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Entering FTP Information for Faster Upgrades

If your site has restricted access to PHP routines for file reading and writing and only allows it by FTP or other method, this might conflict with the theme or framework upgrade. In these cases, you can try entering the ftp access info in the wp-config.php to bypass the FTP connection information prompt.

For these steps you should use an FTP software to access your server files:

1. open wp-config.php located in the site root folder
2. find the line

   
   if ( !defined('ABSPATH') )
   

3. before this line, paste this snippet:

   
   define( 'FS_METHOD', 'ftpext' );
   define( 'FTP_SSL', false );
   define( 'FTP_BASE', '/your-wordpress-root/' );
   define( 'FTP_CONTENT_DIR', '/your-wordpress-root/wp-content/' );
   define( 'FTP_PLUGIN_DIR', '/your-wordpress-root/wp-content/plugins/' );
   define( 'FTP_USER', 'ftp_username' );
   define( 'FTP_PASS', 'ftp_password' );
   define( 'FTP_HOST', 'ftp.yourdomain.com' );
   

4. replace

   
   '/your-wordpress-root/'
   

   with the server path to your WordPress installation. Typically, you might have installed WordPress in your root folder. so you would use

   
   define( 'FTP_BASE', '/' );
   define( 'FTP_CONTENT_DIR', '/wp-content/' );
   define( 'FTP_PLUGIN_DIR', '/wp-content/plugins/' );
   

5. replace ftp_username, ftp_password and ftp.yourdomain.com with the correct keys. You should have got these from your hosting provider.
6. once you've filled-in all the info. Save the wp-config.php file.

It's ready now, so next time you try to upgrade, you won't have to enter the credentials.