wp_rights.md

WordPress Permissions Script

This script sets the appropriate permissions and ownership for a WordPress installation running under Nginx on Ubuntu.

Usage

1. Download and run the script using the following command:

   wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/egubaidullin/scripts/main/wp_rights.sh && sudo bash wp_rights.sh /path/to/wordpress

   Replace /path/to/wordpress with the actual path to your WordPress installation directory.

2. The script will set the ownership to www-data:www-data and adjust the permissions for directories and files as follows:

   • Directories: 755
   • Files: 644
   • wp-config.php: 600
   • wp-content/uploads, wp-content/plugins, and wp-content/cache directories: 755 for directories and 644 for files.

Script Details

The script performs the following actions:

1. Changes the ownership of all files and directories in the specified WordPress directory to www-data:www-data.
2. Sets permissions to 755 for all directories.
3. Sets permissions to 644 for all files.
4. Sets permissions to 600 for the wp-config.php file.
5. Sets permissions to 755 for directories and 644 for files in the wp-content/uploads, wp-content/plugins, and wp-content/cache directories.