Clone or Move or Backup/Restore file-permission buggy wordpress site

  • marciokoko

    (@marciokoko)


    4 years, 9 months ago

    I have a self-hosted wp site that Im done trying to fix its file permissions. For years ive been unable to properly and automatically update its versions, always a file permissions issue. Last time I ended up creating a new installation under a subdirectory and i dont want to keep doing that. So I was thinking of creating a clean wp site and just importing everything.

    Im on media temple DV hosted, plesk managed server. Plesk has a Clone feature but also a copy data and a backup/restore. I thought of importing it into wordpress.com free hosted site and then erasing everything in the self-hosted and move it back.

    Any recommendations?

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  • Moderator bcworkz

    (@bcworkz)

    4 years, 9 months ago

    You don’t need to import or export anything. Just keep the current DB intact while you do whatever with the server files. If all folders and files are owned by the user PHP and WP run as, and that user has full file/folder permissions, then updates and similar procedures should work as expected. Uploading files via FTP should accomplish this since the FTP server also runs as this user.

    The files you need to maintain or back up are wp-config.php and everything in /wp-content/uploads/, plus any custom coded plugins or themes where you cannot download a fresh copy.

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