WordPress Install Plugin Without FTP

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We can check the WordPress install or delete or update the plugin without FTP.

Add the following code in a wp-config.php file and refresh the website then you can install the WordPress plugin without FTP. wp-config.php file situated in the WordPress root folder.

define('FS_METHOD', 'direct');

1	define('FS_METHOD', 'direct');

Give 755 permission to the wp-content folder. You can change permission to 777 if 755 not working.

How to change folder permission in mac or Linux for WordPress?

To set to all subfolders (recursively) use -R

sudo chmod 755 /wp-content -R

1 2	sudo chmod 755 /wp-content -R

How to Change Folder Permission by Cpanel

Go to Cpanle > file manager > right click > folder permission. Permission 755.

 

Granting write permissions to the www-data

We will get the following error, “wordpress installation failed: could not create directory.”, if wp-content permission is not correct.

Try the following commands if you can’t still install the plugin without FTP.

sudo chgrp www-data /var/www/html

sudo chmod g+w /var/www/html

 

 

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