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February 21, 2014 22.1k views
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-install-wordpress-on-ubuntu-12-04, Okay, I used this for installing my wordpress. When I am trying to install a new theme, it is asking for FTP credentials, but I don't know what to insert.
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kamaln7 MOD February 22, 2014
Does running the following commands fix it? 
sudo chown username:www-data /var/www -R 

sudo chmod g+w /var/www -R
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visiblexposure November 16, 2016

After you upload your files, you’ll want to make sure ownership permissions are set to Apache so that Wordrpess can update and/or install plugins without requiring FTP credentials. You can set permissions via SSH.

Single site hosting:

chown -R apache:apache /var/www/html

Multi site hosting:

chown -R apache:apache /var/www/

You may need to do this whenever uploading folders.

Source: http://www.visiblexposure.com/seomiami/configure-server-permissions-wordpress-not-require-ftp-plugin-installsupdates/

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ricardo.parraga February 21, 2014
WordPress usually asks for your FTP credentials when it can't access the files directly on the root of your webserver. This is usually caused by PHP running as the apache user (mod_php or CGI) rather than the user that owns your WordPress files.

More info on the WordPress Forum:
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-install-asks-for-ftp-details
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julien.le.coupanec March 22, 2014
Thank you Kamal! This works for me!
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srini June 17, 2014
Kamal this is not working for me
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  • ryanginx May 4, 2015

    After changing the permissions, try adding this to your wp-config.php to include this line:
    define('FS_METHOD', 'direct');

    That worked for me.

suhaabi June 28, 2015

ryanginx that worked for me too. thx!!

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Nayara September 3, 2015

Please, I run `sudo chown username:www-data /var/www -R
sudo chmod g+w /var/www -R but don't work to me.```

How should I replace the commands??? Sorry, I'm beginner...

I insert 

define('FS_METHOD', 'direct');

And too not works...

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aakashpatel September 13, 2016

This is user's permission problem that will be solved by method given below that worked for me.

step-1 : First open wp-config.php file of your wordpress installation folder.
step-2: Copy below code and paste it at the end of the wp-config.php file. 

define('FS_METHOD','direct');

step-3: Now open your droplet access console and enter root as username and its password.
step-4: Copy below code and paste it into access console where you have to specify your plugin directory path and then hit enter.

chmod 777 /yourwebsitename/public/wp-content/plugins/

Note: Replace your website name in the place of yourwebsitename.
Thank you.

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faizkhan January 27, 2017

define('FS_METHOD', 'direct');
This worked for me too.

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marcamon2012 February 24, 2017

Thanks It's works

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summitk April 14, 2017

sudo chown username:www-data /var/www -R

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