How to install plugins and update if access to FTP is only made with FIXED IP?

  • Hello guys, how are you?

    WE have made the access to our server only available by a fixed IP, for secutiry purpose.

    But, now I can’t update or install plugins etc in wordpress because the FTP is accessed by other IP when doind this in the WordPress Plataform.

    What can I do to maintain the plugins updated and to install plugins via wordpress if the ftp is blocked to our fixed IP only?

    Thanks!!!!

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  • Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    If WordPress is asking for FTP credentials, then you have not properly configured your file ownership and permissions. In general, the files in the entire WP tree should be owned by the same user id under which PHP and the web server are running, and permissions should be 755 for directories and 644 for files.

    Thread Starter tehfo

    (@tehfo)

    But i’s actually not asking the credentials.
    It has been blocked to access the FTP to update things ??

    Can you not whitelist this second ip?

    Thread Starter tehfo

    (@tehfo)

    But I’m trying to update WordPress directly here from the Fixed IP that can access the FTP.

    I can access the FTP via FileZilla, but directly from WordPress I can’t :(.

    You can add your FTP details to your wp-config.php.

    Thread Starter tehfo

    (@tehfo)

    Hummm, thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’ll read it!

    Thread Starter tehfo

    (@tehfo)

    But it’s not an external IP who tries to upload things in our FTP via WordPress Plataform?

    That doesn’t matter. The way your server is configured, WordPress is not allowed to access FTP by default, so you will have to try adding the FTP details to the wp-config.php file.

    Thread Starter tehfo

    (@tehfo)

    OK, I’ll try to change it, thanks!

    Thread Starter tehfo

    (@tehfo)

    The ftp was activated, I was using it.
    Now we blocked access to external IPs and the FTP (inside wordpress) stopped working…
    So my question is, how can I make it work if we blocked external IPs from accessing it?

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