Can't install wordpress plugins locally using XAMPP

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Wordpress plugin install: Could not create directory

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I followed the instructions of updating permissions with chown using the following command:

sudo chown -R _www:_www wp-content/plugins/

However I get operation not permitted on a long list of all the contents of the folder.

Answer 1

The FS_METHOD can be defined in wp_config.php like so:

define('FS_METHOD', 'direct');

Answer 2

Try with this code. Put in functions.php

if(is_admin()) {
  add_filter(‘filesystem_method’, create_function(‘$a’, ‘return “direct”;’ ));
  define( ‘FS_CHMOD_DIR’, 0751 );
}