Abort class-pclzip.php : Missing zlib extensions

[katufo]

It is due to this one:

ZIP / ZipArchive / ZLIB extensions missing

Yes, the ZIP, ZipArchive and ZLIB modules are currently missing on free hosting. This is a known issue and we’re working on it. We already posted an announcement about this, but since people don’t seem to read outage announcements, here is a second announcement with a harder to miss title. The actual outage announcement is here:

Temporary solution?

Wordpress: temporary solution for Missing Zlib issue

Here is a temporary solution for wordpress users who cannot install plugins, themes or update wp due to ‘Abort class-pclzip.php : Missing zlib extensions’ error. It may work for those who cannot wait till the system is updated with a bug fix. You need to have your zip files ready to upload manually. The trick is that zlib is working under php 5.6 or earlier. Create a free subdomain in your account and set a PHP version to 5.6 for it. Create a php script, say unzip_script.php under htdocs of n…