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Posted by parkerreed
parkerreed
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FTP connection to localhost

In this video of Genesis framework Foundation, I see that Jesse Petersen connect FTP to localhost. How would you do it? Host: genesisfoundation.dev Username: jesse Password:********** How would we set up a connection to localhost, and how to find FTP username and password in localhost environment? Thank you

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Juan P. Prado
Juan P. Prado
70,426 Points
Juan P. Prado
Juan P. Prado
70,426 Points

"Set the method that WordPress should use to write to the filesystem... explicitly set the filesystem method to "direct". Failure to set this with our current settings would result in WordPress prompting for FTP credentials when we perform some actions." https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-wordpress-with-lemp-on-ubuntu-16-04

This setting can be added below the database connection settings, or anywhere else in the file:

/var/www/html/wp-config.php

define('FS_METHOD', 'direct');

I've added that code when I'm either developing local with MAMP or a remote server, in order for WP to cease asking for ftp credentials.

Hope this helps, Cheers!