Wordpress can't create directory

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After trying to figure out how to get my FTP to work, I ran into other problems concerning Wordpress. I ran Wordpress on Ubuntu 14.04 fine and it worked until I started messing the the FTP, but now I can’t seem to be able to load in plugins because it doesn’t have the permissions to do it. Since I didn’t install Wordpress myself, I don’t know which FTP account it was configured to use and I’m not quite sure how to go about fixing this.

Could anyone help me out with this? I’m not too well versed in Ubuntu.

plasabusana01 · Answer

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Andrew SB · Answer

How are you trying to upload the plugins? Are you using a local FTP client like Filezilla or are you using a Wordpress FTP plugin? The plugins folder should be owned by the www-data user. You can make sure it is by running:

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/wp-content/plugins/

rmalenko · Answer

I’m use script with these command.

chown -R www-data:www-data /var/wwwfind /var/www/ -type d -exec chmod 755 {} ;find /var/www/ -type f -exec chmod 644 {} ;

If you store website’s files other locations than /var/www/ just correct to right path :)

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