Can’t install plugins on my localhost WP application

Add this line at the end of wp-config.php file. (Its it root directory of WP install)

define('FS_METHOD', 'direct'); 

After that restart apache server.

• This reply was modified 7 months, 2 weeks ago by Muhammad Qasim.

Hi there,

thank you for your help.

I’ve followed your instructions. But now I get the error message “Installation failed: Could not create directory.”.

This is the end section of my wp-config.php:

define( 'WP_DEBUG', true );
define('WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY', true);
define( 'WP_DEBUG_LOG', true );

/* Add any custom values between this line and the "stop editing" line. */

define('FS_METHOD', 'direct');

/* That's all, stop editing! Happy publishing. */

/** Absolute path to the WordPress directory. */
if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
define( 'ABSPATH', DIR . '/' );
}

/** Sets up WordPress vars and included files. */
require_once ABSPATH . 'wp-settings.php';

I’m wondering why my WordPress has not created a debug.log file. In my wp-content folder I only have a debug text document, but this doesn’t get updated nor does it include error messages.

I have no clue where to go from here and how to fix this issue.

This is what finally worked for me:

?– *Try a Different Method*: If the above steps don’t resolve the issue, try installing plugins manually. Download the plugin files from www.remarpro.com or the plugin developer’s website, unzip them, and upload the plugin folder to the wp-content/plugins directory on your localhost WordPress installation.

Thank you for your help.