Title: wordpress permissions problem
Last modified: April 10, 2019

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# wordpress permissions problem

 *  [bsahmed](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bsahmed/)
 * (@bsahmed)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-permissions-problem-2/)
 * hello guys,
    i installed WordPress on a private server shared with many other
   users however folders inside this server are protected with permissions given
   to every user.so for me as user i could read and right inside these folders that’s
   why i could install WordPress and it worked fine But there only one problem :
   WordPress cannot change any thing inside these folders wich caused many problems(
   istalling plugins,themes, creating pages,posts , uploading files,photos …).So
   my question is how to give WordPress access to do such things in other words 
   to whome should i give access right so that WordPress works normally.
 * thanks.
    -  This topic was modified 7 years, 1 month ago by [bsahmed](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bsahmed/).

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 *  [Richard van Denderen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rdd/)
 * (@rdd)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-permissions-problem-2/#post-11411538)
 * Hi bsahmed,
 * I would say that it’s a job of the server administrator to make sure that the
   server is properly configurated so that WordPress works as it should be.
 * That being said, if you have (s)FTP acces you could add some constants to the`
   wp-config.php` so that you can update WP and install plugins/themes etc.
    [https://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#WordPress_Upgrade_Constants](https://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#WordPress_Upgrade_Constants)
 *  Thread Starter [bsahmed](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bsahmed/)
 * (@bsahmed)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-permissions-problem-2/#post-11411545)
 * i know but the server’s admin told me to give him a user’s name so that he could
   give access to it, and i don’t know what’s the name of wordpress’s user.And i
   am looking for this for a while now to make things clearer when wordpress tries
   to read or write on a file it do this under a user’s name that’s what i need.
    -  This reply was modified 7 years, 1 month ago by [bsahmed](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bsahmed/).
 *  [Richard van Denderen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rdd/)
 * (@rdd)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-permissions-problem-2/#post-11411603)
 * It’s maybe a bit harsh but it would probably be in your best interest to look
   at a different hosting provider that has more experience hosting WordPress websites.
 * Because it is a private server there are tons of different possibilities of solutions
   but also of what is causing the problem.
    tHis is probably more an issue on the
   server/software level than it is with WordPress itself. The PHP process that 
   WP is using should be allowed (within limits) to make read/write changes to files,
   it’s up to the server admin to configure this properly.
 *  Thread Starter [bsahmed](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bsahmed/)
 * (@bsahmed)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-permissions-problem-2/#post-11411622)
 * No its more wordpress issue because if we know how wordpress works we can understand
   how does it access to its folders and then give it the access to do it.
 *  [Richard van Denderen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rdd/)
 * (@rdd)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-permissions-problem-2/#post-11411670)
 * It’s mostly about file ownersship and the processes that run on the server.
 * [https://codex.wordpress.org/Updating_WordPress#File_Ownership](https://codex.wordpress.org/Updating_WordPress#File_Ownership)
   
   [https://wordpress.org/support/article/changing-file-permissions/](https://wordpress.org/support/article/changing-file-permissions/)
    -  This reply was modified 7 years, 1 month ago by [Richard van Denderen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rdd/).

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [Richard van Denderen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rdd/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-permissions-problem-2/#post-11411670)
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