in the theme files?
I hope to get an answer here.
thanks in advance for your support.
Kamal
David
Hello.I have the same issue of can not add new plugin in wordpress plugin panel.
1. No „add new“ plugin options
2.No „trash“ plugin options
3.Other issue is I can not find the „editor“ in appearance panel
Would you like to let me know how can i fix this?
Rizqi
I have same issues, it also can’t update existing plugins, because the link is gone. Have got the solutions?
Jacqueline
Hi. I purchased the Divi theme and plug in file. The theme uploaded fine but when I go to upload the plug in file it fails. Anything I can do? Thank you for your support on this matter.
WPBeginner Support
Hi Jacqueline,
You can try installing plugin via FTP.
Admin
Aziz Nazarov
Hello,
Thank you for sharing such a valuable info.
Maybe this’s a bit off topic question.
I’m having a small issue at the moment with adding a new submenu page.
So basically I got an Astra Theme (not a pro version) with Beaver Builder.
I add the page as usual then add to the menu under sub-item, all looks good.
But when I click on the sub menu page it doesn’t take me there. It basically takes me to a home page.
What could be an issue? Could you help me please?
Thank you
Sir Joe
Thanks a lot! Your article helped me
candy
I cannot activated and install my plugin.
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_FUNCTION, expecting ‚)‘ in E:\AppServ\www\shopify\wp-content\plugins\ninja-fb-private-reply\src\Facebook\autoload.php on line 45
please help me fix this .
Mark
Hi, I cant log on to my wordpress account. It says „ERROR: There is no user registered with that email address.“ I know for a fact that that is the correct email address associated with the account.. Please help!!! I dont have any of the other information required to reset the account (such as transaction ID) HELP!!!!
mark
should I switch to wix or weebly? this is stupid. I have to sit here for hours googling to not be able to do the stupidest simplest things. I don’t want to learn wordpress I just want a simple ecommerce site that wont be like a college course to get set up.
M
lokesh
I’m getting this message while installing the plugins.
An unexpected error occurred. Something may be wrong with WordPress.org or this server’s configuration. If you continue to have problems, please try the support forums.
How to solve please help
Yeboah Martin
I had this message when trying to upload a plugin:
POST Content-Length of 11688443 bytes exceeds the limit of 8388608 bytes in Unknown on line 0
WPBeginner Support
Hi Yeboah,
You need to increase the maximum file upload size.
Admin
Tabish
Hi! Wanted to ask you guyz two things: You guyz run this website on WordPress, right? Which theme do you use? And like YEBOAH MARTIN said, I was facing the same error when I tried to create a video streaming site and uploaded videos. I did increase the file size limit to 977 GB! And I am sure that it isn’t the storage, as my hosting provider has made unlimited disk storage available! (Cuz I created that hosting service!)
WPBeginner Support
Hey Tabish,
We use a custom made WordPress theme. As for videos, please see our guide on why you should never upload videos to WordPress.
Jitendra Mahato
Hi,
I have migrated my blog yesterday. All the things are good but the error in the plugin. I have deleted all the plugins. After then, while i am starting to install the plugin, then No, any plugin is adding..
While adding….
Messages lke this…
Could not create directory. /home/danfeh5/public_html/example.com/wp-content/plugins/boombox-theme-extensions
WPBeginner Support
Hey Jitendra,
It seems like your WordPress directory permissions are incorrect. Please see our guide on how to fix file and folder permissions error in WordPress
Admin
Angelo
Hi.Why is it my comment section is closed?Even if i downloaded comment plugin it seems nothing changed
WPBeginner Support
Hi Angelo,
If comments are closed on all your articles, then go to Settings » Discussion page inside WordPress admin area and check the box next to ‚Allow people to post comments on new articles‘ option. Any new article you now add will have comments enabled by default.
For your older article you will have to edit them and then on the post edit screen click on the Screen Options button at the top right corner of the screen. Check the box next to Discussion option. Now scroll down below the post editing area and you will see a Discussion meta box where you need to check the option ‚Allow Comment‘ option.
Admin
Lisa
Hi I got this when trying to install jetpack and its not on my list of plugins and I am not sure what to do Installing Plugin from uploaded file: jetpack.4.9.zip
Unpacking the package…
Installing the plugin…
Destination folder already exists. /home/content/p3pnexwpnas02_data01/46/2075146/html/wp-content/plugins/jetpack/
Plugin install failed.
Return to Plugin Installer
WPBeginner Support
Hey Lisa,
Your website already has a folder called jetpack. You need to connect to your website using an FTP client or File manager in Cpanel and delete that folder to install the plugin from the zip file.
Admin
Omar
Hi, I can see and add plugins in „my“ installation (its not a multisite) of wordpress but suddenly there’s no option for activate/delete under the plugin name, but I still can do this trough the bulk actions option… did someone know why this happens?
