Plugins menu doesn't appear in the admin panel

Question

I\'m having a very simple problem. I\'m new to WordPress and I\'m trying to install a plugin.

Everyone says there\'s a \"plugins\" option on the sidebar-menu in the

Answer 1

On wordpress.com hosted sites, you don't have permission to install plugins. You must have an own wordpress installation to do that.

Answer 2

For me, changing lines in wp-config.php worked. I changed:

define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); 
define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true);

to

define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', false);
define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', false);

Answer 3

If you did double check your file permissions (i.e. 755 for folders and 644 for wordpress files on Linux), please consider editing your wp-config.php file and change

define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS',true);

to

define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS',false);

The Add New option in Plugins menu will show up, also if you have internet connection, possible updates will be shown up.

Answer 4

If you install a local WordPress the Plugins sub menu will not appear for any of the sites you work. Click My Sites area at the top of the page then click Network Admin and then click Dashboard. The Plugins sub menu will appear there. Then install new plugins and use it on sites on which you are working. Good luck.

Answer 5

I know this is an old question but I hit this problem at work recently with a WordPress site I inherited that had been originally developed by an external company. I tracked it down to the roles assigned to the user account. The "admin" account I had been given was actually assigned a restricted role that didn't have permission to access most of the settings.

Fortunately, I have access to the database so I was able to modify the assigned role directly. The default database prefix in WordPress is wp but you may need adjust these steps according to your own database.

First, find the user_id in the wp_users table for the account you want to modify and then run the following SQL against your WordPress database.

UPDATE wp_usermeta SET meta_value = "a:1:{s:13:""administrator"";b:1;}" WHERE user_id = {your_user_id} AND meta_key = "wp_capabilities";
UPDATE wp_usermeta SET meta_value = "10" WHERE user_id = {your_user_id} AND meta_key = "wp_user_level";

The next time you log in with that user account it should now have administrator privileges.

Answer 6

This what I found looking for the same problem, I guess this is your situation also:

If your site is hosted on WordPress.com:

Plugins: Plugins are tools used to extend the functionality of the WordPress platform. However, they are only applicable to self-hosted blogs and web sites using the WordPress.org software. Plugins are not permitted here at WordPress.com for various security reasons.