Typically, all files should be owned by your user (ftp) account on your web server, and should be writable by that account. This guide applies to servers running a standard setup (note, for shared hosting using “suexec” methods, see below). Permissions will be different from host to host, so this guide only details general principles. Owner has rw only, group has no permission and others have rwx Owner has rw only, group has rwx, others have no permission Owner has read only, other has rwx, group has no permission Owner has read only, group has rwx, others have no permission
Owner has rw only, group and others have no permission Owner has read only(4), group and others have no permission(0) Owner has rw only(6), other and group has rwx (7) Owner has read only (4), other and group has rwx (7) The permission mode is computed by adding up the following values for the user, the file group, and for everyone else. This is important because WordPress may need access to write to files in your wp-content directory to enable certain functions. On computer file systems, different files and directories have permissions that specify who and what can read, write, modify and access them.
