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How to set path with WP_Filesystem and ftp base / chroot

After changing FTP_BASE in my wp-config i found the update function of WP broken. Then i realize the update function work the same way and don’t need any additional settings. In wp-admin/includes/update-core.php i found the usage of $wp_filesystem->wp_content_dir(). This solves my problem too. On http://xref.wordpress.org/branches/3.8/WordPress/Filesystem/WP_Filesystem_Base.html you will find a list of possible useful functions: string … Read more

FTP Username and password wrong while installing theme

if you do not want to (or you cannot) change permissions on wp-content so your web server has write permissions, then add this to your wp-config.php file: define(‘FS_METHOD’, ‘direct’);

WP Config for FTP credentials

define(‘FS_METHOD’, ‘ftpext’); define(‘FTP_BASE’, ‘/path/to/wordpress/’); define(‘FTP_CONTENT_DIR’, ‘/path/to/wordpress/wp-content/’); define(‘FTP_PLUGIN_DIR ‘, ‘/path/to/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/’); define(‘FTP_PUBKEY’, ‘/home/username/.ssh/id_rsa.pub’); define(‘FTP_PRIKEY’, ‘/home/username/.ssh/id_rsa’); define(‘FTP_USER’, ‘username’); define(‘FTP_PASS’, ‘password’); define(‘FTP_HOST’, ‘ftp.example.org’); define(‘FTP_SSL’, false); http://digwp.com/2010/11/ftp-in-wpconfig/

WordPress keeps asking for connection information in localhost

Parts of WordPress use (s)FTP to transfer files. Updates, for example, use (s)FTP. Media uploads do not, at least not unless something has changed in 3.7. If you are connecting to an (s)FTP server you have to provide the credentials that that server needs. Your file permissions won’t come into play until after that connection … Read more

Plugin to edit htaccess file

Here are a couple of options: WP htaccess Control – will let you manually edit your .htaccess file All-in-one htaccess Plugin – will let you dynamically create an .htaccess file based on which modules/features you want set up When all else fails, turn to Google …

Unable to locate WordPress Plugin directory. ftp_base not working?

Okay, this may sound crazy, but have you tried absolute directory refs, i.e. /var/www/public_html/ for FTP_BASE? It does say in the codex: FTP_BASE is the full path to the “base”(ABSPATH) folder of the WordPress installation.

Failed to connect to FTP Server 127.0.0.1/:21

Depending on your version of OS X, you will need to configure and run FTP and open a port in the firewall. It’s best if you google your OS X version – 10.6, 10.7, etc. – specifically and find the docs necessary to set up FTP and Sharing. You also need to realize the security … Read more

WP Asking for FTP Credentials with XAMPP Localhost

Congratulation Jon, welcome to the WordPress world! To fix the issue, just add the following line of code in your installed WordPress’s wp-config.php file. It’s a PHP constant declaration which tells the WordPress to avoid the FTP. That’s it. define( ‘FS_METHOD’, ‘direct’ ); For more info: https://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#WordPress_Upgrade_Constants

Where does wordpress store the FTP credentials?

It doesn’t. WP Filesystem API will ask for FTP credentials, but it will do so for each operation. They aren’t stored persistently. They can be stored persistently by hardcoding into wp-config.php, but WP won’t do that itself, it’s a user action. Note that WP only asks for FTP credentials if it cannot modify files without … Read more

Why does WordPress require a ftp server to be running on the webserver to transfer plugins?

When you do something that requires WordPress write to the filesystem, it does a check to see if it has permissions to do so by writing a temp file. If this check fails it will ask for FTP details in order to write the files to your server. EDIT look in wp-admin/includes/file.php, line 843, for … Read more

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