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Fix wordpress file permissions
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#!/bin/bash | |
# | |
# This script configures WordPress file permissions based on recommendations | |
# from http://codex.wordpress.org/Hardening_WordPress#File_permissions | |
# | |
# 1- Add this file in public_html | |
# 2- give execute permissions by: chmod +x fix-wordpress-permissions.sh | |
# 3- use this command to execute | |
# sudo sh ./fix_wordpress_file_permissions.sh /home/yourwebsite-goes-here/public_html | |
# | |
# Thanks to Michael Conigliaro | |
# | |
WP_OWNER=www-data # <-- wordpress owner Checking by: egrep -i '^user|^group' /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf | |
WP_GROUP=www-data # <-- wordpress group Checking by: egrep -i '^user|^group' /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf | |
WP_ROOT=$1 # <-- wordpress root directory | |
WS_GROUP=www-data # <-- webserver group Checking by: egrep -i '^user|^group' /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf | |
# reset to safe defaults | |
find ${WP_ROOT} -exec chown ${WP_OWNER}:${WP_GROUP} {} \; | |
find ${WP_ROOT} -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \; | |
find ${WP_ROOT} -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \; | |
# allow wordpress to manage wp-config.php (but prevent world access) | |
chgrp ${WS_GROUP} ${WP_ROOT}/wp-config.php | |
chmod 660 ${WP_ROOT}/wp-config.php | |
# allow wordpress to manage wp-content | |
find ${WP_ROOT}/wp-content -exec chgrp ${WS_GROUP} {} \; | |
find ${WP_ROOT}/wp-content -type d -exec chmod 775 {} \; | |
find ${WP_ROOT}/wp-content -type f -exec chmod 664 {} \; |
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