On 7/31/2020 7:28 PM, Murray Eisenberg wrote:
(WordPress docs don’t deal with this! they just say to use ftp to install the plugins.)
I have the impression that the documentation merely accommodates the common use case where WordPress is being hosted on a remote server by a third-party web hosting service. Traditionally these web hosting services provide FTP access as a means of directly uploading content, etc. to the web server. (File management capability is usually also offered through a web browser administration portal.) If you're not using a third-party web hosting service, i.e. are self-hosting, then you might disregard instructions to use FTP specifically, as it is up to you to provide yourself file management access to the appropriate directories on the server (whether remotely through (S)FTP, CIFS/SMB, etc., or by physically sitting at the server). Christopher A. Chavez
