Title: open_basedir
Last modified: December 13, 2022

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# open_basedir

 *  Resolved [izomar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/izomar/)
 * (@izomar)
 * [3 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/open_basedir-5/)
 * Good morning
    Tempted by the good reviews of the plugin I wanted to install it
   on my site. I use shared hosting and have three websites on my account. Unfortunately,
   after activating the plugin, I get errors that are related to accessing outside
   of the site’s home folder, i.e. it requires me to disable open_basedir protection.
   Is it possible for the plug-in to work correctly with open_basedir protection
   active? Best regards.
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fopen_basedir-5%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [Paul](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paultgoodchild/)
 * (@paultgoodchild)
 * [3 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/open_basedir-5/#post-16286465)
 * Hi,
 * The only reason Shield might start to look outside the site, is perhaps to look
   in /tmp, maybe. But that’s only because it doesn’t have write permissions to 
   to /wp-content/shield/. So if you can ensure we can write there, then the problem
   should be solved I’d guess..
 *  Thread Starter [izomar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/izomar/)
 * (@izomar)
 * [3 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/open_basedir-5/#post-16290396)
 * Good morning
    what CHMOD permissions should be for the folder /wp-content/shield/
 *  Plugin Author [Paul](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paultgoodchild/)
 * (@paultgoodchild)
 * [3 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/open_basedir-5/#post-16290559)
 * There’s no way to know what would work for your particular setup, as it will 
   depend on how your site hosting and permissions/users are configured. If there’s
   another directory in there that WordPress can write to without issue, perhaps
   try replicating it

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 * Last reply from: [Paul](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paultgoodchild/)
 * Last activity: [3 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/open_basedir-5/#post-16290559)
 * Status: resolved