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Items added to our site are not writable in order to protect content uploaded to the server. This means that utilizing a WordPress plugin requires an admin to download the full plugin file from www.wordpress.org and upload it to our server in the correct location using secure copy (SCP).  

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1. Open a new Terminal window 

2. Locate the file in your computer’s directory 

   1. For example, if the folder [foldername] is located on your desktop, you can use the command cd Desktop then cd [foldername] to enter the [foldername] folder.  

   2. Using the command pwd (present working directory) you will be able locate the file’s path. Our pwd for this example should be: /Users/[username]/desktop/[foldername] 

3. Use secure copy to transfer the file 

   1. scp -P *PORT NUMBER* -r *FILE’S PATH* admin@*SERVER*:*SERVER LOCATION* 

      1. Parts in caps must be replaced with the correct information 

   2. scp -P 35535 -r /Users/[username]/desktop/[foldername] admin@66.135.61.24:/var/www/html/httpdocs/wp-content/uploads 

4. The location of the file will depend on the type of file 

   1. Media uploads will go to /var/www/html/httpdocs/wp-content/uploads 

   2. Plugin uploads will go to /var/www/html/httpdocs/wp-content/plugins 

   3. Theme uploads will go to /var/www/html/httpdocs/wp-content/themes