Hi All,
I have successfully installed Wordpress on my LAMP server, however, I can’t seem to update plugins. I am getting the following error:
Could not create directory
Additionally, I have already placed the following instruction in the wp-config file:
define('FS_METHOD','direct');
Any ideas?
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after changing ownership restart the server, i have done the same mistake and it costed me 20 minutes
sudo service apache2 restart
Most probably permisison issues. Try : sudo chown -R apache:apache /var/www/html/*
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