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My nginx user is www-data. If I do su www-data I can create both file and directory.

But when installing plugin I am asked for FTP credentials.

I tried to give the public_html directory 777 permissions for a while to test if I can install plugin without providing FTP credentials but it didn't help either.

  • WP 3.2.1
  • nginx
  • ubuntu

How can I install plugins without providing FTP credentials.

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You can set this in the wp-config.php, check the Editing wp-config.php page in the docs.

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  • Yes, I can but I don't want to for reasons (security etc..)
    – Radek
    Jul 17, 2011 at 10:43
  • @Radek if someone got as far as your wp-config.php - there is no security left to worry about.
    – Rarst
    Jul 17, 2011 at 11:14
  • @Rarst: you're right ... but when searching for answer before posting my question. I found above solution. And somebody mentioned security reasons why not to do so.
    – Radek
    Jul 17, 2011 at 11:28
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    @Radek, it's better to add FTP credentials to the wp-config.php than to add it to your database (the fields you can fill in during the update process). When you paste them directly into the wp-config.php they're not send through POST like the default process (that's why it's safer).
    – Hiranthi
    Jul 18, 2011 at 13:07
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The owner of the files must be php user. To have php user in the group is not good enough.

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  • What is 'php user'?
    – AlxVallejo
    May 12, 2014 at 12:47
  • A user that php is running under.
    – Radek
    May 14, 2014 at 2:16

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