A customer is unable to clone a WordPress instance: Permission denied

Symptoms

• A customer is unable to clone a WordPress instance: Permission denied

• The following messages can be found in /var/log/plesk/panel.log or %plesk_dir%\admin\logs\php_error.log when debug mode is enabled:

  Request body:
  <packet version="1.6.9.1">
    <subdomain>
      <add>
        <parent>example.com</parent>
        <name>staging</name>
        <property>
          <name>www_root</name>
          <value>staging.example.com</value>
        </property>
      </add>
    </subdomain>
  </packet>
  
  Response body:
  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
  <packet version="1.6.9.1">
    <subdomain>
      <add>
        <result>
          <status>error</status>
          <errcode>1006</errcode>
          <errtext>Permission denied.</errtext>
        </result>
      </add>
    </subdomain>
  </packet> 

Cause

Plesk product bug #EXTWPTOOLK-1861 which will be fixed in future product updates.

Resolution 

Log into Plesk and apply one of the following workarounds:

• Manually create a subdomain under "example.com", e.g. "staging.example.com", and clone the WordPress instance to this subdomain.
• Go to Plesk > Subscriptions > example.com > Customize > Permissions tab and enable both "Domains management" and "Subdomains management" permissions.