Answers.Body: <p>The link that is supposed to provide a solution for this is broken...on this page:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://docs.civicrm.org/sysadmin/en/latest/install/wordpress/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://docs.civicrm.org/sysadmin/en/latest/install/wordpress/</a></p>
  
  <p>If you are on a Windows machine and get the message "The user account used by your web-server needs to be granted write access to the following directory in order to configure the CiviCRM settings file: C:/wp-content/plugins/civicrm/" even after changing directory permission in 
  Explorer, see:</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://forum.civicrm.org/index.php/topic,5056.msg23720.html#msg23720" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://forum.civicrm.org/index.php/topic,5056.msg23720.html#msg23720</a></p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>Did you verify the directories were writable by testing using php - or checking the permissions? To definitively confirm this is a civicrm bug perhaps put something similar to the below in a file in your web root then visit it in your browser. (Don't forget to remove the file afterwards) Check if the file was created. If it was then this is a civicrm issue - however if not it is a permissions issue.</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;?php
  file_put_contents("/home/tackletheagenda/public_html/Civicrm/wp-content/plugins/files/test.txt", 'Test');
  ?&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>If it is a permissions issue double check the permission of the parent directories to make sure the web user has execute access to all parent directories</p>
  
  <pre><code>namei -l  /home/tackletheagenda/public_html/Civicrm/wp-content/plugins/files
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Will show you all parent directories up to / along with their permissions. </p>
  
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Body: <p>I have searched for answers and none apply to this particular instance. I get one particular error preventing me from installing CiviCRM in WordPress. I have the latest version of CiviCRM and WordPress. I get the following error under file permissions no matter what I do:</p>
  
  <p><strong>Is the /home/tackletheagenda/public_html/Civicrm/wp-content/plugins/files folder writeable?</strong> </p>
  
  <p><strong>The user account used by your web-server - tackletheagenda - needs to be granted write access to the following directory in order to configure the CiviCRM settings file:
  //home/tackletheagenda/public_html/Civicrm/wp-content/plugins/files</strong></p>
  
  <p>I have already verified that the folders were writable. A bug? Other people had this problem on other platforms, but no answers for this problem in WordPress.</p>
  
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Comments.Text: It seems there may be a problem with the path of your civicrm installation.  My working civicrm installation in Wordpress is in the equivalent of your account at /public_html/wp-content/plugins/civicrm.  In that directory, there should be a properly configured file called civicrm.settings.php.  There should also be a directory called "files" in /wp-content/plugins which should have been created during the installation.
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Comments.Text: Full installation info is at this link https://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC/Installing+CiviCRM+for+Wordpress and also here at https://docs.civicrm.org/sysadmin/en/latest/install/wordpress/
  
  Hope this helps.
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Title: Installation error for CiviCRM in Wordpress
ThreadText: # Installation error for CiviCRM in Wordpress
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2017-11-08)
  
  I have searched for answers and none apply to this particular instance. I get one particular error preventing me from installing CiviCRM in WordPress. I have the latest version of CiviCRM and WordPress. I get the following error under file permissions no matter what I do:
  
  **Is the /home/tackletheagenda/public\_html/Civicrm/wp-content/plugins/files folder writeable?**
  
  **The user account used by your web-server - tackletheagenda - needs to be granted write access to the following directory in order to configure the CiviCRM settings file:
  //home/tackletheagenda/public\_html/Civicrm/wp-content/plugins/files**
  
  I have already verified that the folders were writable. A bug? Other people had this problem on other platforms, but no answers for this problem in WordPress.
  
  **Tags:** wordpress
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: It seems there may be a problem with the path of your civicrm installation.  My working civicrm installation in Wordpress is in the equivalent of your account at /public_html/wp-content/plugins/civicrm.  In that directory, there should be a properly configured file called civicrm.settings.php.  There should also be a directory called "files" in /wp-content/plugins which should have been created during the installation.  
  > **username_1**: Full installation info is at this link https://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC/Installing+CiviCRM+for+Wordpress and also here at https://docs.civicrm.org/sysadmin/en/latest/install/wordpress/  Hope this helps.  
  
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  ## 2 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_2 on 2018-11-17. Score: 0
  
  The link that is supposed to provide a solution for this is broken...on this page:
  
  <https://docs.civicrm.org/sysadmin/en/latest/install/wordpress/>
  
  If you are on a Windows machine and get the message "The user account used by your web-server needs to be granted write access to the following directory in order to configure the CiviCRM settings file: C:/wp-content/plugins/civicrm/" even after changing directory permission in
  Explorer, see:
  
  <http://forum.civicrm.org/index.php/topic,5056.msg23720.html#msg23720>
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2018-12-17. Score: 0
  
  Did you verify the directories were writable by testing using php - or checking the permissions? To definitively confirm this is a civicrm bug perhaps put something similar to the below in a file in your web root then visit it in your browser. (Don't forget to remove the file afterwards) Check if the file was created. If it was then this is a civicrm issue - however if not it is a permissions issue.
  
  
  If it is a permissions issue double check the permission of the parent directories to make sure the web user has execute access to all parent directories
  namei -l  /home/tackletheagenda/public_html/Civicrm/wp-content/plugins/files
  
  Will show you all parent directories up to / along with their permissions.
  
  
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