How to automatically install plugin or theme in wordpress

Hi,
I installed wordpress 2.9.2. Now I want to change my template and install some Plugins. But when I am going to install new theme or plugins it asked connection information such as Hostname, Username and Passward.

Have anyway to omit this page? I also put down my ftp hostname, username & passward but installing processing is failed. A message is shown -
"Unable to locate WordPress Content directory (wp-content)"

I write a code
if(is_admin()) {
add_filter('filesystem_method', create_function('$a', 'return "direct";' ));
define( 'FS_CHMOD_DIR', 0751 );
}
and paste it in wp-config.php
But no change.
How can I solve this? Have any solution? (I dont want to upload plugins or template by using ftp software.)

 

i think you requires lenient permissions settings (such as 760, 766, 775 or 777) and also you control panel you need to full control excess for ftp control user and pass you using for database

 

First thing I would recommend is to undo any changes that you have made to your config.php file .

What you need is pretty simple...you need your FTP log in information for it to work.
No you cannot bypass that, you have to input the correct information. Once you have it set up correctly, then you will be able to click "Upgrade Automatically" to upgrade your plug ins without having to go through that page again.

I would also check your installation to make sure that you have all of the files installed properly.You should not be getting "Unable to locate WordPress Content directory (wp-content)". Did you double check to insure that wp-content exists ? You cannot upload any themes or plug ins without that folder.

 

That error of a missing Content directory seems incredibly odd, you should try re-installing and if it happens again, get in touch with your host.

 

You can fix it by define FTP information and file chmod in wp-config.php file:

define('FTP_USER', 'username');
define('FTP_PASS', 'password');
define('FTP_HOST', 'ftp.example.org:21');

define('FS_CHMOD_DIR', (0755 & ~ umask()));
define('FS_CHMOD_FILE', (0644 & ~ umask()));

Code (markup):

http://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php

 

Yes, you can fix it by defining FTP information in wp-config.php file as mentioned by rilwis.

 

thanks to all. I try to fix it.

 

I don't know which hosting company you are with, but the best way to go about avoiding this kind of message is netfirms hosting. Its automated into their database so you would avoid this issue. Or you can get WP Clone to save all your plugins, themes and structures together and transfer using WP clone to your future sites within a few minutes.