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Destination folder already exists plesk

Plugin for WordPress can not be installed with the following error in Plesk interface:

An error occurred when installing the “wordpress-seo” plugin on the website with the ID 18: Could not install the wordpress-seo plugin on https://example.com website. Please check server logs or contact your server administrator.

The following error can be found in %plesk_dir%admin\logs\php_error.log :

Installing the plugin..
Warning: Destination folder already exists. “C:/Inetpub/vhosts/example.com/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-seo/”
Plugin installation failed.
, stderr: No plugins installed.
{“err_code”:true,”err_message”:”No plugins installed.”}

Usually, issue occurs when folder with name required for plugin installation already exists.

Today, let us see the steps followed by our support techs to resolve destination folder already exists

1. Firstly, login to Plesk

2. Go to Domains > example.com > File Manager

3. Find wp-content/plugins directory

4. Tick the plugin’s directory (i.e. wordpress-seo)

5. Click the Remove button

Note: Also, the directory might be renamed by clicking on the button mceclip0.png and then Rename.

6. Install plugin once again

Conclusion

To wrap up, our Support Engineers demonstrated a quick fix for resolving destination folder already exists. We also learned about the root cause behind this specific error.