WordPress and Apache WordPress needs to be able to use Apache. By default Apache runs on Ubunutu as user www-data. And … www-data is also a member of the group www-data So when you try to do a Git Pull then every file will have the wrong permissions as it’s expecting the owner to be … Read more
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I think that setting all to 777 is not the most secure option. Basically, my favourite is to change the wordpress to the webserver’s owner. Being: sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/ So that the webserver is responsible for handling changes. Also, you can change the rights to 755 for the whole /var/www branch sudo chmod … Read more
duplicate? At least you can find lots of (possible) explainations and (possible) solutions here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/640409/can-i-install-update-wordpress-plugins-without-providing-ftp-access
According to codex, For normal WordPress operations, such as posting blog posts, uploading media files, posting comments, creating new WordPress users and installing WordPress plugins, the MySQL database user only needs data read and data write privileges to the MySQL database; SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE and DELETE. Note: Some plugins, themes and major WordPress updates might … Read more
IIS 7 creates “IUSR” as default user to access files via IIS. So make user IUSR has write access to files/folders. How to check if IUSR has read Access? Right Click -> Folder -> Properties -> Security Tab See if IUSR is in Group or user names list, If No. Click Edit -> Add -> … Read more
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 The ‘edit_posts’ allows users to edit unpublished (e.g. draft) posts.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 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.