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can't install woocommerce plugin on LOCALHOST

can someone who has experience with wordpress help me?? I have been trying to install WooCommerce - excelling eCommerce plugin on my wordpress theme, but since I'm working on localhost I think this is causing me some problems. When I try to download it directly from wordpress dashboard it starts with the normal procedure and then it just stays like this and nothing happens: Downloading install package from https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/woocommerce.2.1.12.zip…

while when I download the plugin separately and upload the .zip file in wordpress, I get this message: Are you sure you want to do this? Please try again.

when I click on Please try again, I get redirected in the step of choosing the file to upload and then if I do the same I get stuck on an infinite loop of doing the same things which lead me nowhere...

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user3757420 Avatar asked Jul 25 '14 14:07

user3757420


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The solution to the problem is as follows:

  • Download the plugin as .zip
  • Unzip the .zip file
  • Copy the plugin files to the plugins folder of Wordpress
  • Open your Wordpress website and activate the plugin
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Howli Avatar answered Oct 22 '22 14:10

Howli