Q:

After upgrade to php 7 plugin/them updates broke

I upgraded my Ubuntu server to php 7 and setup ssh2. Afterwards, my WordPress plugins/themes will not update.  I am receiving the Unable to locate WordPress Content directory (wp-content). This feature worked fine prior using php 5. My permissions were not changed and remain 755 (folders) 644 (files).
I am using the same ssh user as before, which is my primary user on the server.  I unzipped the php7.zip file to create the pecl-networking-ssh2-php7 directory in my user's home directory.  I made the extension and set it in the php.ini file. 
Any ideas on what is hanging the plugin updater?

A:

I solved the problem by installing php-ssh2, which removes libssh2-php on the install.
$ sudo apt-get install php-ssh2

I also had to change permissions on the wp-content folder to 775, but it worked leaving the wp-content/plugins at 755.
$ chmod 775 wp-content

