{"id":18431,"date":"2016-01-20T14:52:16","date_gmt":"2016-01-20T14:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qw\/oikcom\/?post_type=oik-plugins&#038;p=20663"},"modified":"2023-08-08T08:21:48","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T08:21:48","slug":"allow-reinstalls","status":"publish","type":"oik-plugins","link":"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/oik-plugins\/allow-reinstalls\/","title":{"rendered":"Allow-reinstalls"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Allow re-installation of WordPress plugins and themes by upload.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"772\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/allow-reinstalls-banner-772x250-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/allow-reinstalls-banner-772x250-1.jpg 772w, https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/allow-reinstalls-banner-772x250-1-300x97.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/allow-reinstalls-banner-772x250-1-386x125.jpg 386w, https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/allow-reinstalls-banner-772x250-1-768x249.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 772px) 100vw, 772px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Use the <code>Allow-reinstalls<\/code> plugin to allow you to install a new version of a plugin or theme<br>without having to delete the existing plugin or theme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The problem<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Destination folder already exists. Plugin install failed.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You have a plugin installed on your WordPress server<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You have a <code>.zip<\/code> file containing a different version<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You want to replace the existing version with the <code>.zip<\/code> file<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When you attempt to use <strong>Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin<\/strong> you get the following messages<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-oik-css-geshi\"><div class=\"bw_geshi none\"><pre>Installing Plugin from uploaded file: your-plugin vw.x.y.zip\nUnpacking the package\n\nInstalling the plugin\n\nDestination folder already exists. \/path-to\/wp-content\/plugins\/your-plugin\/\n\nPlugin install failed.<\/pre><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Destination folder already exists. Theme install failed.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You have a theme installed on your WordPress server<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You have a <code>.zip<\/code> file containing a different version<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You want to replace the existing version with the <code>.zip<\/code> file<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When you attempt to use <strong>Appearance &gt; Themes &gt; Add New &gt; Upload Theme<\/strong> you get the following messages<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-oik-css-geshi\"><div class=\"bw_geshi none\"><pre>Installing Theme from uploaded file: your-theme vw.x.y.zip\nUnpacking the package\n\nInstalling the theme\n\nDestination folder already exists. \/path-to\/wp-content\/themes\/your-theme\/\n\nTheme install failed.<\/pre><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The solution<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Install the <code>allow-reinstalls<\/code> WordPress plugin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Activate the <code>allow-reinstalls<\/code> WordPress plugin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Try performing your upload again<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This time your server will not fail because the Destination folder already exists<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>So your plugin or theme should be updated<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Features<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Very simple solution<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Allows upgrade and downgrade<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Uses standard WordPress upload process<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Requires WordPress 4.3.0 or above<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tested with WordPress 4.4.1 through 6.3, and WordPress MultiSite<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information read the FAQs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cleared clear\"><\/div><a class=\"wordpress\" href=\"https:\/\/downloads.wordpress.org\/plugin\/allow-reinstalls.zip\">Download allow-reinstalls from wordpress.org<\/a><br \/><a class=\"download\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/plugins\/download?plugin=allow-reinstalls&#038;version=0.1.0&#038;id=41824&#038;action=download\">Download&nbsp;allow-reinstalls&nbsp;<span class=\"version\">version&nbsp;0.1.0<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Allow re-installation of WordPress plugins and themes by upload<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18429,"template":"","letters":[504],"oik_tags":[450,451,334,452],"class_list":{"0":"post-18431","1":"oik-plugins","2":"type-oik-plugins","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"letters-a","7":"oik_tags-plugin","8":"oik_tags-theme","9":"oik_tags-update","10":"oik_tags-upload","11":"entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Allow-reinstalls - [oik] plugins.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Allow re-installation of WordPress plugins and themes by upload\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/oik-plugins\/allow-reinstalls\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Allow-reinstalls - [oik] plugins.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Allow re-installation of WordPress plugins and themes by upload\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/oik-plugins\/allow-reinstalls\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"[oik] plugins.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-08-08T08:21:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/allow-reinstalls-banner-772x250-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"772\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"250\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/oik-plugins\/allow-reinstalls\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/oik-plugins\/allow-reinstalls\/\",\"name\":\"Allow-reinstalls - [oik] plugins.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/oik-plugins\/allow-reinstalls\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/oik-plugins\/allow-reinstalls\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/allow-reinstalls-banner-772x250-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-01-20T14:52:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-08-08T08:21:48+00:00\",\"description\":\"Allow re-installation of WordPress plugins and themes by upload\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/oik-plugins\/allow-reinstalls\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/oik-plugins\/allow-reinstalls\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/oik-plugins\/allow-reinstalls\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/allow-reinstalls-banner-772x250-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/allow-reinstalls-banner-772x250-1.jpg\",\"width\":772,\"height\":250,\"caption\":\"Banner image for the allow-reinstalls WordPress plugin.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/oik-plugins\/allow-reinstalls\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Plugins\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/?post_type=oik-plugins\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Allow-reinstalls\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/\",\"name\":\"[oik] plugins.com\",\"description\":\"WordPress plugins and themes\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Allow-reinstalls - [oik] plugins.com","description":"Allow re-installation of WordPress plugins and themes by upload","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/oik-plugins\/allow-reinstalls\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Allow-reinstalls - [oik] plugins.com","og_description":"Allow re-installation of WordPress plugins and themes by upload","og_url":"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/oik-plugins\/allow-reinstalls\/","og_site_name":"[oik] plugins.com","article_modified_time":"2023-08-08T08:21:48+00:00","og_image":[{"width":772,"height":250,"url":"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/allow-reinstalls-banner-772x250-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/oik-plugins\/allow-reinstalls\/","url":"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/oik-plugins\/allow-reinstalls\/","name":"Allow-reinstalls - [oik] plugins.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/oik-plugins\/allow-reinstalls\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/oik-plugins\/allow-reinstalls\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/allow-reinstalls-banner-772x250-1.jpg","datePublished":"2016-01-20T14:52:16+00:00","dateModified":"2023-08-08T08:21:48+00:00","description":"Allow re-installation of WordPress plugins and themes by upload","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/oik-plugins\/allow-reinstalls\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/oik-plugins\/allow-reinstalls\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/oik-plugins\/allow-reinstalls\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/allow-reinstalls-banner-772x250-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/allow-reinstalls-banner-772x250-1.jpg","width":772,"height":250,"caption":"Banner image for the allow-reinstalls WordPress plugin."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/oik-plugins\/allow-reinstalls\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Plugins","item":"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/?post_type=oik-plugins"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Allow-reinstalls"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/","name":"[oik] plugins.com","description":"WordPress plugins and themes","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oik-plugins\/18431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oik-plugins"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oik-plugins"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oik-plugins\/18431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41450,"href":"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oik-plugins\/18431\/revisions\/41450"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"letters","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/letters?post=18431"},{"taxonomy":"oik_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oik-plugins.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oik_tags?post=18431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}