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Unable to detect manually installed application like Joomla or WordPress in Plesk

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Marc López
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Plesk for Linux kb: technical ABT: Group B

Applicable to:

  • Plesk for Linux

Symptoms

Application Scan feature ( Plesk > Subscriptions >  example.com > Application > Scan ) does not detect Joomla! or WordPress instances installed on a subscription.

Cause

The application (Joomla, WordPress...) was installed manually.

Resolution

Install the required Toolkit extension (Joomla! or WordPress) and perform a scan:

  1. Login to Plesk

  2. Go to Extensions and install the required toolkit extension

  3. In Plesk, go to WordPress or Joomla!

  4. And click on Scan (If WordPres Toolkit) or Find Joomla! Websites (If Joomla! Toolkit)

Note: For Joomla! Toolkit, only versions 3.6.1 or newer are able to be detected.

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    Turgut Kalfaoglu

    Nope it still doesn't find the vast majority of the sites. Of the 10 or so joomla hostings, it finds 2.

     

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    Francisco Garcia

    Hi Turgut Kalfaoglu,

    Please check if the Joomlas that need to be detected are version 3.6.1 or newer.

    If these are lower/older versions, won't be detected by Joomla! Toolkit.

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