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Varför kan jag inte lägga till eller installera plugins i WordPress? (5 anledningar)

En av de vanligaste frågorna som våra läsare ställer oss är: ”Varför kan jag inte lägga till plugins i WordPress?”

Denna situation uppstår vanligtvis när användaren ser ett uppgraderingsmeddelande eller om deras obszara administracyjny inte har menyn Plugins. Om du har problem med detta är du på rätt plats, eftersom vi kommer att gå igenom de vanligaste orsakerna i den här artikeln.

Fortsätt läsa för att ta reda på varför du inte kan lägga till eller installera plugins i WordPress.

Why Can't I Add or Install Plugins in WordPress

Denna guide har listat 5 av de främsta anledningarna till varför du inte kan add to eller installera plugins i WordPress. Använd gratis snabblänkarna under för att hoppa till det specifika ämne som gäller för din situation:

1. You Are på WordPress.com

WordPress.com är en tjänst för webbhotell för bloggar som erbjuder en begränsad version av den populära programvaran WordPress som drivs på en egen server. Se vår guide om skillnaden mellan WordPress.com och WordPress.org för mer detaljer.

WordPress.com:s användare kan inte installera tillägg om de inte uppgraderar till paketet Business eller högre, som kostar från $10 per månad. Om du har ett gratis-, personligt- eller Premiumpaket kan du inte installera tillägg från tredje part.

Trying to install a plugin in WordPress.com

Om du inte vill betala för det beloppet kan du flytta din blogg från WordPress.com till WordPress.org.

Om du behöver hjälp med det kan du använda vår gratis tjänst för att installera en blogg i WordPress. Gör bara ett obs/observera att du vill att vi flyttar din site, så gör vi det gratis.

Pro tips: Vill du skapa en website på WordPress.org utan krångel? Våra WPBeginner Pro-tjänster kan hjälpa dig att kickstarta din närvaro på nätet och bygga en beautiful site utan ansträngning.

2. Det finns begränsningar för användarnas roller

WordPress har ett built-in system för hantering av användarroller som tilldelar olika nivåer av åtkomst till användare på din website.

Administratörer är den högsta rollen för användare med full tillgång till alla funktioner på din WordPress site, inklusive att lägga till, installera och aktivera tillägg.

Å andra sidan kan Editors, Authors, Contributors och Prenumbers inte installera tillägg.

Administrator vs Editor dashboard in WordPress

Om du arbetar på en website men inte ser menyn ”Plugins”, är det möjligt att du inte har administratörsåtkomst.

Om du litar på den person som hanterar webbplatsen (t.ex. en utvecklare eller webbmaster) kan du i så fall artigt be dem att ge dig administratörsbehörighet så att du kan installera de tillägg du behöver.

3. You Are Facing a Memory Limit Issue

Det näst vanligaste scenariot är att du kan se och komma åt sidan Plugins, men du kan inte installera tillägg. När du försöker installera tillägg ser du ett error message.

Detta error orsakas vanligtvis av PHP:s limit för minne. WordPress är skrivet med skriptspråket PHP, och varje PHP-skript använder en viss mängd minne.

Det finns Settings på ditt WordPress webbhotell och i WordPress core som definierar hur mycket minne ett PHP-skript kan använda.

När en process når denna limit avslutas den antingen eller så visas ett error som gillar detta på din WordPress website:

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 67108864 bytes uttömd

Den snabba fixen till detta problem är att öka din PHP memory limit. Du kan göra det genom att lägga till den här raden i din wp-config.php-fil:

define('WP_MEMORY_LIMIT', '256M');

För mer detaljerade instruktioner, se vår guide om hur du fixar WordPress memory exhausted error.

Observera att även om en ökning av PHP-minneslimiten ibland kan lösa problemet och låta dig installera tillägg, är det viktigt att förstå att det inte alltid är den perfekta lösningen.

Skadlig kod kan utnyttja en hög limit för minne för att förbruka mer resurser än avsett, vilket kan påverka säkerheten på din WordPress webbplats.

Innan du ändrar minneslimiten själv rekommenderar vi starkt att du rådgör med din hosting provider för WordPress. De kan analysera din websites specifika behov och ge råd om en säker och lämplig ökning av minneslimiten, om det behövs.

För mer information kan du läsa vår artikel om hur du på rätt sätt ber om support för WordPress.

4. You Are on a Multisite Network (Du befinner dig i ett multisite network)

En annan möjlig orsak till att du inte kan se menyn Tillägg i WordPress är om din site är en del av ett WordPress multisite network.

Ett WordPress multisite network allow you to manage multiple websites from a single WordPress installation. Detta kan vara användbart i situationer där du behöver run ett nätverk av liknande websites.

