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1. canchuckwood
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Hi folks
   I'm new to wordpress and have been able to succesfully install it, and start customising my theme.

   However I am having trouble with the write permissions for adding images and editing plugins.

   In cPanel I have changed the write permissions for wp-content to 775 but I am still not able to edit these things.

   Anyone have any suggestions of what I'm doing wrong?

   Thanks so much

2. Samuel B
   moderator
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Try chmod 777

3. canchuckwood
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Doesn't that create a security issue? I will be setting up a site for someone else with no html/css/php knowledge, so they need to be able to upload photos without having to access the cPanel to change permissions every time. Am I missing something?

4. Samuel B
   moderator
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Well I chmod through http://ftp...

   Theoretically, you should only have to chmod 777 one time and then it will work with 755. Some hosts/servers stink, though, so...

   I agree it is a security issue to leave it at 777.

5. canchuckwood
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Ah, got it, thanks so much!!

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