Running WordPress as FTP user?

Your files should be owned by your account. Period. They should not be owned by the “apache” user. This is insecure. The files may need to be readable by the apache user. The recommended permissions are 755 for folders and 644 for files. With the exception of the wp-config.php file, which should be set to … Read more

List of files/folders writable by the web server?

The short answer is that you’re correct… You don’t want the web server (or web user) accounts to have full write access to your WordPress installation. Your user account, however, will need write permissions for the entire application because many of the WordPress features (such as automatic updates among others) require access to the core … Read more