Title: Cannot initialise plugin without FTP? Really?
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Cannot initialise plugin without FTP? Really?

 *  Resolved [Krzysztof Dryja (Aspexi)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cih997/)
 * (@cih997)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-initialise-plugin-without-ftp-really/)
 * Why?
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/gravity-forms-pdf-extended/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/gravity-forms-pdf-extended/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Jake Jackson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blue-liquid-designs/)
 * (@blue-liquid-designs)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-initialise-plugin-without-ftp-really/#post-4292430)
 * Hi,
 * The initialisation process copies a number of files. As such, we use the [WP_Filesystem API](http://codex.wordpress.org/Filesystem_API)
   which determines the best method for writing files. Generally, if WordPress determines
   your web server cannot correctly write files it will use a fallback option. In
   this case, FTP.
 *  Thread Starter [Krzysztof Dryja (Aspexi)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cih997/)
 * (@cih997)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-initialise-plugin-without-ftp-really/#post-4292455)
 * Thank you.

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 * Last reply from: [Krzysztof Dryja (Aspexi)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cih997/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-initialise-plugin-without-ftp-really/#post-4292455)
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