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WP does this when it does not have write permissions on your files. What is the ownership and permissions on your wp file tree?

@123host WordPress is unable to write to files in the WP tree. More on this: https://spinupwp.com/doc/wordpress-file-ownership-permissions/

Just add the following code in wp-config.php (above database configuration):

define( ‘FS_METHOD’, ‘direct’ );

Let me know how it goes ??

Also, try setting the FS_Method to Direct: https://www.ads-software.com/support/article/editing-wp-config-php/#wordpress-upgrade-constants

Thanks for the responses. The fs_method didn’t work, but adding FTP details as described did.

As I said, it is my server. Nothing has changed. To be certain, I reset permissions for all files to 644 and directories to 755 and it didn’t help either.

This seems to have affected a couple of sites, but not others.

I can’t do it right now, but I am going to install a fresh WP in the same account and see if it is affected by this.

@123host I recommend reading through this: https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2014/05/proper-wordpress-filesystem-permissions-ownerships/

Here the issue is with Ownership of files not Permissions. You need to make sure that your user account is the owner of all WordPress files and folders and that, together with web server’s user account, belongs to the same group.

#Run the following command using a a terminal emulator:

$ sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /path/to/wordpress/

(Note – Path to WordPress is usually /var/www/domain.com)
It will ensure that the ownership is with the web server’s user account.

Let me know if it works ??