Can’t install plugins on my localhost WP application

Add this line at the end of wp-config.php file. (Its it root directory of WP install)

define('FS_METHOD', 'direct'); 

After that restart apache server.

• This reply was modified 6 months, 2 weeks ago by Muhammad Qasim.

Hi there,

thank you for your help.

I’ve followed your instructions. But now I get the error message “Installation failed: Could not create directory.”.

This is the end section of my wp-config.php:

define( 'WP_DEBUG', true );
define('WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY', true);
define( 'WP_DEBUG_LOG', true );

/* Add any custom values between this line and the "stop editing" line. */

define('FS_METHOD', 'direct');

/* That's all, stop editing! Happy publishing. */

/** Absolute path to the WordPress directory. */
if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
define( 'ABSPATH', DIR . '/' );
}

/** Sets up WordPress vars and included files. */
require_once ABSPATH . 'wp-settings.php';

I’m wondering why my WordPress has not created a debug.log file. In my wp-content folder I only have a debug text document, but this doesn’t get updated nor does it include error messages.

I have no clue where to go from here and how to fix this issue.

This is what finally worked for me:

?– *Try a Different Method*: If the above steps don’t resolve the issue, try installing plugins manually. Download the plugin files from www.ads-software.com or the plugin developer’s website, unzip them, and upload the plugin folder to the wp-content/plugins directory on your localhost WordPress installation.

Thank you for your help.