Changing wordpress file permissions

WordPress | on Apr. 10, 2011 | by 0 Comments

Computer file systems and directories have permissions that specify who to use and access these files, change, modify and write on them. WordPress is not any different. It has access and writing restrictions. These permission modes can be used differently. For example, some of the modes will allow you to only read, others will permit you to read and write while others will allow you to read, write, modify, delete and access the directory. Different host modes will allow different people to access the information. For example, the user can access information while the group and the world are restricted. Access to information can be allowed for the group and restricted for the world depending on the parameters of the wordpress site owner.

All files should be in possession of the user on the web server and should be writable using your username. There should be no occurrence where these files are in possession of the web server. Files that need to access wordpress access should be owned by groups and used through the web server. You could have user account that allows you to use FTP files to and from the serve. However, the server should run on another user in a different user group like dhapache or nobody. WordPress file and folder permissions should be the same to most of the users if not all.

However, the success of this depends on the server. When the server is one that is shared, then it is ideal to use the shared hosting with suexec. Some of the properties that have to be met in this scheme include; all files should be owned by the authentic owner, group ownership should not be used unless permission from the server have been granted, the directories should be either 755 or 750 and all files should be either 644 or 640 while no directories should be designated the value 777.

FTP client can also be used in the event of granting permissions to wordpress files and directories from your remote host. It is important to know how FTP client work for example, it you should note that FTP clients keep the files hidden. Most files that have period at the beginning are not displayed. You may find that you need to use the hidden files especially when you would like to change permissions. If you have such a file, you may consider making an .htaccess file that has the ability to control the permalinks changing it to writable. You can also change the settings of FTP files like FileZilla to always display any hidden files.

Changing permissions for files and directories can also be done by the use of chmod especially if you have shell/SSH to the hosting account. However, this is not used by all people especially newbie. This application is mostly used by experienced users. It is very important to read and understand tutorials to be able to use chmod well. Using chmod settings badly could make your site to go offline. You can always all the files at the wp-content directory writable by trying out the various chmod UNIX commands. Other factors you should consider are what factors and permissions that cannot work for what you are looking for. This will always ensure that you can change the permissions of the files and folders you would like to.

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