WordPress Permissions Command

nsgoyat

Hello there,
I was wondering if there is any WO command to update the WordPress Directory/File permissions whenever needed. Sometimes during the site migration or when I upload something using FTP/root user, I usually run the following commands:

sudo chown -R www-data /var/www/example.com/htdocs/*
sudo chgrp -R www-data /var/www/example.com/htdocs/*

cd /var/www/example.com/htdocs/
sudo find -type d -exec chmod 750 {} \;
sudo find -type f -exec chmod 640 {} \;

It would be really great if there is a single command that may perform the all above actions such as wo update example.com --wpperm

VirtuBox

Hello nsgoyat,
Thanks for your suggestion. A new command for WordPress management is already planned : wo site wp <option>
I added the flag --fixperm into the Github Project card.

RubyPixel

VirtuBox we would really appreciate this update...can you let us know if it's going to be implemented in future?

jonathannz

VirtuBox
Hi there. It's now ₁.5 years later. Was this --fixperm flag every implemented? I don't see any mention of it in WordOps documentation, or in a search online, except that it appears in this todo list: https://github.com/WordOps/WordOps/projects/2#card-26543246

deez

Any updates?

portofacil

I think WO won't have any new features for a while.

If you need to fix your permissions, try this (as root):

cd /var/www/domain.com
chown -R www-data:www-data .
find . -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;
find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;

victorkane

Hi there, thanks so much for this project! I love using it. Concerning this permissions issue, I was wondering, if my admin non-root user is a member of group www-data, if I were to change permissions of all directories from /var/www/domain.com on down to 775 and all files to 664, giving write permissions to members of group, www-data, then would it be true to say:

I would not have to be root to sftp, rsync, etc files in, as long as I used a user member of group www-data
WordOps and nginx configuration would not have any problems with the new standard permissions for directories and files

Was thinking that might be a more elegant permission so as not to have to clean up after having had to be root to copy in files, etc.

Comments?

portofacil

victorkane I'd rather follow these lines:

http://michaelsoriano.com/solving-the-web-file-permissions-problem-once-and-for-all-repost/

I've used it in the past, and it really solved my needs at that time.

mdoooooot

portofacil That is a truly amazing tip!

nsgoyat

jonathannz It's not implemented yet. WordOps hasn't seen any stable update in the last 1.5 years as the main developer Virtubox is unable to have the free time for this open-source project. Overall, it's still a pretty stable, lite, free, and performance-friendly solution for WordPress.

jonathannz

nsgoyat Thanks for letting me know. I hadn't previously realised WordOps was essentially no longer in development. Sorry to hear that. Hopefully it remains functional for the foreseeable future.