If you’re being asked for FTP creds, then you do not have the permissions or ownership of your WordPress installation correctly set.
All files should be owned by the user id under which PHP is running. Directories should be 755, files 644, for the whole tree.
Please contact your host if you do not know how to set this.
can you tell me which is the ‘user id under which PHP is running’ and how to get to know it please ?
You need to talk to your host; that’s a hosting setup thing.
i am working on a shared folder on a server so i don’t actually have a specific host and i have to this manually
Oh, that’s going to be a problem! You will probably have to do all updates manually then. Is this a development or production site?
Rather than trying to bend Windows to your will, consider installing the free Local By Flywheel. It will set up WP for you properly with one click.
https://localbyflywheel.com/
does this works on a server or only on local pc
ON a local PC.
If you’re on a server, you should be following this guide:
https://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_on_Microsoft_IIS
And… that’s all I know about WP on Windows. 🙂
okay thank you for the assist it was so helpful
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bsahmed.
You should contact the peson who set up your shared folder, and have them change its permissions so your webserver (probably IIS) can write to the shared folder. Your problem will then be solved.
@diondesigns i told that me as a user i have rights to read and write but WordPress Platform don’t that s why i am asking to who should i give access to
That’s because your webserver (probably IIS) runs under a different user, and it must also have write access to your shared folder. Here’s a Google search that might be of help:
https://www.google.com/search?q=iis+write+access+to+shared+folder
