How to stop wordpress from changing default .htaccess permissions to 444

Your site has likely been hacked. My site had the Darkleech infection, which injected some malicious code into wp-includes/nav-menu.php, causing .htaccess to reset to 444 on any page load. I’d recommend you install the Sucuri plugin and let it restore any files that have been corrupted. Assuming your site was hacked, use their Post-Hack tab … Read more

add_menu_page permissions – what am I doing wrong?

You want the admin_menu hook, rather than admin_init. Also, you shouldn’t use anonymous functions. Instead, use: function wpse51004_add_menu_page() { add_menu_page(‘Some Page’, ‘Some Page’, ‘manage_options’, ‘some-slug’, ‘wpse51004_some_page_callback’); }; add_action(‘admin_menu’, ‘wpse51004_add_menu_page’); function wpse51004_some_page_callback() { echo ‘Hello, world!’; }

Can’t upload images due to permissions error

@Lea, This error happens when PHP (WordPress) can’t write to the file. This is caused by not having write permissions or the username or group that PHP (WordPress) is running under doesn’t have permission to write to the file. 755 permissions will allow WordPress write permissions when PHP is running as the username under most … Read more

Add Custom User Capabilities Before or After the Custom User Role has Been Added?

There’s a reason why add_role() has the $capabilities as 3rd parameter. First some insights on what happens, when you use the function. It calls WP_Roles->add_role() – the class method The method then does a check if the role already exists. If yes, it aborts. The next step is, that it adds the role to WP_Roles->roles[] … Read more

WordPress REST API – Permission Callbacks

The issue was because I wasn’t generating and sending a nonce value with the request. In order to generate a nonce value. Localize the value of a wp_create_nonce(‘wp_rest’) function call. wp_localize_script(‘application’, ‘api’, array( ‘root’ => esc_url_raw(rest_url()), ‘nonce’ => wp_create_nonce(‘wp_rest’) )); This will then be accessible to the window object of the browser which can be … Read more

Custom Role does not have access to dashboard

You have to give the capability a true or false, like this: add_role(‘user’, ‘User’, array( ‘read’ => true )); To fix it, first remove the role and than re-add it again. remove_role(‘user’); add_role(‘user’, ‘User’, array(‘read’ => true)); http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/add_role

Media not actually deleted on disk when click “Permanent Delete”

So, after several attempts… it is a problem (or a feature) of the WPML multilanguage plugin. To start with, I have set up correctly the user permissions, as @WebElaine mentioned. Just in case something was not configures properly. More information on the following articles: Permissions to wp-content folder in Windows Server 2012 https://www.chillies.co.za/news/4421/The-Correct-Permissions-for-WordPress-on-IIS/ https://www.customfitonline.com/news/2013/6/20/solve-wordpress-on-windows-server-problems/ In … Read more

Can’t install new plugins because of the error “Could not create directory”

@pwnguin, I had the same problems running mod_php with WordPress and I finally figured it out. # chown www-data:www-data /home/CIM140/public_html/wordpress/ -R As long as YOU control the box this won’t cause any security issues. EDIT: You might also need to change your umask to 022 so new directories created by WordPress will have 755 permissions … Read more

Create custom permissions for user type

Plugins that would do this are: WPFront User Role Editor — free & paid both do what you’re asking User Role User Role and Capabilities Or you can write it into your theme’s functions.php consult Roles & Capabilities in the WP Codex for the details and read this easy-to-understand guide on how to add those … Read more