WordPress FTP connection setting for localhost to upload and install WooCommerce

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I can't upload a WooCommerce .zip file and install the plugin on the local host. Every time I click install button, WordPress is asking for connection information for the FTP credentials like this picture:

Even though I entered localhost for the hostname and admin as username, it doesn't work!

I no nothing about Macs but WordPress will usually directly install files and only uses FTP when it does not have write access to the install directory. Does the process running the WordPress server have write access to your plugin directory? You can avoid using FTP if WordPress can directly write to your plugin directory. Sorry, don't know how to do this on a Mac. — , Jun 27 '17 at 19:50
It's okay thank you, I've found the solution as you see I added the answer. Thanks by the way :) — Ali.Ghodrat, Jun 27 '17 at 20:00

MAPK · Accepted Answer · 2019-02-04T20:45:28.697

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Try:

chmod 777 /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/
chmod 777 /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs/wordpress/wp-content/themes/

Then add these to wp-config.php:

/** Add here*/
define('FS_METHOD','direct');
define("FTP_HOST", "localhost");
define("FTP_USER", “my_wordpress_user”);
define("FTP_PASS", “password”);
/** To here*/

In the line above, my_wordpress_user and password are the ones used in wordpress.

edited Feb 04 '19 at 20:45

answered Sep 05 '17 at 03:44

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Using `chmod 777` to fix permissions issue is a lack of understanding the real problem. See a more detailed explanation here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/640409/can-i-install-update-wordpress-plugins-without-providing-ftp-access#answer-5650020 and also @Sebastian Schmid comment here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17922644/wordpress-asking-for-my-ftp-credentials-to-install-plugins/18634804#18634804 – 4wk_ Jan 30 '19 at 10:07
Thank you so much, Work for me – Karol Idarmi May 13 '20 at 23:41

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 27 '17 at 19:45

Ok I solved the problem by editing wp-config.php in the htdocs folder where I installed Wordpress -> like image 1:

I added the below lines to the wp-config.php like image 2

define('FS_METHOD','direct');
define("FTP_HOST", "localhost");
define("FTP_USER", "admin");
define("FTP_PASS", "1234");

The username and password is the same as the username pass when I installed the Wordpress during the installation.

score 5 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 28 '17 at 08:02

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Just add define('FS_METHOD','direct'); into your wp-config.php.

answered Jun 28 '17 at 08:02

Darsh khakhkhar

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 25 '19 at 09:07

Recommanded:

If you are using centos:

//Set www to 777
# chmod -R 777 /var/www/html
// Change the owner to apache
# chown -R apache:apache /var/www/html
// Restart httpd
# systemctl restart httpd

Not recommanded but works:

Add this line in wp-config.php

define( 'FS_METHOD', 'direct' );

WordPress FTP connection setting for localhost to upload and install WooCommerce

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