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WordPress Local WordPress Development Local WordPress Development Installing WordPress Locally

Benny Chew
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Benny Chew
Courses Plus Student 2,717 Points
Posted by Benny Chew
Benny Chew
Courses Plus Student 2,717 Points

Can't install plugins locally

I installed Wordpress on my local server with success and logged in to the admin. But I can't install plugins. It gives me this error (with login screen): "Failed to connect to FTP Server localhost:21" I also tried my direct local server address 192.168.2.9 with no luck. The Wordpress site is on my Sites directory.

Apache and MySQL is installed with this guide: http://coolestguidesontheplanet.com/install-configure-apache-mysql-php-phpmyadmin-osx-10-8-mountain-lion/

Can anyone help me with this? Any help is appreciated, thanks in advance.

1 Answer

Juan Jose Cortes Guzman
Juan Jose Cortes Guzman
7,894 Points

Hi, if you are developing your Worpress site locally, in order to install a plugin the only thing you have to do is to extract the plugin zip file under the Sites/wp-content/plugins folder. Then go to the Plugins section and activate the plugin.

Benny Chew
Benny Chew
Courses Plus Student 2,717 Points
Benny Chew
Benny Chew
Courses Plus Student 2,717 Points

Thanks Juan, I guess I can just install the plugins manually.