Title: Not writeable
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Not writeable

 *  Resolved [shrimp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shrimp/)
 * (@shrimp)
 * [20 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-writeable/)
 * I have tried changing permissions for about eveything in my wordpress folders,
   but I still can’t edit theme or plugins. Also codeforged’s Headline Images plugin
   does not work. The plugin gives the error:
 * >  FATAL: The directory you specified to cache the image files is not writeable
   > from the Apache task. Either select a different directory or make the directory
   > you specified writable by the Apache task (chmod 755 the directory).
 * I am thinking it has something to do with apache … ? or some weird permissions
   thing. I’ve tried searching, and I’ve found nothing.
 * -shrimp

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 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [20 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-writeable/#post-269690)
 * What are you using to try and change permissions ?
 *  Thread Starter [shrimp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shrimp/)
 * (@shrimp)
 * [20 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-writeable/#post-269691)
 * I have used my cpanel X, and a online FTP site called net2ftp (net2ftp.com)
 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [20 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-writeable/#post-269692)
 * I think net2ftp is a phenomenally bad idea. Extremely bad.
 * Filezilla is what you need – [http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/FileZilla/](http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/FileZilla/)
 *  Thread Starter [shrimp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shrimp/)
 * (@shrimp)
 * [20 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-writeable/#post-269697)
 * I am at college. My college has a firewall that is supposed to let me make ftp
   connections, but doesn’t. net2ftp is pretty much all I can use. I also have a
   mac, filezilla won’t work.
 * Anyways, net2ftp isn’t the problem. I have a different site I use wordpress on,
   everything works, and I used net2ftp.
 *  Thread Starter [shrimp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shrimp/)
 * (@shrimp)
 * [20 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-writeable/#post-269806)
 * Resolved by my host and I

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 * Last reply from: [shrimp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shrimp/)
 * Last activity: [20 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-writeable/#post-269806)
 * Status: resolved

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