Barry Goldberg

WordPress Persmissions - what should they be? Really!

August 25th, 2008

I am coming to the quick realization that some Wordpress (2.6) features, some that I am very used to, others that are new to 2.6, won’t work if the permissions on directories and files aren’t set correctly.  After some lengthy Googling, what "correct" is seems to be anyones guess based on what OS, webserver, WP version, plugin or theme you happen to be running.

So here is my question:

What should the permissions be on every directory and file within a Wordpress 2.6 installation be for the application to work as intended?

I would really like to hear from everyone - the community at large as well as those close to the Wordpress development.  But at the end of the day, I would appreciate hearing from an official source.

Update: I got some feedback…wordpress.org/support/topic/199164