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
Related Posts:
- Relative or dynamic site url possible?
- Setting up a local copy from a production site
- Localhost WordPress not recognizing my online WordPress account
- Why don’t WP themes download completely on my localhost (XAMMP)?
- Transfer XAMPP local WordPress website from one PC to another
- XAMPP internal server error
- How do I move my site from localhost to my domain?
- WordPress installation didn’t install any default data and returned empty rows!
- Setting up XAMPP and Sendmail to enable WordPress emails on localhost
- Failed to upload image on localhost
- XAMPP WordPress website
- How do I use MySQL through XAMPP?
- Cannot access to localhost/xampp/index.php
- Localhost is not working
- What’s the whole point of “localhost”, hosts and ports at all?
- localhost/xampp/ or http://localhost/index.php can’t be accessed
- How do I run a file on localhost?
- RabbitMQ started but can’t access management interface
- wordpress on localhost lamp doesn’t let me install plugins
- Jetpack Running Locally [closed]
- How to update WordPress installed on IIS?
- Loading media on local WordPress using remote database
- WordPress Subdomain MultiSite on localhost XAMPP on :8080 with IIS taking port 80
- HTTP request on localhost failing
- How to make other computer in local network see my theme
- Connect to remote database using Localhost install
- WordPress on localhost still points to the live site
- local wordpress blog issues
- Why I have this error when I try to install this old blog on my local webserver?
- Upload localhost changes to live server
- Connect to live db whilst working locally
- How to transfer /wordpress folder from one PC to another
- Other devices on same network unable to access WordPress localhost setup
- Switching from editing on directly on remote server to PHPstorm local development?
- Why does One Click Update fail on localhost using FTP with 777 permissions on site files?
- Why isn’t my imported database showing up? install.php pops up and adds new tables to the database
- hosting a wordpress site locally to my team
- localhost on iPhone not loading images
- WAMP to XAMPP WordPress transfer
- website is still in localhost
- After finishing building a site on localhost, how do I transfer everything to a client’s server?
- How do the pros code up a WordPress theme? Locally? Through FTP?
- I have a desktop and a laptop: What’s the best way to move between local installations?
- How do I create a WP sandbox for development on localhost (raspberry pi 4) without being redirected to the live site?
- How to move a WordPress Localhost straight to an online site?
- WordPress Font Install / MAMP LocalHost
- Problem moving my WordPress live site to localhost
- Multisite on localhost using xampp
- Transfer wordpress site from web server to localhost
- How to prevent WordPress loading external resources when developing
- WordPress on a local machine redirecting to xampp dashboard page [closed]
- Running wordpress on localhost [closed]
- Error establishing a database connection in localhost WordPress site
- How can I view wordpress site hosted locally in my home LAN network from the Internet (outside LAN network)?
- WordPress loading very slow on MAMP Pro [closed]
- Unable to log in to localhost wp-admin page on XAMPP server
- Allowing WordPress from non-public address/domain
- WordPress IIS intranet server
- Why I have this error when I try to install this old blog on my local webserver?
- Tunnel only specific folder/directory with ngrok
- Redirect loop error on wordpress landing page on localhost
- Issues copying site into local machine
- Get new password without email
- My blog hosted in distant server is still connecting to localhost
- can’t see aditional themes in control panel
- wordpress local host web login not working after port configuration
- Making WordPress Local Again?
- Locally restoring a ManageWP full site backup
- Multiple attempted logins originating from the server IP itself?
- I’m getting this error …in localhost/wordpress
- Deploying Local WordPress Site
- Serving WordPress in it’s own directory on localhost on WAMP
- change wordpress upload url to subdomain on xampp local
- wordpress not loading on localhost [closed]
- Absolute Hyperlinks in WordPress Website Will Not Work In the Local Server
- mamp localhost not picking up wp-login
- How do I access a remote database with a local MAMP development install?
- Unable to install and upload theme due to php.ini file [closed]
- All includes are pointing at local host
- Developing on localhost remove “index.php”
- Problem copying WordPress site to localhost server
- I want to edit it on my laptop as a child theme and transfer the files to my server. I don’t know how
- Plugin not working locally, but works on server
- Local install not loading template images but is loading everything else XAMPP
- What should I write in hostname when I try to install a theme?
- Site migration from Localhost to Server – 404 errors
- Path Issue – Getting “localhost” instead the IP
- WAMP WordPress installation cannot get past step 1, loads indefinitely
- LOCAL server not installing wordpress
- How can I view my site directly from WordPress dashboard?
- Single wordpress page redirecting to wrong port on localhost
- share sample of website designed in localhost with clients
- my wordpress configuration locally vs live server
- Multisite Dashboard Always Redirects to Main Dashboard
- Cloning production site down to local?
- Sync up localhost copy of my website to the online version
- How to re-connect WP files in lampp/htdocs to new SQL database to recover site under development
- How connect local python app to wordpress
- Why is WordPress showing local host ip address instead of domain name in url?
- Install WordPress – Localhost