Title: Security Settings
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Security Settings

 *  Resolved [idodge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/idodge/)
 * (@idodge)
 * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-settings/)
 * I have wordpress working on my site. I’ve been messing around with themes etc,
   just seeing how things work etc. My question is to do with security. I’ve posted
   to my blog, but at the moment it appears that anyone who visits could go in an
   edit my post. How do I fix this??

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 *  [ladydelaluna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ladydelaluna/)
 * (@ladydelaluna)
 * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-settings/#post-422596)
 * It just looks that way – to you. Because you’re logged in.
    Log out, and then
   view your site – you won’t see the edit links anymore. 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [idodge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/idodge/)
 * (@idodge)
 * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-settings/#post-422604)
 * Thanks! I feel like an idiot. Such a simple thing! Based on this, I don’t think
   I’m ready to start messing with the plugins!
 * One other thing. With my site, I only want visitors to be able to view the content
   and leave comments if they’d like. Is this the default for wordpress? I’ve been
   reading up on file permissions etc and think I’m confused (the 664 775 thing 
   got me).
 *  [ladydelaluna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ladydelaluna/)
 * (@ladydelaluna)
 * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-settings/#post-422663)
 * Don’t feel like an idiot – trust me… that’s a normal question! And plugins are(
   for the most part) easy peasy compared to file permissions! In fact, don’t mess
   with file permissions too much, or you might find your site disappears on ya!
 * File permissions (664, 755, 777, etc) have nothing to do with the way your site
   appears on the web (unless you use file permissions to stop it (or parts of it)
   from appearing on the web) The only thing is that if your permissions are set
   too high, it makes it easier for someone to “hack” into your site (which oftentimes
   is never really a big deal, most do it just because they can – so don’t sweat
   that too much unless you’ve got a hacker that really hates you) 😉 But file permissions
   are server-side (FTP rules/permissions) and your web site is something the display
   of what’s on your server. Does that make better sense?
 * The default is that people can read and comment, as well as use trackbacks and
   pingbacks to your site. So if you see a comment that doesn’t look like the others,(
   might have `[...]` at the beginning and end) that’s just someone linking to you.
 * Here’s a good reference link – it’s the WP “bible” so to speak: [http://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page](http://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page)
 *  Thread Starter [idodge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/idodge/)
 * (@idodge)
 * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-settings/#post-422946)
 * Thanks very much for your responses! I really appreciate it.
    Cheers

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [idodge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/idodge/)
 * Last activity: [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-settings/#post-422946)
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