Title: Filesystem is Not Writeable
Last modified: April 22, 2024

---

# Filesystem is Not Writeable

 *  Resolved [Ivan Salloum](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ivansalloum1/)
 * (@ivansalloum1)
 * [1 year, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/filesystem-is-not-writeable/)
 * Hey,
 * I disabled the Plugin/Theme editor and updates/installations in WordPress using:
 * `define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true);`
 * After doing so, I noticed a message in the Redis plugin dashboard indicating 
   that the filesystem isn’t writeable. Would this affect the Redis object cache?
 * If I add this directive before enabling Redis, I can’t enable it anymore because
   the filesystem isn’t writeable.
 * If Redis is already enabled, I believe it will still function properly.
 * Would this directive impact Redis from functioning, or adding it after enabling
   Redis won’t make a difference?

Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total)

 *  Plugin Author [Till Krüss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tillkruess/)
 * (@tillkruess)
 * [1 year, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/filesystem-is-not-writeable/#post-17705359)
 * We’ll make this a bit less alerting in the next version.
 * If `DISALLOW_FILE_MODS` then the Redis Object Cache plugin can’t work with the
   filesystem, which is no issue if you put the `object-cache.php` drop-in in place
   yourself, or use `wp redis enable` to do so.
 *  Thread Starter [Ivan Salloum](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ivansalloum1/)
 * (@ivansalloum1)
 * [1 year, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/filesystem-is-not-writeable/#post-17706382)
 * Thanks for your answer.
 * If I enable Redis first and then add `DISALLOW_FILE_MODS` to the `wp-config.php`
   file, would that work?
 *  Plugin Author [Till Krüss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tillkruess/)
 * (@tillkruess)
 * [1 year, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/filesystem-is-not-writeable/#post-17708370)
 * We just released an update to Redis Object Cache that makes this less harsh.
 * If you want to enable the `object-cache.php` drop-in through the WordPress dashboard,
   then you must disable `DISALLOW_FILE_MODS` for the action.
 * You can however always enable the drop-in using the WP CLI command `wp redis 
   enable`.
 *  Thread Starter [Ivan Salloum](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ivansalloum1/)
 * (@ivansalloum1)
 * [1 year, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/filesystem-is-not-writeable/#post-17712529)
 * Thanks.

Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total)

The topic ‘Filesystem is Not Writeable’ is closed to new replies.

 * ![](https://ps.w.org/redis-cache/assets/icon-256x256.gif?rev=2568513)
 * [Redis Object Cache](https://wordpress.org/plugins/redis-cache/)
 * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/redis-cache/)
 * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/redis-cache/active/)
 * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/redis-cache/unresolved/)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/redis-cache/reviews/)

 * 6 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Ivan Salloum](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ivansalloum1/)
 * Last activity: [1 year, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/filesystem-is-not-writeable/#post-17712529)
 * Status: resolved