Stacey,

There should not be any numbers after the plupload folder name. I see it is named plupload-11/  Try using FTP or your file manager and delete the “-11” from the filename. That should fix it.

Can you tell us how you added the plugin and if the using the file uploader with a zip file the name of the file?

please note the plugin directory name… its incorrect… its plupload-11 and should just be plupload… its an issue with the wp uploader that hopefully is resolved in the next version…

I downloaded it form simple-press.com.  The plugin download to my downloads.  I went into the simple press plugin up loader and installed it.  It immediately gave me that warning message and “crashed my simple press forum, I had to uninstall and re install for the warning message to go away.

I changed the file name and it works perfectly now.

Thanks!

good news.  thanks for the update.

I’m running into a similar issue. When attempting to upload a plugin it repeatedly tells me it cannot find the location. I’m trying to upload plupload.zip, and it’s trying to create plupload3, so if I create that folder it tries to upload to plupload4. I’m getting nowhere fast. Never had issues uploading with WordPress before installing Simple Press.

Is this a known issue? It doesn’t matter if I change the filename because the uploader tries to create a folder with an appended number based on the filename as in the example below. All directories are reporting as writable. Is there a work-around for this such as decompressing the files myself in the forum-plugins folder?

Unable to locate needed folder (/problem-with-post-edit-buttonome/user/www/wordpress/wp-content/sp-resources/forum-plugins/plupload6).

Just making sure. You are using the Simple:Press plugin uploader not the WordPress plugin uploader, correct?

This may be an issue where older, previously uploaded SP plugin, did not get deleted. I would check the /sp-resources/plugin folder and see if there is not already any folder named plupload or pluploadx (the x being anything) If so then delete the folder(s).

Then check your wp-contents/uploads/2013/2 folder and make sure none of the plupload files are there. If so delete them.

That should clear out everything and you should be able to upload the plugin. Just make sure the zip file is named plupload.zip with no numbers or anything else in the filename.
You can manually add the plugin. You could create a plupload folder in /forum-plugins and unzip everything from plupload.zip into it.

It’s known issue with wp. When it does an uploaded but cannot delete it when done due to server permissions, the upload remains. If you upload same file again, wp will append the number to keep it unique.

So in sp plugin location, delete and pluploadx directories where x us a number. Upload the plugin again. Go to the created directory in sp plugins and themes change the name to not have number, ie plupload.

Brandon C said

Just making sure. You are using the Simple:Press plugin uploader not the WordPress plugin uploader, correct?

This may be an issue where older, previously uploaded SP plugin, did not get deleted. I would check the /sp-resources/plugin folder and see if there is not already any folder named plupload or pluploadx (the x being anything) If so then delete the folder(s).

Then check your wp-contents/uploads/2013/2 folder and make sure none of the plupload files are there. If so delete them.

That should clear out everything and you should be able to upload the plugin. Just make sure the zip file is named plupload.zip with no numbers or anything else in the filename.

You can manually add the plugin. You could create a plupload folder in /forum-plugins and unzip everything from plupload.zip into it.

Thanks for the quick response.

Yes. I’m uploading via the plugin uploader in the forum admin. The plugins folder is blank, nothing there, and it still throws the error.I’ve deleted everything from the 2013/2 and plugins folder. When I try to upload this is what I get.

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Uploading SP Plugin from uploaded file: admin-bar.zip
Unable to locate needed folder (/problem-with-post-edit-buttonome/user/www/site/wp-content/sp-resources/forum-plugins/admin-bar).

Notice: Unable to remove the uploaded plugin zip archive: /problem-with-post-edit-buttonome/user/www/site/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/admin-bar.zip

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The uploaded file is stored in the 2013/2/ folder, so it would seem that the issue lies with SimplePress not being able to create folders and move files. I’ve got the wp-content folder set to chmod -R 777, so I know the write permissions are correct, and SimplePress shows they are goood to go and writable in Storage Locations.

I’ve just uploaded everything manually and it works. I was also able to update everything to the latest version using the updater with no issues. Looks like a bug to me.

I have never had that issue myself but it could be some kind of folder/file ownership issue. Glad you got it working.