typecastfilms

Just got this figured out.

In simpler terms:

1. Create a phpinfo page, if you don’t already have one.
2. Scroll down to “apache2handler” and look for “User/Group.”
3. Remember the name listed for the user. My entry was apache(#)/#, the name was “apache.”
4. Log into a terminal as the root user. Google this step if you need help here.
5. Navigate to the folder just above where your WP is installed. Mine is installed to the root directory (httpdocs), so it was at var/www/vhosts/mydomain.com
6. Type chown -R (your the username from earlier) (your wp directory)/ – for me, chown -R apache httpdocs/. This changes the ownership of the directory to apache.
7. Navigate to your wp-content folder: httpdocs/wp-content/
8. Type chmod -R 766 uploads/. This changes permissions so that apache can read, write, and execute there.

This worked for me. Hopefully others who find this thread through Google (like I did) will find this useful.