# 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:** ![Didou\_Schol](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.kinsta.com/didou_schol/32/155_2.png) [@Didou\_Schol](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Didou_Schol)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 2:51pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/windows-10-updating-themes-plugins-requires-ftp-creds/178/7 "2021-01-22T14:51:59Z")

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To fix you can add this line to wp-config.php, which solved my problem.

/\*\* Sets up ‘direct’ method for wordpress, auto update without ftp \*/  
define(‘FS\_METHOD’,‘direct’);

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