Title: Permissions – basics
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Permissions – basics

 *  [taiz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/taiz/)
 * (@taiz)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permissions-basics/)
 * [Website](http://thijsbogers.eu/)
    Wordpress: 3.0.3 Theme: [Simplr](http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/simplr)
   FTP client: Filezilla
 * Two questions:
 * 1) I updated WordPress and now I have to change my permissions again so I can
   edit my theme. I know how to change my permissions. But I don’t know from which
   files and folders I should change my permissions.
 * 2) Some of my folders are already 777, is this in any way damaging or undesireable?
   Or does it not really matter? Should I stand on the WordPress folder and change
   the permissions to 755 or lower and recurse into subdirectories out of safety?
 * I hope I am making sense, I just really don’t know what to do with these permissions.
 * Answers are very much appreciated. Please do keep in mind that I am only a beginner
   when it comes to WordPress.
 * Thanks in advance.

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 *  [Marvel Labs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/royalprince/)
 * (@royalprince)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permissions-basics/#post-1828436)
 * Hey buddy,
 * Check this out. It will surely help you out.
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions](http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions)
 *  Thread Starter [taiz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/taiz/)
 * (@taiz)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permissions-basics/#post-1828553)
 * Althought that’s a lot of usefull info, I still don’t know what to do with the
   following:
 * When the permissions to my WordPress folder, recursing into subdirectories, was
   766, I could not even login into WordPress.
 * Now that I’ve changed the permissions to 777, recursing into subdirectories, 
   I can login again and edit the appearance of my theme. But this isn’t really 
   safe is it?
 * So what files do I change to what permissions in a manner that it is safe but
   that I can also login into WordPress and change the appearance of my theme.
 * Thanks in advance.

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 * [permissions](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/permissions/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [taiz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/taiz/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permissions-basics/#post-1828553)
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