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WordPress

Posted by Johann Headley
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Johann Headley
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 22,322 Points

Wordpress permissions issue

Having a problem with what seems to be a Wordpress permission. Did a fresh download from workpress.org but I am unable to download a plugin or anything that needs to create a directory. I've seen conflicting answers to this. And I never had this happen on my local before. Any insight?

2 Answers

Zac Gordon
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Zac Gordon
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Zac Gordon
Zac Gordon
Treehouse Guest Teacher

I haven't encountered this before personally, but there are a number of articles about this. Try this one: http://www.barrykooij.com/unable-to-install-plugins-on-localhost/ and if that doesn't work I'd try Googling the problem, there are some Stack Overflow suggestions as well.

Johann Headley
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Johann Headley
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 22,322 Points

Hi Zac, thanks for the quick reply. The underlying solution seems to be changing the permissions of the wp-content file setting permissions to 7-7-7. Now this is not the greatest for security. But right now I'm just developing. Will the permissions be the same when I migrate to a live site?

Zac Gordon
STAFF
Zac Gordon
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Zac Gordon
Zac Gordon
Treehouse Guest Teacher

You should be able to have slightly more secure settings on the live server. If it doesn't work with the default recommended settings you may have to experiment until you find the right solution. I have come across hosts that require 777, which as you point out, is not ideal.