Question
Theme will upload via FTP but not show up in WP UI
- Posted May 24, 2014
Just spun up a Ubuntu 14, NIGINX droplet and got the non-root user created, and everything for WordPress is installed and working.
Tried adding a new theme and it asks for the Hostname (IP address at this point) FTP/SSH Username/Password (my non-root info) but then it asks for my Authentication Keys on the server, public and private…where would they be again? Or is my issue a file path permission issue? I am able to edit and create posts and pages but hit the same wall when attempting to install a plugin.
I used these articles to get here:
- https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/initial-server-setup-with-ubuntu-12-04
- https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-install-linux-nginx-mysql-php-lemp-stack-on-ubuntu-12-04
- https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-install-wordpress-with-nginx-on-ubuntu-14-04
Did some looking around and thought someone was having a similar issue so I tried some of their solutions with little luck:
I am kinda new, so its entirely possible that I am missing an easy initial step.
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The paths should be <code>/home/wp-user/wp_rsa</code> and <code>/home/wp-user/wp_rsa.pub</code>. wp-config.php could be in any directory, just edit the existing one which is <code>/var/www/html/wp-config.php</code> in your case.
Also, I think the instructions say to create/edit the wp-config.php file simply in the /var/www/ folder when wp-config.php should be in /var/www/html with the other WP files? <br> <br>And I thought the key location was in /home/wp-user/.ssh/ folder not just /home/wp-user/ ? <br>
Getting there! Theme to be uploaded tried to get moved to wp-content/uploads/2014/05, not the themes folder. <br> <br> <br>Also is this what I enter for Authentication keys? <br>http://IP_ADDRESS/home/wp-user/wp_rsa.pub <br>http://IP_ADDRESS/home/wp-user/wp_rsa <br>(This is what I see when trying to add plugins)
Ok I’ll check it out. <br>
We have an article on securely setting up Wordpress auto updates and theme installations: <a href=“https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-configure-secure-updates-and-installations-in-wordpress-on-ubuntu”>https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-configure-secure-updates-and-installations-in-wordpress-on-ubuntu</a>. I believe you can replace <code>wp-user</code> with your own non-root user.