[wp-testers] Install plugins without FTP

[Philip M. Hofer (Frumph)]

Apache (or whatever webdaemon your using) has to have access to those files 
for it to remove the ftp requirement.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christian Jantz" <public at thereaper.de>
To: <wp-testers at lists.automattic.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 11:57 AM
Subject: Re: [wp-testers] Install plugins without FTP


> The whole tree is owned by www-data and the ftp screen prompts up.
>
> Shane Lambert schrieb:
>> Actually, you need to change some permissions on the WordPress folders. I 
>> have found that to use the interfaces to install plugins and themes, the 
>> folders need to be writable and owned by the apache user. On Ubuntu, I 
>> set the owner of the folders to www-data and make sure there are write 
>> permissions. Then you should not see the FTP prompt when installing 
>> plugins.
>>
>> On 08/10/2010 01:41 PM, Christian Jantz wrote:
>>> Hey there,
>>>
>>> is there any way to install plugins directly using the interface without
>>> ftp? I just installed a vm for my wordpress installation but without ftp
>>> daemon. And I'm not interested in installing one just for wordpress. Any
>>> ideas?
>>>
>>> Greets
>>> Christian
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