[WordPress] Code from our blog post Recursively Set WordPress File Permissions - http://www.limecanvas.com/recursively-set-wordpress-file-permissions/

code-snippet-1.bash

#!/bin/sh
#
# This script configures WordPress file permissions based on recommendations
# from http://codex.wordpress.org/Hardening_WordPress#File_permissions
#
# Author: Wil Brown
#
# @uses /bin/sh scriptname.sh path
# @params text path to your WordPress folder from the www root e.g. / or /WordPress
#
ROOT=/home/sites/mydomainname.com/public_html #your site's root directory

if [ $# = 1 ];
then
WP_ROOT=$ROOT$1;

#reset to safe defaults
find ${WP_ROOT} -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;
find ${WP_ROOT} -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;

#secure WordPress configuration file
chmod 440 ${WP_ROOT}/wp-config.php

#secure .htaccess
chmod 444 ${WP_ROOT}/.htaccess

echo "Done: Reset permissions in folder $WP_ROOT";
else
echo "You need to provide the WordPress directory relative to the root $ROOT";
fi