Omprakash
Hi Why none of WP Plugins are installing in my WP Dashboard please Help me
Rafael
I was added as ‚admin‘ in a multisite WordPress so I couldn’t see the Plugins. Asked for the ’network admin‘ to enable Plugins in ‚Network Configurations‘ but looks like that just allows me to see the Plugins, still not able to install new plugins.
WPBeginner Support
Hey Rafael,
The network admin or super admin can allow individual site admins to activate or deactivate plugins on their own.
Admin
Rafael
Thank you for the reply, I got it now. It just wasn’t clear, I see now that only the network admin can install new plugins.
zork
awesome man: define(‚WP_MEMORY_LIMIT‘, ’64M‘);
this solved my problem after a migration from local to production
thank you so much!
Ankur Sharma
i have installed wordpress on pc with xampp. when i install ULTIMATE MEMBER plugin it shows an error and when i upload the plugin it shows the memory limit problem..
i have already added that line you mentioned i.e.
define(‚WP_MEMORY_LIMIT‘, ’64M‘);
and also i have changed a line in php.ini file in xampp
; Maximum allowed size for uploaded files.
upload_max_filesize=3000M
nothing is working .. please help me ..
Thanks!!
tom bukkots
Can’t add or delete plugins in WordPress
Nicole
I have wordpress.com/wp-admin.. I have admin rights and i still have no options for adding new plugins. Any suggestions?
WPBeginner Support
Please see our guide on the difference between self hosted WordPress.org vs free WordPress.com blog.
Admin
Ali Shair
if i Host my wordpress.com site on Hostgator or go daddy then it is possible to upload themes or plugins
WPBeginner Support
Hi Ali,
No you cannot host your WordPress.com site anywhere else. You will need to use self hosted WordPress.org.
Admin
Betina
Hi,
If I buy a domain from wordpress.COM will it let me download and install plugins like adsense?
Thanks!
WPBeginner Support
No it will not. You will also be unable to use Adsense. Please see our guide on the difference between self hosted WordPress.org vs free WordPress.com blog.
Admin
Tim McCoy
I get the following message when I try to download any plugins:
Downloading install package from ….
Download failed. Could not open handle for fopen() to /home/content/95/9132095/tmp/seo-wizard-BrHIzr.tmp
WPBeginner Support
This error could occur due to incorrect file permissions.
Admin
Leah
I was sure I had a wordpress.com site, but I have access to plugins like Jetpack and Discuz. Has this changed since this article was published, or do I have Wordpress.org?
Nadya
I am trying to get rid of dates on my wordpress blog but everywhere I look seems to be suggesting downloading a plug-in but from your post we are not able to install plug-ins…. So does this mean we are not able to delete dates in regular wordpress.com?
WPBeginner Support
Please see our guide on the difference between self hosted WordPress.org vs free WordPress.com blog.
Admin
ahmad
hi i have this warning when i want to install plugin or them that is happended to me when i moved wordpress from loaclhost to livesite
Downloading install package from
Warning: unlink(/home/fanousmd/public_html//home/fanousmd/public_html/tmp/contact-form-builder.1.0.39-iYKOjV.tmp): No such file or directory in /home/fanousmd/public_html/wp-admin/includes/file.php on line 481
Download failed. Destination directory for file streaming does not exist or is not writable.
Return to Plugin Installer
Denise
Is there a way to add a booking calendar to a wordpress.com site considering it does not take plugins. Is there a non-plugin option? What are the options other than switching?
Mattie
I have managed to solve my problem by deleting the entire MYSQL database and starting over from scratch.
Josh
what if I use xampp for local hosting? can this work to add plugins?
WPBeginner Support
Yes please check our guide on how to install WordPress on your computer using Wamp. However, the site on your local server will be only visible to you.
Admin
Joey Ayoub
This really ruins the WordPress experience for me. All I wanted was to be able to write my own meta descriptions and now I’m told I have to pay even more to do just that? For goodness‘ sake.
WPBeginner Support
if you are using WordPress.com, then yes you can not install plugins or modify themes on your own. However, using a self-hosted WordPress site you can make all these changes using free plugins and themes.
Admin
Ryan Naylor
I was having this problem yesterday. I wanted to install the Gravity Forms Directory plugin, which I did and activated. Yet, I couldn’t find it within my dashboard and even following the plugin directions, was not able to follow. My only conclusion is that I need to actually purchase Gravity Form in order to install and use the G.F. directory plugin.?
Editorial Staff
Yes, you have to purchase GF first.
Admin
Ignacio
One more (happened to me today):
I forgot that I wrote this on wp-config:
define(‚DISALLOW_FILE_MODS‘,true);
That will disable plugins install, updates…
FourteenG
I had one site of mine that had the issue of no option for adding or updating plugins. For some reason define(‘DISALLOW_FILE_MODS’,true); was in my wp-config file.
Once I deleted that line, my plugin options were restored. It took me a while to find this solution. I hope this helps people find this solution.