Upon activating the plugin I got a critical error. It took me out of administration mode. When I tried to sign back in I again got a critical error. My guess would be that activation did some things before the error that Wordpress did not like. My hosting company sent me the following;
[Fri Jun 06 15:44:51.696062 2025] [core:crit] [pid 2952118:tid 139867799406336] (13)Permission denied: [client 38.114.121.40:0] AH00529: /home2/livingi1/domains/livinginwildwood.com/private_html/wp-content/plugins/wpforo/.htaccess pcfg_openfile: unable to check htaccess file, ensure it is readable and that '/home2/livingi1/domains/livinginwildwood.com/private_html/wp-content/plugins/wpforo/' is executable,
They claimed that WPforo plugin was the problem and changed the permissions to "00". It now bypasses.
After reading all of the plugin reviews, I would like to install but have no idea how to fix it.
Hi,
Please deactivate the wpForo plugin, delete it, then find and activate the wpForo plugin again.
If you don't have any forums or topics, you can uninstall wpForo, delete it, and then find and install it again. The "Uninstall" button on the Dashboard > Plugins admin page will delete all forums, topics, settings, and configurations.
If it doesn't help, contact your hosting support with this question.
I can't deactivate it. As I said in my ititial message, my hosting company said that wpforo was the problem and they changed the permissions to "00". Now it does not show up as a plugin. It now allows me to get back on with administrator. Until they did that, I could not get on without a critical error.
My hosting company sent me the error message. They said for further information contact the plugin support. Now I feel like I am playing ping pong.
It looks like the issue was due to incorrect file or folder permissions in the /wpforo/ plugin directory. To fix it, make sure the wpforo folder has 755 permissions and its files (like .htaccess) have 644 permissions. This allows WordPress to read them properly. You can update permissions via FTP or your hosting file manager, then try reactivating the plugin.
There is no .htaccess file in the WPForo directory and it does not create one.
Please contact your hosting support with this question. They'll help you easily solve this issue.
