Title: Enable Automatic Plugin Install / Upgrades?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Enable Automatic Plugin Install / Upgrades?

 *  [Mark Hodder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mahodder/)
 * (@mahodder)
 * [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-plugin-install-upgrades/)
 * Is there any steps / settings I can try to turn on the automatic plugin installing/
   core updating if the FTP method is defaulting which I assume is because it detects
   the host is not compatible.
 * I’m currently hosting with Pair.com and have a decent amount of access to change
   things such as php settings etc. I just need to know what to look for / change.
 * The settings that WordPress checks to determine if it turns on the easy method
   or FTP method would probably be a good starting spot, anyone know / know where
   I could find these?

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 *  Thread Starter [Mark Hodder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mahodder/)
 * (@mahodder)
 * [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-plugin-install-upgrades/#post-901902)
 * Any thoughts?
 *  Thread Starter [Mark Hodder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mahodder/)
 * (@mahodder)
 * [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-plugin-install-upgrades/#post-902006)
 * Well I got WordPress 2.7 auto updates working at Pair.com for anyone else that
   is hosting WordPress sites there the instructions are below.
 * After you follow the instructions on this Knowledge Base Article automatic upgrades
   and plugin download / installs work great!
 * [http://www.pair.com/support/knowledge_base/authoring_development/system_cgi_php-cgiwrap.html](http://www.pair.com/support/knowledge_base/authoring_development/system_cgi_php-cgiwrap.html)
 * In order to use the HTTP updates vs the FTP, WordPress has to have the same access
   to your files as your FTP user. In this case PHP-cgiwrap allows the PHP scripts
   to run under my username, which enabled the HTTP updating!
 *  [buddha-trance](https://wordpress.org/support/users/buddha-trance/)
 * (@buddha-trance)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-plugin-install-upgrades/#post-902171)
 * mahodder,
 * thank you so much for this!
    I am also using Pair.com, and was losing my mind
   trying the automatic upgrade, spinning for hours on end… then found this thread.
 * I emailed support because of a missing directory, they responded within minutes…
   I just love this hosting service
 * Now, the upgrade works without a glitch!
 *  [lee317](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lee317/)
 * (@lee317)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-plugin-install-upgrades/#post-902173)
 * This is great! Thanks! I was able to get it to work by creating an additional
   ftp login for wordpress within my pair.com account and making the default dir
   for this login as my wordpress root dir. Is there another way to do this without
   having a special ftp login for wordpress? Can you specify the directory somewhere?
 *  [B Hays](https://wordpress.org/support/users/benhays/)
 * (@benhays)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-plugin-install-upgrades/#post-902174)
 * Very happy to find this here, thanks for the help!
 *  [blw911](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blw911/)
 * (@blw911)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-plugin-install-upgrades/#post-902191)
 * Can any give a step-by-step HOW TO on this. I’m also hosting with PAIR but am
   not smart enough to figure this out without some more help. 🙂
 * Sure be nice if I could get it to work though.
 *  [nickaster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nickaster/)
 * (@nickaster)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-plugin-install-upgrades/#post-902194)
 * Sweet, that worked.
 * blw911 – if you’re not familiar with SSH, I’d stay away from this solution. Sometimes
   Pair is nice and will do this kind of thing for you!

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## Tags

 * [automatic update](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/automatic-update/)
 * [ftp upload](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/ftp-upload/)
 * [pair.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/pair-com/)

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 * Last activity: [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-plugin-install-upgrades/#post-902194)
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