Permissions for Wordpress - Ask Ubuntu

what correct permissions give wordpress files on clean install?

i don't use users, root account.

i believe might correct unless changed recently:

answer on stack overflow manuel schneid3r:

when setup wp (the webserver) may need write access files. access rights may need loose.

chown www-data:www-data  -r * # let apache owner find . -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;  # change directory permissions rwxr-xr-x find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;  # change file permissions rw-r--r-- 

after setup should tighten access rights, according hardening wordpress files except wp-content should writable user account only. wp-content must writable www-data too.

chown <username>:<username>  -r * # let useraccount owner chown www-data:www-data wp-content # let apache owner of wp-content 

maybe want change contents in wp-content later on. in case could

• temporarily change user www-data su,
• give wp-content group write access 775 , join group www-data or
• give user access rights folder using acls.

whatever do, make sure files have rw permissions www-data.

correct me if wrong though :).