Wp-content contains plugins and themes. So, if I can read and write into those files, I could add malicious code very easily. This malicious code can then do interesting things. You are basically inviting a lot of trouble. As for not understanding permissions: http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2010/04/unix-file-and-directory-permissions/ http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions
You can disable this by going to Settings -> Media If you uncheck the setting all the future media uploads will directly into wp-content/uploads folder. Why create WP these folders? WP doesn’t create empty folders, I assume those folders are created when you have uploaded media and now they they are empty because you might … Read more
Given a post represented by a post object $p, you can find out if post 31 is the parent via: if($p->post_parent == 31){ // it is! } else { // it isn’t } To figure out the children, something like: $posts = get_posts(array( ‘post_parent’ => $p->ID, ‘post_type’ => $p->post_type )); // if there are children, … Read more
The .htaccess looks fine. It is exactly like the one I have. Do you have any .htaccess files inside /wp-content/ or /wp-includes/ or one level up from the main site folder? Also try deactivating all plugins. I also found this topic that seems to be for the same issue. From what I read, there was … Read more
You don’t need domain mapping in current versions of WP, it’s built in. You just need to edit the site Settings (under Network Admin, Sites, click on site then Edit). Enter the URL for the site (https://www.example.com or whatever). If you need to, use the Settings tab when editing the site and change all references … Read more
However, in the event that it becomes appreciated to the public – does it necessarily HAVE to be inheritable (the ability to have Child Themes derive from it)? While you can certainly make life difficult on users who try to use your Theme as a template for a Child Theme, it is all but impossible … Read more
The function plugin_dir_path has an misleading name, it doesn’t include a file from plugin directory, it just include a file from the same directory of the file passed as argument. When you call include( plugin_dir_path( __FILE__ ) . ‘test-plugin/needed_file.php’); from a file in theme directory, you are just trying to include a file from theme … Read more
You can make use of the Filesystem API, especially the copy_dir() function – source – does seem to be what you are looking for. Take a look at the docblock from the above source link for a little bit more information: /** * Copies a directory from one location to another via the WordPress Filesystem … Read more
The forward slash works on every operating system supported by PHP. Yes, on Windows too. It is also more readable and easier to type, so there is no need to use the constant. See the tickets #20849 and #15598 for related discussion on Trac.
You can just register another stylesheet instead of style.css: add_action( ‘wp_enqueue_scripts’, ‘enqueue_theme_css’ ); function enqueue_theme_css() { wp_enqueue_style( ‘default’, get_template_directory_uri() . ‘/css/default.css’ ); } This is, in my opinion, better than using style.css.