Installing Wp-Plugin without FTP Access

Question

I have wordpress site on my server which only uses sftp.

I want to install and upgrade plugins, but it appears that you are required to enter your ftp login to install the plugins. Is there a way to install and upgrade plugins by manually uploading the files instead of having wordpress handle the entire process?

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 02 '14 at 10:59

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You can install a plugin by simply uploading to the plugins directory and unpacking it. '/wp-content/plugins'. Note that you will still have to enable the plugin normally in Wordpress admin.

answered May 02 '14 at 10:59

Talk nerdy to me

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score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 10 '17 at 19:19

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Add

define('FS_METHOD', 'direct');

to your wp-config.php
And it will be fine

edited Aug 10 '17 at 19:19

answered Aug 10 '17 at 19:14

Andrey Pupkin

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Installing Wp-Plugin without FTP Access

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