[wp-testers] unable to locate wp-content error...

[Dion Hulse (dd32)]

It depends on the exact server configuration, You need to provide  
WordPress with FTP credentials which can access the specified location.

If the admin account you've given does not have access to that folder,  
you're out of luck, you'll need to give it an account which it can find  
the files with.

In the event that it's just failing to locate the folder there are some  
defines you can define to force WP to use a certain directory:

Eg:

define('FTP_BASE', '/usr/share/wordpress/');
define('FTP_CONTENT_DIR', FTP_BASE . 'wp-content/');
define('FTP_PLUGIN_DIR', FTP_CONTENT_DIR . 'plugins/');

(Note: I'm not sure if they should have a trailing slash or not, I dont  
think they should, If it expects slashed, and you define it unslashed,  
it'll just not work.)

On Fri, 09 Apr 2010 14:07:42 +1000, alonzo fretwell  
<alonzofretwell at gmail.com> wrote:

> hi,
>
> i am trying to install a plugin but i get the following error message...
> "Unable to locate WordPress Content directory (wp-content)."
>
> i can install them by hand okay but obviously i want them to be handled  
> by
> the admin panel.
>
> to fix this problem i think i need to create a wordpress user with the  
> home
> folder set to /usr/share/wordpress because other wise it logs into the
> servers admin account which is in /home/admin and can't find wp-content
> because its in /usr/share/wordpress.
>
> otherwise i think a co-solution is to change the location of where wp  
> thinks
> it is as a result of the standard 5min instructions which would be  
> /var/www
> by default.
>
> does wp have a default location it expects to be located specified  
> perhaps
> in wp-config.php or some similar file?
>
> please advise.
>


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