mkdir error after moving your site to a new path or server

[Mike]

Mike

July 20, 2018 at 4:13 pm

This is FYI only — just trying to help out the next person by documenting a fix. No need for a support response.

This is a somewhat common error thrown to error.log and has been discussed several times on the Kadence forum:

Warning: mkdir: Permission denied in /home/xxxxxxxxx/public_html/wp-content/themes/virtue_premium/themeoptions/inc/class.redux_filesystem.php on line xxx

In my case, it was a PEBKAC error. I moved my site to a new server, but forgot to replace all instances of my old path in the WordPress database. So, the above error was thrown any time a WordPress page was viewed.

I used UpdraftPlus’s search and replace tool to do the editing. But, I’m sure there are plenty of ways to do it — including using phpmyadmin.

30 minutes wasted b/c I skipped a step on my checklist. Most people mess up the first time, but I prefer to do it right the first time and mess up the third time…