Re: How do I update the plug-ins in WordPress? Followed wiki.debian.org/WordPress. Says I need ftp server.
On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 8:44 AM, tv.debian@googlemail.com
<tv.debian@googlemail.com> wrote:
> On 10/12/2016 23:59, Nate Homier wrote:
>>
>> Debian 8 server. all updates applied.
>>
>> Followed carefully the wiki.debian.org/WordPress instructions. Now
>> WordPress says askimet plugin needs to be updated, but that ftp fails. I
>> can't update plugin without having a ftp server apparently. Otherwise
>> WordPress works great. how do I update the plugins. wouldn't it be
>> dangerous to have an ftp server? Or is there some instructions out there
>> for setting up a secure ftp server that works with WordPress. I have no
>> experience with ftp servers.
>>
>
> Hi, if you don't want to setup ftp access and give write access to wordpress
> to enable automatic updates, you can always drop the updated uncompressed
> package in your wp-content/plugins/ folder to replace the outdated one.
>
> Run "dpkg-reconfigure wordpress" afterward to restore links.
>
> Akismet being shipped with Wordpress in Debian you will find it in:
>
> /usr/share/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/
>
> and linked to in /var/lib/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/ .
>
> For user installed plugins the other way round is usually the norm, but some
> plugins support symlinks better than others so if you run into problems try
> both ways around.
>
> Hope it helps.
>
It was too much work. I decided to pay wordpress.com to do it. I did
get to the point where I could get Wordpress to use SSH to update the
plugins or maybe sftps or something. Too much work. Easier to go
through wordpress.com and cough up the money. Thanks to all who
helped.
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