# Pass --path=`path/to/wordpress` or run `wp core download`

**URL:** https://discourse.roots.io/t/pass-path-path-to-wordpress-or-run-wp-core-download/9266
**Category:** trellis
**Tags:** ansible
**Created:** 2017-04-01T16:45:02Z
**Posts:** 2

## Post 1 by @Julian-B90 — 2017-04-01T16:45:02Z

Hi Guys,

i want to deploy my wordpress with new plugin but i get this error.

```
Error: This does not seem to be a WordPress install.
```

Pass --path=`path/to/wordpress` or run `wp core download`.  
fatal: [176.221.42.107]: FAILED! =\> {“changed”: false, “cmd”: [“wp”, “core”, “is-installed”, “–require=/srv/www/j308707.servers.jiffybox.net/shared/tmp\_multisite\_constants.php”], “delta”: “0:00:00.232661”, “end”: “2017-04-01 16:41:17.166016”, “failed”: true, “failed\_when\_result”: true, “rc”: 1, “start”: “2017-04-01 16:41:16.933355”, “stderr”: “Error: This does not seem to be a WordPress install.\nPass --path=`path/to/wordpress` or run `wp core download`.”, “stdout”: “”, “stdout\_lines”: [], “warnings”: []}

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## Post 2 by @strarsis — 2017-04-01T17:09:10Z

> [@Johnpbloch/wordpress moved to a new configuration and WP goes missing](https://discourse.roots.io/t/johnpbloch-wordpress-moved-to-a-new-configuration-and-wp-goes-missing/9124):
>
> About three hours ago, this repository which Bedrock relies on moved to [https://github.com/johnpbloch/wordpress-core](https://github.com/johnpbloch/wordpress-core). Was anyone else left with an empty directory and a composer.json file where /wp used to be? I know the new repository is supposed to be included as a dependency, but this failed the first time when updating composer. Background on the change: [https://code.johnpbloch.com/2015/07/upcoming-changes-to-my-wordpress-fork/](https://code.johnpbloch.com/2015/07/upcoming-changes-to-my-wordpress-fork/) Update: to clarify, the package didn’t move as the old pa…