Can I install/update WordPress plugins without pro

Question

I am using WordPress on my live server which only uses SFTP using an SSH key.

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?

Answer 1

Yes, directly install the plugin in WordPress.

1. Copy the plugin folder and paste in WordPress plugin folder.
2. go to admin side (/test/wp-admin) then after go to on the plugin link and check the name of the plugin.
3. Activate the plugin so Install the plugin easily.

other Option

1. create the zip file for the plugin code.
2. go to admin side (/test/wp-admin) then after go to on the plugin link and then click on the add new then browse the plugin zip folder and install the plugin then come out the option activate plugin so so do activate plugin and activate plugin.

Answer 2

I saw a lot of people recommending to set permission to 777. I had same problem like 2 days ago and all I did was, add this to wp-content

define('FS_METHOD', 'direct');

and

set permission to 775 for plugin folder

This solved my problem of asking FTP access login/password.

Before that, I had to add plugin manually by adding .zip file to plugin folder and then go to wp-admin/plugins and had to installed it.

Answer 3

1. In wp-config.php add define('FS_METHOD', 'direct');
2. Make server writable the directories wp-content/, wp-content/plugins/.
3. Install the plugin (copy the plugin dir into the wp-content/plugins dir).

Worked on version 3.2.1

Answer 4

You can get it very easily by typing the following command on command promt

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data your_folder_name

or copy & paste the following code in your wp-config.php file.

define('FS_METHOD', 'direct');

Where "your_folder_name" is the folder where your WordPress is installed inside this folder.

Answer 5

open wp-config.php file and add the following line:

define('FS_METHOD', 'direct');

this is working for me ...Thanks

Answer 6

I also recommend the SSH SFTP Updater Support plugin. Just solved all my problems too...especially in regards to getting plugins to delete through the admin. Just install it in the usual way, and the next time you're prompted by WordPress for FTP details, there'll be extra fields for you to copy/paste your private SSH key or upload your PEM file.

Only problem I have is in getting it to remember the key (tried both methods). Don't like the idea of having to find and enter it every time I need to delete a plugin. But at least it's a solid fix for now.