After all, it was already in the question! Context Both plugins are related to my WordPress site theme (uplift). I can’t understand what it is doing or where, but when it detects that the owner of the files isn’t its executing user (apache), it changes the access method to FTP. This action doesn’t seem logical, … Read more
I found that IIS DOES now include INDEX.PHP and that the solution was to modify the location and permissions of the WordPress uploads folder. https://www.urtech.ca/2018/04/solved-500-error-on-downloads-in-wordpress-running-on-iis/ I hope this helps.
The difference is that ‘edit_published_posts’ allows the user to edit posts whose status has been set to ‘published’, in other words, live content. The ‘edit_posts’ allows users to edit unpublished (e.g. draft) posts. For most bloggers, the distinction is irrelevant, but if you’re using WordPress for a company or a newsroom, you may want all … Read more
The PHP files in the wp-includes directory will do nothing when accessed directly. They are designed to be include()‘d in an existing PHP script, such as on the front-end or in the dashboard. Your Options -Indexes entry in the .htaccess file simply prevents a list of the files in a directory when no index.php is … Read more
There are actually 3 users that IIS access files with on .NET sites: IIS_IUSRS, IUSR, and NETWORK SERVICE Grant all 3 IIS users Read & Execute, List Folder Contents, Read permissions on the entire WP folder For file management (e.g. plugin/theme installation & updates), grant all 3 of the IIS users Full Control on the … Read more
Many of the examples assume you’re not the only person running stuff on the server, or that suPHP or some other utility is running to make PHP run as a user other than the web server. With a basic Debian LAMP install, where PHP runs as the www-data user, it’s safe and normal to set … Read more
The easiest way to restore Super Admin privileges is to add a bit of code to your theme’s functions.php file to add yourself back: include(ABSPATH . ‘wp-admin/includes/ms.php’); $user = get_userdatabylogin(‘YOUR_USERNAME’); grant_super_admin($user->ID); Once your Super Admin privileges have been restored you can remove this code from your theme.
As far as I understand it is not related to specific permissions – Auto Update overall requires that files owner matches user Apache runs under. If that is not the case it falls back to other filesystem methods (FTP, SSH) and so prompts for password. You can define credentials in constants in wp-config.php so you … Read more
Okay here we go. It is a bug in WordPress itself. I have already shortly explained the issue in my question, so either have a look at it or check out the ticket linked above for more details. Until the issue is properly resolved I propose this dirty, dirty hack. It is based off the … Read more
If you add the following to your wp-config.php file it will force WordPress to use the ‘direct’ filesystem method: define( ‘FS_METHOD’, ‘direct’ );