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Joomla 3 - No installation plugin has been enabled - How to fix it

13 July 2016
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Joomla 3  - No installation plugin has been enabled - How to fix it

Joomla 3 is a new version of popular CMS. We all are very happy that it arrived. Joomla! 3 is the latest major release of the Joomla! CMS, with 3.6 the seventh standard-term support release in this series. New version introduces more than 400 improvements, including many features which make administration of Joomla! Web sites easier and more feature-rich, as well as many UX (user experience) improvements. But there is one issue, which may be painful. We have easy solution how to fix it.

Since beginning Joomla! allows user to install  modules, components and plugins from back-end of admin section. But since update from Joomla 3.5 to Joomla 3.6 (3.8) or all of those options might disappeared. And all you can see is message : "No installation plugin has been enabled. At least one must be enabled to be able to use the installer. Go to the Plugin Manager to enable the plugins."

In current short guide/tip we will show you how to fix it:

  1. First login to your joomla administratior.
  2. Go to Extensions -> Manage -> Discover
  3. Click Discover button (left top)
  4. After few seconds you should see 3 or 4 plugins with names starting with "Installer - Install from ..."
  5. Click checkbox for all or just for Installer - Install from Upload.
  6. Then click Install button at the top
  7. Now you have to enable them.
  8. Go to Extensions -> Plugins and there find all plugins with "Installer" name , next you should enable them (!)
  9. That's all. Now you can install Joomla! extensions again, also from JoomShaper download section.

I hope this tip help to keep dark/blond/red hairs, not to became grey.

 

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mahesh
7 years ago
issue with the menus govt jobs online
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Sue Conradie
7 years ago
Thank You ....
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ssnobben
7 years ago
Thanks for supporting the Joomla community with these tips! Great! Joomla is the best!
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Memory Nkemjong
7 years ago
extensions>manage>discover and in the list of plugins, just scroll down to end of page where you have the total number of plugins displayed per page, take next to go to the next page and continue until you find the plugin. Hope it works
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joomlastars
7 years ago
Thank you very much :)
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Mark
7 years ago
Interest I have enable the installer plugins but the message to enable them is still showing and the installers are not availableRunning joomla 3.6.2
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Myckel
7 years ago
Thanks a lot, easy to fix!
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farshad
7 years ago
Thank you :)
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pablogh
7 years ago
thats awesome.thankyou so much.
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Mark Ashley
7 years ago
Really helpful - Thanks for posting this
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david
7 years ago
You've just saved my day!!!! Lots of thanks:D
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Silke
7 years ago
The plugins with names starting with "Installer - Install from ..." as described in step 4 don't show up in my backend. What can I do?
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Linda E Gray
6 years ago
After walking through the process above, it is not working. I am not seeing any plugins with the word "installer" in it.
Paul Frankowski
Paul Frankowski
5 years ago
maybe the are translated into your language(!)

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