simple function: protected function _cred_check(){ $aisis_file_system_structure = WP_Filesystem(); if($aisis_file_system_structure == false){ echo ‘<div class=”alert”><strog>NOTE!</strong> We need your ftp creds before we continue!</div>’; return true; } return false; } then do: if($this->_cred_check()){ request_filesystem_credentials(‘your/link/to/your/update/page’); }else{ // your update stuff }
WordPress primary choice is to do upgrade using direct file IO. So if it’s asking you for FTP credentials it means that it has no access to these files. The easiest way to fix this will be changing file permissions so WordPress could modify them. Of course if you changed those permissions to improve security … Read more
It is most probably just installing it from a package, it would be quite unwise from a security standpoint to let fantastico load directly from a remote server. Meaning I don´t think they are allowed to do it. Simply install wordpress from ftp should do it.
Thanks for your comments guys, I was over on the WPMU and was told to manual update, worked like a charm. Will do that with any issues in the future.
You should not modify Themes or Plugins that you don’t control. Instead, use one of two options: Patch the Theme/Plugin, and submit the patch to the developer Fork the Theme/Plugin It sounds like you’ve opted for option #2. In that case, I would recommend changing both of the following: Update the entire header phpDoc refs … Read more
Yes, WordPress replaces all the resources. No, there is no way to get the updater to merge changes. Even in theory, I doubt you could do that. Even the big version control systems– SVN, GIT– ultimately depend on user judgment. That suggests the only reasonable answer I can think of. You should not be hacking … Read more
Add this option to your wp-config.php define(‘FS_METHOD’,’direct’); I faced this problem way back long…this option helped me.
Error updating WordPress, does not ask for FTP password, just error
Are there any hook or filter when adding new user in WordPress?
There’s a filter for that: get_comments_link. Refer to source: return apply_filters( ‘get_comments_link’, $comments_link, $post_id ); In an appropriate place (such as a site functionality Plugin), just add a filter via callback: function wpse123906_filter_comments_link( $comments_link, $post_id ) { // Return your custom link return get_permalink( $post_id ) . ‘#disqus_thread’; } add_filter( ‘get_comments_link’, ‘wpse123906_filter_comments_link’, 10, 2 );