Wordpress localhost ftp

Question

I have wordpress running on my localhost on mac Lion.

Everytime I try to install or delete plugins it asks me for hostname, ftp username and ftp password.

I configured my localhost to 127.0.0.1, but I have never configured the ftp username and password for my localhost. How can I get which user and password it's by default?

I have tried almost every user and pass I have on mysql, my osx admin, etc. with no results.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

Update as mentioned by Chaudhry Waqas in comments it might be sufficient to just add define('FS_METHOD', 'direct'); to wp-config.php, so please try this first as it's safer not to change access rights if not necessary

WARNING: only do this on your local computer, it's a huge security risk on a public installation!

I haven't tried it but as mentioned by @misterfancypants comment, changing those settings only for wp-content/plugins/ should be sufficient
updated to incorporate this info

This one worked for me

$ cd /Users/<username>/Sites
# (wordpress = name of the directory, change as needed)
$ sudo chown -R :_www wordpress
$ sudo chmod -R g+w wordpress

and then add following in wp-config.php

define('FS_METHOD', 'direct');

found on http://soderlind.no/running-wordpress-locally-on-mac-os-x-lion/#crayon-533a956214a8e343167867

Cheers Can