En viktig skillnad mellan ett multisite network och en vanlig WordPress-installation är dock att nätverksadministratören har mer control över enskilda webbplatser.

I vissa fall kan network admin inaktivera menyn Tillägg för enskilda webbplatser i nätverket för att upprätthålla enhetlighet eller säkerställa stabilitet på alla webbplatser.

Installing plugins on multisite network

För att lösa detta problem kan du be din nätverksadministratör att installera tillägg åt dig.

För mer information om detta ämne, se vår guide om varför du inte ser alla tillägg på WordPress Multisite installationer.

5. You Uploaded the Wrong Plugin File

Låt oss säga att du vill uploada en plugin-fil från tredje part, men WordPress fortsätter att visa ett error-meddelande som under:

Example of plugin upload error

I det här fallet kanske du vill se om du uppladdar rätt fil i första hand. Tilläggsfiler kommer vanligtvis i ett .zip-paket, vilket innebär att de använder .zip-formatet.

Du kanske också vill kontrollera om de zip-filer med content som du har downloadat också är kompatibla. Alla tillägg från tredje part kommer ej från betrodda källor, och detta kan vara anledningen till att de inte uploadas korrekt.

Om du vill ha mer information om hur du installerar tillägg kan du kontrollera våra guider under:

För att minimera säkerhetsrisker rekommenderar vi också att du bara installerar tillägg från välrenommerade källor som gillar WordPress.org plugin directory. WordPress.org directory har en review-process och tenderar att erbjuda tillägg från pålitliga utvecklare.

Här är några ytterligare tips för att välja säkra tillägg:

  • Leta efter tillägg med aktiv utveckling och bra rating från användarna.
  • Kontrollera datumet för ”Last Updated” för att se till att tillägget är kompatibelt med din WordPress-version.
  • Läs tilläggets description och reviews för att förstå dess funktioner och potentiella compatibility issues.

Lär dig hur du poprawkar vanliga WordPress-fel

Förutom att du inte kan installera plugins i WordPress kan du stöta på andra typer av problem då och då. Kolla in artiklarna nedan för att lösa några av dessa vanliga problem:

Vi hoppas att den här artikeln hjälpte dig att lära dig varför du inte kan lägga till eller installera plugins i WordPress. Du kanske också vill se vår nybörjarguide till felsökning av WordPress-fel och vår artikel om hur man poprawkar vanliga bildproblem i WordPress.

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  1. 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.

      Administratör

  2. 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 :)

      Administratör

    • Sophorn Chhum

      Thanks, man. You’re awesome :D

    • Amin

      Thank you very much!

    • naema

      Excellent.Great it’s working.Thank you!!!

  3. 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.

      Administratör

  4. 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.

      Administratör

  5. 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

  6. santosh

    hey i cant upload and install pluginsin my wordpress website.
    its shows just the blank page.please help me

  7. 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.

      Administratör

  8. May

    Hey.
    How Can I transfer my blog from wordpress.com to wordpress.org to get the benefits of the second one ?

  9. 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

  10. 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!

  11. 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?

      Administratör

  12. 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.

      Administratör

  13. 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 :)

      Administratör

  14. 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?

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. 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.

      Administratör

      • kevin shiu

        How do I go about fixing this myself assuming the original developer is no longer around?

  18. 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.

  19. 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

  20. 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?

  21. 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.

  22. 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

  23. Sir Joe

    Thanks a lot! Your article helped me

  24. 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 .

  25. 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!!!!

  26. 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

  27. 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

  28. 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

      • 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!)

  29. 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

  30. 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.

      Administratör

  31. 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.

      Administratör

  32. 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?

  33. Omprakash

    Hi Why none of WP Plugins are installing in my WP Dashboard please Help me

  34. 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.

      Administratör

      • 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.

  35. zork

    awesome man: define(’WP_MEMORY_LIMIT’, ’64M’);

    this solved my problem after a migration from local to production

    thank you so much!

  36. 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!!

  37. tom bukkots

    Can’t add or delete plugins in WordPress

  38. Nicole

    I have wordpress.com/wp-admin.. I have admin rights and i still have no options for adding new plugins. Any suggestions?

  39. 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.

      Administratör

  40. Betina

    Hi,
    If I buy a domain from wordpress.COM will it let me download and install plugins like adsense?

    Thanks!

  41. 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

  42. 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?

  43. 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?

  44. 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

  45. 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?

  46. Mattie

    I have managed to solve my problem by deleting the entire MYSQL database and starting over from scratch. :(

  47. Josh

    what if I use xampp for local hosting? can this work to add plugins?

  48. 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.

      Administratör

  49. 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.?

  50. 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.

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