Website application could not write in the DocumentRoot\httpdocs folder

Symptoms

• In an attempt to activate a WordPress plugin for the example.com domain, one of the following errors appear:

  PLESK_ERROR: Error: Permission denied
  
  Error: Invalid URL was requested.

• For Umbraco application:
  

  CONFIG_TEXT: Server Error in '/' Application.
  Access to the path 'C:\Inetpub\vhosts\example.com\httpdocs\App_Data\TEMP\PluginCache\umbraco-plugins.WIN-win.hash' is denied.

• The Additional write/modify permissions option is disabled in Plesk > Domains > example.com > Hosting Settings.

• Website application could not write in the DocumentRoot\httpdocs folder. The following or similar error is shown on the website:

  CONFIG_TEXT: The directory is not writable by the Web process

Cause

The full access rights to a corresponding Plesk IIS user and an IIS application pool user are not granted.

Resolution

1. Log into Plesk.

2. Go to Plesk > Domains > example.com > Hosting Settings, enable the Additional write/modify permissions option and press the OK button.

3. To make the required option enabled for newly created domains, enable the Additional write/modify permissions management directive in Plesk > Service Plans > Default > Permissions > Show more permissions.

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