cactuscarl

As a followup to this, I discovered that after changing the ownership to “nobody:nobody” I could no longer access the files using my FTP client!

I’ve since changed the ownership to “user:nobody” (“user” is my userid) which allows me to access the files with FTP but puts me back to the original problem of not being able to auto-update plugins! GRRRRRR!

Apache user is “nobody”.

Any one out there know a solution to this?

Wow…FAIL.

I should of checked this post before upgrading. It did the same thing to my site too. Were you able to re-install the plugin? I’ve since completely deleted it until I read some positive feedback on it.

For me, I own a VPS with several blogs. I was having issues with adding and removing plugins. I kept getting prompted for FTP credentials – which wasn’t always reliable in my case – and a hassle.

I searched around and found that using the “chown” command to set the user and group ID’s to the web server, it might resolve the problem.

Here’s what I did (your mileage may vary):

1. Using putty I logged in as root to my VPS using SSH.
2. I changed directory to /home/accountname
3. Executed: chmod -R nobody:nobody public_html
Now I can add and remove plugins without being prompted for FTP credentials.

Note: My operating system is centOS and web server is Apache. Depending on your configuration, you may need to use something else besides “nobody:nobody” for the user:group.

Same problem for me too!

bibflasso,
I get the same problem. I’m still on WP 2.7.1 and just updated the plugin to the 2.8 version. Now it’s busted :o(

First of all I have to say that I’m very grateful for all the hard work people put into their plugins. I have saved so much time and effort with various plugins and continue to support them whenever possible. Additionally, I’m grateful for WordPress to host the plugin directory.

That being said…

I wish there was a way to have dead/broken plugins drop off the list or be categorized elsewhere if they haven’t been updated in over a year or two. I find it extremely frustrating to sift through so much junk and have to waste time reading posts to determine whether or not a plugin is supported or not.

If the owner of a plugin is serious about their work, then I would think they’d be willing to continually update the directory accordingly, and keep a change log. Some do, and some don’t.

Just my two cents…flame away if you wish…

Oh! Ok.

I think i figured out the category part. Each template can have categories specified with them.

closing topic now…

If WP doesn’t work out for you, check out Wild Apricot.

It’s a complete membership management application with PayPal integration for donations, dues, etc.

The blog features are kind of weak compared to WP but overall it’s not too bad IMO.