This is not an “executable directory”. The x means something different for directories: The execute bit allows the affected user to enter the directory, and access files and directories inside Source Also the * doesn’t mean executable for directories hear as you might think if you’ve read that answer. Instead it is just a directory … Read more
so @funkysoul was kind of right in terms on installing php. It was still a nightmare to setup nginx the way i needed it, my solution is: location / { try_files $uri $uri/ =404; } location ^~ /blog { alias /srv/www/wordpress; try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?/$1 last; location ~ \.php$ { index index.php; include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf; fastcgi_param … Read more
You need to check if the siteurl differs from the home URL: if ( get_option( ‘siteurl’ ) !== get_option( ‘home’ ) ) { // whatever This also works if home is a subdirectory of the root, with WordPress installed in yet another subdirectory. For example: domain.com/blog (URL) and domain.com/blog/wordpress (siteurl).
There is not much a difference but, for wp_mkdir_p() we can only pass the full path to attempt to create a folder. It is recursive directory creation function which check for the file_exists() or not. And moreover we don’t need to pass the folder permission because it checks for the parent directory permission and sets … Read more
You could create a custom post type ‘student’, with post thumbnails for the images. The post title would be their name, post content would be the blurb. If the code scares you, there are plugins to assist. Taxonomies are also available to you, which operate like categories and tags, but can be any set of … Read more
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
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.