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File permissions

- [Instructor] The successful operation of your new WordPress site depends on WordPress or the public being able to read, write, or execute different files. Reading controls whether or not a file can be accessed, whether it can be opened and viewed. Almost all of your files need to be readable. Writing controls whether the file can be modified and has a different impact depending on whether the permissions are present for the file or for the directory it is in. Execution applies to programs, which describes very few files in WordPress. Scripts, whether JavaScript or PHP, only require read permissions. The execution is done by the PHP program. But execution is required on folders in order to access files inside them. There are standard recommendations for file permissions in a WordPress installation but there are some variations in the real world. Server configuration matters. The WordPress codex recommends that folders…

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