Upload Plugin folder

[fd_paz]

Hi,
Could anyone indicate the folder path for the "Plugin Upload" of Wordpress Toolkit?
I would like to know if it would be possible to upload the files via ftp in this directory, since from the Plesk panel it is necessary to upload the zip files one by one.

Thank you

 

[trialotto]

@fprm67

Please note that it is better to grasp the basics of WordPress and to view WordPress Toolkit as a tool of convenience, particularly for managing (existing) WordPress instances.

In essence, WordPress is "plugin aware", in the sense that plugins can be safely uploaded in the plugins folder by using FTP: WordPress will recognize them automatically.

It might be the case that you would have to activate specific plugins manually, but that is the general purpose of the WordPress Toolkit (WPT): just use WPT to activate plugins.

In short, when dealing with a lot of plugins at the same time, just put them into in the plugin folder by means of FTP, SFTP, rsync and similar tools.

Afterwards, you can go to the Plesk Panel and open the WordPress Toolkit (WPT), do a scan for installed WordPress instances and activate the desired plugins.*

Hope the above helps a bit.

Regards.....

* In some cases, you might have to rescan for WP instances multiple times, but that is only a matter of mere patience.

 

[fd_paz]

@trialotto
Thank you for your reply.
I agree with you, but the problem comes when one has several websites and on all must upload a Plugin. The convenience of WPT is that you can upload the Plugin and update all websites at the same time.
Since Plugins are often updated, uploading them often takes a long time.
Alternatively, the solution would be that WPT developers would also insert the "Multiple Upload" in the Plugins section.

Regards

 

[trialotto]

@fprm67

The statement

Since Plugins are often updated, uploading them often takes a long time.
Alternatively, the solution would be that WPT developers would also insert the "Multiple Upload" in the Plugins section.

can be responded to with the remarks that

- "multiple uploads" to multiple domains would not be a desirable feature: not only is this barely possible, it is also a high security risk
- "multiple uploads" to one domain is already possible, at least in theory and some test cases: just use a properly structured zip file!

The statement

I agree with you, but the problem comes when one has several websites and on all must upload a Plugin. The convenience of WPT is that you can upload the Plugin and update all websites at the same time.

can be responded to with the comment that - in a far, far away past - I already suggested that WPT would benefit from a local plugin and theme repo, that could be used to duplicate plugins/themes across sites (via simple and fast tools like rsync) or validate plugins/themes (this is a paid-for feature nowadays, called Smart Updates).

In general, a plugin and theme repo can be easily created by

- creating one WP instance that functions as a test domain for proper functioning and/or downloading of plugins and themes, (and)
- a simple bash script that calls the WPT command line utility and rsync, accompanied by some calls to the plesk database to register changes (for the sake of WPT)

and the method described above is essentially a free alternative to Smart Updates, with the added feature of "multiple uploads" (read: one-time install and rsyncing).

Hope the above helps a bit......and it might give you some inspiration!

Regards.......