Wordpress plugin install: Could not create directory

Question

I\'m using WordPress on centos 6.

I try to install a plugin. But I got this error:

Installing Plugin: bbPress 2.5.9 Downloading install package

Answer 1

You need to change the permission of the directory

1. At first change the user HTML folder (replace yourcomputerusername)

   sudo chown yourcomputerusername:yourcomputerusername /var/www/html

2. Next change the permission for the user

   cd /var/www/html

   sudo chmod -R goa=rwx wordpress

   or

   sudo chmod -R 777 wordpress/wp-content