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Why does WordPress say I have to use FTP to upgrade a plugin?

This is a short post, enjoy.

I have found that there are usually two reasons why you will see the FTP screen when trying to upgrade a WordPress plugin:

1. The user level owner of your scripts is higher than the user level of PHP.
   1. Example: scripts are all set to be owned by root
   2. Solution: Try setting the user to “apache”: chown -R apache ./
2. The permissions of your files are set too low
   1. Solution: The files all need to be writable by the owner : chmod 755, or 666
      1. Remember: The lower permissions you can get away with, the better!

The last solution is to use One Click Plugin Updater: My WordPress Plugins won’t update and the FTP option doesn’t work

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