WordPress does support making connections using SSH (aka SFTP) via the built in updater system. It got this support in version 2.7, approximately 6 years ago. Reference: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/7690 If you’re not seeing it in the normal “credentials” screen, then this is because your PHP installation lacks the support necessary for it to be able to … Read more
Your site has likely been hacked. My site had the Darkleech infection, which injected some malicious code into wp-includes/nav-menu.php, causing .htaccess to reset to 444 on any page load. I’d recommend you install the Sucuri plugin and let it restore any files that have been corrupted. Assuming your site was hacked, use their Post-Hack tab … Read more
You can save this information on your wp-config.php file: define(‘FTP_HOST’, ‘ftp_host’); define(‘FTP_USER’, ‘ftp_username’); define(‘FTP_PASS’, ‘ftp_password’); More info (WordPress Codex)
OPTION 1: If a WordPress WXR file, an XML file exported from WordPress, is too large to import, there are several things you might try to overcome that limit. Increase the amount of memory a PHP script may consume. Note: If using a shared hosting service, you may need to ask your host to increase … Read more
Avoid direct upload WordPress doesn’t scan upload directory for new files, instead use WordPress media uploader to add files WordPress automatically creates folder and store them accordingly. But you can use this plugin to import those uploaded files into WordPress, it should help you https://wordpress.org/plugins/add-from-server/
I usually do this when that happens (only locally, not for production) : chown -R nobody:nobody /path/to/wordpress
Set file permissions On Mac OS X (Leopard), the Apache HTTP Server runs under the user account, _www which belongs to the group _www. To allow WordPress to configure wp-config.php during installation, update files during upgrades, and update the .htaccess file for pretty permalinks, give the server write permission on the files. One way to … Read more
If you edit your wp-config.php file you can preload these FTP settings as constants read by WordPress. Keep in mind, on a shared host, you should be mindful of possible security implications. See Editing wp-config.php for more information. Your settings will vary, but these work for me and my hosting setup. I’ve included some of … Read more
This is just, how I understood the idea of the WordPress File API. If it is wrong, please downvote 🙂 Okay. If you upload a file, this file has an owner. If you upload your file with FTP, you login and the file will be owned by the FTP user. Since you have the credentials, … Read more
hello and I am a new web developer and I have been trying to get wordpress to work on the following site I have followed all the steps, altering the wp-config.php file properly and uploaded it using a FTP to the database as is given to me when I downloaded all the files onto my … Read more