Conditional file mods for WordPress admins

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Secret conditional file modifcation status for WordPress admins

Copy and paste the contents of this gist into your wp-config.php.

Then access your admin panel with ?wpSuperUser appended to the url. For example: https://example.com/wp-admin/?wpSuperUser This will unlock file modifications for a day allowing you to run core updates, add and remove plugins..etc

wp-config.php

<?php

...

/**
 * Disable file modifications by default but allow for requests with `?wpSuperUser`
 * Set a cookie to expire after a day, allows updates/processes to be ran..etc
 */
if ( !empty( $_COOKIE[ 'wpSuperUser' ] ) || isset( $_GET[ 'wpSuperUser' ] ) ) {
	define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', false);
	$expires = time() + 60 * 60 * 24 * ( 1 ); // Expire in 1 day
	setcookie( 'wpSuperUser', true, $expires, '/' );
} else {
	define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true);
}