Plugin install or upgrade failure

  • Whenever I try to do an automatic upgrade of a plugin or try to do an automatic install of a plugin within WordPress, I get the FTP credentials where I type in my password. Then that central area where it would show the progress of the install or upgrade goes blank. I can let it sit but nothing will change. If I click on anything in the left sidebar, whatever I clicked on comes right up. If I click on the plugins section, it will show my plugins but the upgrade will not be done or if I was trying to install a plugin, it will not be there.
    I know that I’m inserting my correct password because I can go ahead and upgrade or install manually through my ftp program (using the same password) and the plugin does as it’s suppose to do.
    Any ideas why the automatic way through wordpress is just doing nothing?

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  • it sounds like a permission or ownership problem of the folder

    Thread Starter scobb77

    (@scobb77)

    Checked permissions on wp-content/plugins and they are set to 775. This is the proper folder to check and the correct settings, yes?
    Not sure on how you check ownership but wouldn’t the 775 setting remedy that problem also?

    it depends on how the server is setup, if it’s running suPHP, then 775 should be fine, otherwise, it might need to be 777, and you might need to check the permissions on wp-content/ also, they also need to be corrected.

    lastly, you can force it to not use FTP by adding to wp-config.php

    define(‘FS_METHOD’,’direct’);

    though if your permissions are wrong, it won’t be able to

    Thread Starter scobb77

    (@scobb77)

    ok, tried 777 to both files, nope. That didn’t work.
    I tried the define(‘FS_METHOD’,’direct’); in wp-config.php and I got the following error:

    Warning: define() expects at least 2 parameters, 1 given in /virtual/users/e14991-15531/web/wp-config.php on line 19

    Line 19 is where I placed the code.

    and still not working.

    define('FS_METHOD','direct');

    that is 2 parameters, try typing it rather than pasting it, sometimes characters don’t translate properly.

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