# WordPress Can't Create Directory Fix
# Jeff Reifman
# http://publishingwithwordpress.com/how-to-solve-wordpress-could-not-create-directory
# The first level is actually to make sure that your web server has ownership over the directories:
chown -R www-data:www-data your-wordpress-directory
# The second level is also required – you must make sure that the directory permissions are properly set:
sudo find /var/www/wordpress/ -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;
sudo find /var/www/wordpress/ -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;
If you’re trying to upgrade WordPress or install a plugin and getting the “could not create directory” error, here are the two levels required to solve it.
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