# Windows 10: updating themes/plugins requires FTP creds

**URL:** <https://community.kinsta.com/t/windows-10-updating-themes-plugins-requires-ftp-creds/178>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Created:** [January 20, 2021, 9:18pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/windows-10-updating-themes-plugins-requires-ftp-creds/178 "2021-01-20T21:18:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![nametags4u](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f1d935/32.png) [@nametags4u](https://community.kinsta.com/u/nametags4u)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 5:11pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/windows-10-updating-themes-plugins-requires-ftp-creds/178/12 "2021-03-03T17:11:38Z")

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> [@Didou\_Schol](#):
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> /\*\* Sets up ‘direct’ method for wordpress, auto update without ftp \*/  
> define(‘FS\_METHOD’,‘direct’);

No luck… Back to Laragon until this is fixed.

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