Hi there yacob555!
Have you looked at your error logs? I’m not sure if you have taken a look at the debugging codex page: https://codex.ww.wp.xz.cn/Debugging_in_WordPress
It does give a quick overview of how to debug things which may help out in debugging.
Are you trying to install these themes/plugins via the admin panel or are you simply moving the files and folders to their respective folder inside of the wp-content folder?
Thanks for the reply – I’m not sure I have enough technical experience to understand the logs very well.
I’m trying to add a theme via the admin panel but the option doesn’t exist. The option to insert a plugin is absent as well.
Looks like it could be an issue with the admin rights. My role is set to Administrator but I get a 404 error when attempting to go to the Network Admin dashboard.
Are you on a Mac or Windows computer?
Most likely the reason your dashboard cannot install themes and plugins is that your localhost environment does not have an FTP client to do this file and directory work on behalf of your website. This is quite normal with localhost environments.
The easiest solution is to download the theme or plugin as a .ZIP archive from the support web page of the theme / plugin, and use your file browser to expand and place the files in your website hosting files.
Hi, I am getting a similar problem too. When I try to install a theme or plugin I get the following message: Installation failed: Download failed. No working transports found.
Ross, your solution worked fine but it would be great to get to the bottom of the problem and have it working as it should be. I am using a localhost too WAMPSERVER 2.2.
Many thanks…
Firstly you need to be sure that the process that runs the PHP engine has user authority to create and write to these files.
Then you can bypass the need for FTP credentials or server by adding the code to your wp-config.php file
define('FS_METHOD', 'direct');
Hi, I think that this might be my problem too. Godaddy is the host. When I try to preview the theme from inside the wp panel I get a white screen with this message:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STATIC in /home/content/26/6306126/html/wp-content/themes/illdy/inc/components/entry-meta/class.mt-entry-meta.php on line 50
I’m using a Windows computer. Ross, I didn’t quite understand what you were saying about FTPs & zip files earlier. Are you saying to download the zip files and then try to upload them to the FTP? Godaddy has an FTP on it’s home page. Do I then try to install it from there? Not sure I even understand what or how to do that 🙁
