{"id":59334,"date":"2016-02-12T09:00:22","date_gmt":"2016-02-12T14:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/?p=59334"},"modified":"2017-08-16T06:41:22","modified_gmt":"2017-08-16T10:41:22","slug":"wordpress-how-to-force-the-ftpext-filesystem-method-to-be-used","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wordpress-how-to-force-the-ftpext-filesystem-method-to-be-used.html","title":{"rendered":"WordPress. How to force the “ftpext” filesystem method to be used"},"content":{"rendered":"

This tutorial will show you some useful WordPress configuration tricks that you may not know.<\/p>\r\n

WordPress. How to force the “ftpext” filesystem method to be used<\/a><\/p>

By default, WordPress<\/a> allows you to upgrade plugins, WordPress core versions via the backend. There are some hosts that require an FTP or SSH connection every time you try to upgrade, or install a new plugin. By using the codes below, you can set the FTP or SSH constants and never have to worry about it again:<\/p>\r\n

\/\/forces the filesystem method: "direct", "ssh", "ftpext", or "ftpsockets"\r\ndefine('FS_METHOD', 'ftpext');<\/pre>\r\n
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    Add the above code to the very end of ‘wp-config.php’<\/strong> file: <\/p>\r\n
    \"WordPress_How_to_force_the_ftpext_filesystem_method_to_be_used_1\"<\/a>\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n
    From now on, WordPress will ask for ftp details<\/strong> to perform any requested action that may damage your website<\/strong> (deleting plugin, upgrading WordPress core files, etc). User will have to enter your FTP credentials<\/strong> to proceed: <\/p>\r\n
    \"WordPress_How_to_force_the_ftpext_filesystem_method_to_be_used_2\"<\/a><\/p>\r\n
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    WordPress. How to force the “ftpext” filesystem method to be used<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
    This tutorial will show you how to force the “ftpext” filesystem method to be used in Wordpress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":59337,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[728],"tags":[2152,2151,1506,2405],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59334"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59334"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82717,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59334\/revisions\/82717"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}