Is there any permanant way to upload images via FTP to WordPress media library other than the available plugins which don’t really work well most of the time? I would really appreciate if anyone could help me with this. Sorry I don’t know PHP. Thanks in advance! 1 Answer 1 You can upload your images … Read more
In my theme i will use the WP_Filesystem to write a file to for example: $file = get_template_directory().’/library/assets/css/wpless2css.css’; Which outputs something like /home/user/domain/http_docs/wp-contents/theme/mytheme/library/assets/css/wpless2css.css This will work unless the ftp user will be chroot to /home/user/domain/ (on some servers?). In the case of a chroot the WP_Filesystem can’t find $file. A solution seems to define FTP_PATH … Read more
I followed Failed to connect to FTP Server 127.0.0.1/:21 And was able to solve that problem. But now when I try to upload the theme then I get username and password failure. I have added following lines in wp-config.php define( ‘FS_METHOD’, ‘ftpext’ ); define( ‘FTP_BASE’, ‘/var/www/wordpress/’ ); define( ‘FTP_CONTENT_DIR’, ‘/var/www/wordpress/wp-content/’ ); define( ‘FTP_PLUGIN_DIR ‘, ‘/var/www/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/’ … Read more
Is there a config in WP that allows you to store your FTP credentials? I’m using the Linux webserver at work to develop and it’s really annoying to have to but the credentials in every time I add/remove a plugin/theme. Anonymous access is a no-no, so I hoping that this config exists… Thanks. 1 Answer … Read more
I tried to find and answer but even though the problem is common I haven’t been able to fix it, WP keeps asking me for the FTP info on my local LAMP environment when trying to install, delete or update themes and plugins. I have set my local www folder permissions like this: drwxrwsr-x 3 … Read more
Can someone tell me what is the difference between active and passive FTP? Which one is preferable? 5 Answers 5
Is there anyway I can edit my htaccess file without using ftp? 4 Answers 4 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 … Read more
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I have WordPress 3.6 running on ubuntu 12.04 LTS with apache2. WordPress is running out of the root directory on apache, ie. /var/www I have an FTP server setup (VSFTPD). I have it set to chroot to the home directory of FTP users. I have a single FTP user set up, with a folder in … Read more
Tried to install a wordpress plugin on my local machine: To perform the requested action, WordPress needs to access your web server. Please enter your FTP credentials to proceed. If you do not remember your credentials, you should contact your web host. Hostname 127.0.0.1 FTP Username macusername FTP Password macusernamepassword Connection Type Connection Type FTP … Read more
