Wordpress on Ubuntu install plugins without FTP access

Question

Hello. I run my own webserver for development and I installed a Wordpress blog but when I try to add plugins from admin it asks for FTP access. I don't use FTP and don't want to use and I know I can change some permissions for Wordpress to be able to upload without FTP. What do I need to configure for this ?

Thank you.

Answer 1

One of three things: 1) Either change permissions so your web server can read the wp-content directory, which should be fine for a development server. 2) Run PHP as FastCGI which can run as a different user than your web server. 3) Install the ssh extension for PHP (sudo apt-get install libssh2-php on ubuntu on think)