Wordpress plugin tip (automatic install)
Posted: 28 Mar 2014, 11:14
I installed the CMS/PHP framework Wordpress on the nginx server I had set up under Manjaro Linux. This went just fine: Wordpress worked out of the box where the competitor - Concrete - did not (otherwise I would have preferred Concrete - but "just works" is nice too).
I was happy with it until I got a message that one of the plugins needed an update. I clicked update and expected a download and automatic install.
But no - I had to provide my ftp connection data and ftp password!
They promised not to store the password etc but I simply do not like to provide data like that - (call me paranoid for no apparent reason
).
There must be a way to simply download the plugin and install it without me having to provide those data? So I dove into the code to hack my way through it:
In the config file in the root of the wordpress directory I found a way.
The file is wp-config.php , and at the very end of that file I added this:
When my dashboard gives me notice that there are updates to my plugins now I simply click it and the update gets installed.
This is nice for installing additional new plugins too.
Just click the plugin et voila:
I was happy with it until I got a message that one of the plugins needed an update. I clicked update and expected a download and automatic install.
But no - I had to provide my ftp connection data and ftp password!
They promised not to store the password etc but I simply do not like to provide data like that - (call me paranoid for no apparent reason
).There must be a way to simply download the plugin and install it without me having to provide those data? So I dove into the code to hack my way through it:
In the config file in the root of the wordpress directory I found a way.
The file is wp-config.php , and at the very end of that file I added this:
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/**Setting up direct download and installing of plugins without providing ftp data */
define('FS_METHOD','direct');When my dashboard gives me notice that there are updates to my plugins now I simply click it and the update gets installed.
This is nice for installing additional new plugins too.
Just click the plugin et voila: