Body: <p>After successfully trialing CiviCRM on a local desktop PC, we have decided to install on our hosted wordpress website.  I am following the instructions as listed here to the letter (3rd attempt) - <a href="https://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC/Installing+CiviCRM+for+WordPress" rel="nofollow">https://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC/Installing+CiviCRM+for+WordPress</a></p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>Login to your WordPress site with Administrator level permissions.</li>
  <li>Go to plugins page:http:///wp-admin/plugins.php. </li>
  <li>Click the'Activate' link to activate the CiviCRM plugin. </li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>When I try to go to Settings > CiviCRM Installer: http:///wp-admin/options-general.php?page=civicrm-install</p>
  
  <p>All I get is this error - "Sorry, you are not allowed to access this page." 
  And when I go to settings in the wordpress admin panel there is no CiviCRM options appearing.</p>
  
  <p>So I am unable to proceed.</p>
  
  <p>I have checked permissions and made all relevant folders writable (i think?). So not sure what the problem is?  Any suggestions please?</p>
  
Comments.ContentLicense: CC BY-SA 3.0
Comments.CreationDate: 2016-09-17T09:37:13.493Z
Comments.Text: If civicrm does not appear in your wordpress admin plugins list then I would suggest that civicrm is perhaps not installed correctly or in the correct directory.  After unpacking the civicrm zip file, my civicrm files are in root/.../wp-content/plugins/civicrm and in the latter directory, the installed directories and files are as below:
Comments.UserDisplayName: peterb
Comments.ContentLicense: CC BY-SA 3.0
Comments.CreationDate: 2016-09-17T09:47:18.920Z
Comments.Text: Revised
  If civicrm does not appear in your wordpress admin plugins list then I would suggest that civicrm is perhaps not installed correctly or is in the wrong directory.  After unpacking the civicrm zip file, my civicrm files are in root/.../wp-content/plugins/civicrm and in the latter directory, the installed directories and files are as below:
  Directories: [assets][civicrm][includes],languages][wp-cli]
  Files: [readme.md][civicrm.php][civicrm.settings.php][readme.txt][uninstall.php]
  Can you confirm that all those items are present?
  Note; there is a civicrm directory within civicrm
Comments.UserDisplayName: peterb
Comments.ContentLicense: CC BY-SA 3.0
Comments.CreationDate: 2016-09-20T04:18:21.673Z
Comments.Text: I completely removed and then reinstalled and checked all the paths were correct.
Comments.UserDisplayName: jkobier
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Comments.CreationDate: 2016-09-20T04:26:49.683Z
Comments.Text: I completely removed and then reinstalled civicrm and checked all the paths were correct. The problem I now have is that by default, civicrm is picking up MySQL settings that are defined in wp-config.php, and if I try to change these (DB_NAME, DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD) it wipes out the entire website.  Luckily I backed up the config file!
  So I can proceed, I just cannot specify which DB I want CiviCRM to use, as I don't seem to be able to change from the one defined in wp-config.php.
Comments.UserDisplayName: jkobier
Tags: <wordpress><installation>
Title: Installation Error with WordPress 4.6.1 and CiviCRM 4.7
ThreadText: # Installation Error with WordPress 4.6.1 and CiviCRM 4.7
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-09-16)
  
  After successfully trialing CiviCRM on a local desktop PC, we have decided to install on our hosted wordpress website. I am following the instructions as listed here to the letter (3rd attempt) - <https://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC/Installing+CiviCRM+for+WordPress>
  
  1. Login to your WordPress site with Administrator level permissions.
  2. Go to plugins page:http:///wp-admin/plugins.php.
  3. Click the'Activate' link to activate the CiviCRM plugin.
  
  When I try to go to Settings > CiviCRM Installer: http:///wp-admin/options-general.php?page=civicrm-install
  
  All I get is this error - "Sorry, you are not allowed to access this page."
  And when I go to settings in the wordpress admin panel there is no CiviCRM options appearing.
  
  So I am unable to proceed.
  
  I have checked permissions and made all relevant folders writable (i think?). So not sure what the problem is? Any suggestions please?
  
  **Tags:** wordpress, installation
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: If civicrm does not appear in your wordpress admin plugins list then I would suggest that civicrm is perhaps not installed correctly or in the correct directory.  After unpacking the civicrm zip file, my civicrm files are in root/.../wp-content/plugins/civicrm and in the latter directory, the installed directories and files are as below:  
  > **username_1**: Revised If civicrm does not appear in your wordpress admin plugins list then I would suggest that civicrm is perhaps not installed correctly or is in the wrong directory.  After unpacking the civicrm zip file, my civicrm files are in root/.../wp-content/plugins/civicrm and in the latter directory, the installed directories and files are as below: Directories: [assets][civicrm][includes],languages][wp-cli] Files: [readme.md][civicrm.php][civicrm.settings.php][readme.txt][uninstall.php] Can you confirm that all those items are present? Note; there is a civicrm directory within civicrm  
  > **username_0**: I completely removed and then reinstalled and checked all the paths were correct.  
  > **username_0**: I completely removed and then reinstalled civicrm and checked all the paths were correct. The problem I now have is that by default, civicrm is picking up MySQL settings that are defined in wp-config.php, and if I try to change these (DB_NAME, DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD) it wipes out the entire website.  Luckily I backed up the config file! So I can proceed, I just cannot specify which DB I want CiviCRM to use, as I don't seem to be able to change from the one defined in wp-config.php.  
  
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