Title: Setting Permissions for WordPress Firewall
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Setting Permissions for WordPress Firewall

 *  [Miserere](https://wordpress.org/support/users/miserere/)
 * (@miserere)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/setting-permissions-for-wordpress-firewall/)
 * I’m trying to run WordPress Firewall, but when I activate it my site becomes 
   unavailable (I can’t access the Admin panel either).
 * I suspect this has something to do with the permissions I have set. Due to a 
   recent hack I don’t have any file more open than 755, with many at 705 or 750.
 * I’ve looked for a solution on [the plugin’s site](http://www.seoegghead.com/software/wordpress-firewall.seo)
   and here on the forums, but I can’t find it.
 * All help appreciated!
 *  _–M._

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 *  Thread Starter [Miserere](https://wordpress.org/support/users/miserere/)
 * (@miserere)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/setting-permissions-for-wordpress-firewall/#post-1475837)
 * Such deafening silence…
 * In case anyone comes across this same issue and finds this thread, here is what
   I did:
    1. Downloaded the .PHP plugin to my computer.
    2. Zipped the file.
    3. On the Manage Plugin control panel in WP, I used the “Add New” button to upload
       the zipped file.
    4. Once it had uploaded, I clicked on “Activate”, and it was done.
 * Previously I had just been FPTing the .PHP file to my Plugins folder and then
   activating it from the WP plugins list panel. For some reason this didn’t work.

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