Title: Update wordpress plugins
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Update wordpress plugins

 *  [jeffpcox](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeffpcox/)
 * (@jeffpcox)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-wordpress-plugins/)
 * I have my permissions set 775 for directories and 664 for files.
    owner of files
   is myid and belongs to group of the web server process.
 * When I attempt to update it prompts for id and password for ftp. I do not have
   ftp running on this server for security reasons.
 * The only way to update the plugins is to change the owner to the web process 
   id. This is also not secure.
 * Any other suggestions?

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 *  [Abhishek Ghosh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/abhishek_ghosh/)
 * (@abhishek_ghosh)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-wordpress-plugins/#post-7116116)
 * It is very common. You can make all 777, that will also fail.
 * Add this to your WordPress wp-config.php file :
 * `define('FS_METHOD','direct');`
 * Basically “myid” in to `yourusername` to `www-data` group plus adding `www-data`
   group to `psaserv` group solves it. When you understand running FTP is not safe,
   you are an advanced user. You should comment out `define('FS_METHOD','direct');`
   after the update.
 *  Thread Starter [jeffpcox](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeffpcox/)
 * (@jeffpcox)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-wordpress-plugins/#post-7116238)
 * Thanks for the suggestion. I guess there is no easy way to do this securely. 
   Its not a problem with the small number of sites I have now but will be an issue
   in the future.

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 * Last activity: [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-wordpress-plugins/#post-7116238)
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