Anybody familiar with WordPress will know that when adding/removing or upgrading any of your plug-ins, even upgrading the WordPress itself, you are prompted for the FTP connection details for your server, while not a big or frustrating step, it can be a pain if you don’t have the details to hand or want others to install plugins or be able to upgrade your blog to ensure its secure but not give them the login details for the server.

The answer is surprisingly a simple one, you don’t need to install one of the various FTP Saver plug-ins and spend hours trawling through the code, and any updates, to check your details will be secure, all you have to do is add a few extra lines to your wp-config.php file by defining the connection details, WordPress will do the rest.

The constants should be defines as follows,

/** Store Server FTP Details */
define("FTP_HOST", "domain.tld");
define("FTP_USER", "username");
define("FTP_PASS", "password");


Once you have saved the config file, all you need to do is test it…

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2.8 includes a host of new features, far too many to list here so for those interested clicky here to read the list

Highlights include;

• New drag-and-drop widgets admin interface and new widgets API
• Syntax highlighting and function lookup built into plugin and theme editors
• Browse the theme directory and install themes from the admin
• Allow the dashboard widgets to be arranged in up to four columns
• Allow configuring the number of items to show on management pages with an option in Screen Options
• Support timezones and automatic daylight savings time adjustment
• Support IIS 7.0 URL Rewrite Module
• Faster loading of admin pages via script compression and concatenation

If you want to preview the release, you can download version 2.8rc1 here