Möchten Sie den Fehler bei den Datei- und Ordnerberechtigungen in WordPress beheben?
Falsche Datei- und Ordnerberechtigungen können beim Hochladen Fehler auf Ihrer WordPress-Website verursachen. Diese Fehler können WordPress daran hindern, Bilder hochzuladen, Skripte zu beeinträchtigen und die Sicherheit Ihrer Website zu verringern.
In diesem Artikel zeigen wir Ihnen, wie Sie den Fehler bei den Datei- und Ordnerberechtigungen in WordPress leicht beheben können.
Wie funktionieren Datei- und Ordnerberechtigungen in WordPress?
Datei- und Ordnerberechtigungen in WordPress steuern, wer die Dateien Ihrer Website lesen, ausführen oder ändern darf. Ihr WordPress-Webhosting-Unternehmen verwendet spezielle Software wie Apache, um diese Dateien zu verwalten und in Browsern anzuzeigen.
Diese Berechtigungen sind wichtig, damit WordPress Dateien verwalten, Ordner erstellen und Aufgaben auf dem Server ausführen kann.
Wenn die Berechtigungen falsch gesetzt sind, kann WordPress daran gehindert werden, Dinge wie das Erstellen von Ordnern, das Hochladen von Bildern oder das Ausführen von Skripten zu tun. Falsche Berechtigungen gefährden auch die Sicherheit Ihrer WordPress-Website.
Wenn die Berechtigungen nicht stimmen, warnt WordPress Sie normalerweise vor Problemen, z. B. dass Sie keine Dateien bearbeiten oder Ordner erstellen können. Manchmal sehen Sie jedoch keine spezifischen Fehlermeldungen.
Was sind die korrekten Datei- und Ordnerberechtigungen in WordPress?
Die richtigen Einstellungen für Datei- und Ordnerberechtigungen ermöglichen WordPress das Erstellen von Ordnern und Dateien. Die folgenden Einstellungen werden für die meisten Benutzer empfohlen:
- 755 für alle Ordner und Unterordner. Dies ermöglicht dem Website-Besitzer das Lesen, Schreiben und Ausführen von Ordnern.
- 644 für alle Dateien. Dadurch kann der Eigentümer der Website Dateien lesen und schreiben, während andere sie nur lesen können.
Werfen wir also einen Blick darauf, wie man die Datei- und Ordnerberechtigungen in WordPress auf einfache Weise korrigieren kann.
WordPress-Berechtigungen für Dateien und Ordner korrigieren
Zunächst müssen Sie sich mit einem FTP-Client wie FileZilla oder der Dateimanager-App in Ihrem cPanel mit Ihrer WordPress-Website verbinden. Sobald Sie verbunden sind, gehen Sie einfach zum Stammordner Ihrer WordPress-Website.
Danach müssen Sie alle Ordner im Stammverzeichnis markieren und dann mit der rechten Maustaste „Dateiberechtigungen“ auswählen.
Daraufhin wird das Dialogfeld mit den Dateiberechtigungen angezeigt.
Nun müssen Sie in das Feld für den numerischen Wert „755“ eingeben. Danach müssen Sie auf das Kontrollkästchen „In Unterverzeichnissen rekursieren“ klicken und dann die Option „Nur auf Verzeichnisse anwenden“ auswählen.
Klicken Sie auf die Schaltfläche „OK“, um fortzufahren. Ihr FTP-Client beginnt nun, die Berechtigungen für Ordner und Unterordner festzulegen. Sie müssen warten, bis der Vorgang abgeschlossen ist.
Als Nächstes müssen Sie alle Dateien und Ordner im Stammverzeichnis Ihrer WordPress-Website auswählen und dann mit der rechten Maustaste auf „Dateiberechtigungen“ klicken.
Das Dialogfeld mit den Dateiberechtigungen wird angezeigt.
Diesmal müssen Sie „644“ in das Feld „Numerischer Wert“ eingeben. Danach klicken Sie einfach auf das Kontrollkästchen „In Unterverzeichnisse rekursieren“ und wählen dann die Option „Nur auf Dateien anwenden“.
Klicken Sie auf „OK“, um fortzufahren.
Ihr FTP-Client beginnt nun, die Dateiberechtigungen für alle Dateien auf Ihrer WordPress-Website festzulegen.
Wenn diese Methode nicht funktioniert, empfehlen wir Ihnen, sich an Ihren Hosting-Anbieter zu wenden. Möglicherweise liegt ein Fehler auf dessen Seite vor und er kann Ihnen helfen. Weitere Tipps finden Sie in unserem Leitfaden, wie Sie richtig nach WordPress-Support fragen.
Um mehr über WordPress-Dateien zu erfahren, lesen Sie unseren Leitfaden für Einsteiger über WordPress-Dateien und -Verzeichnisse.
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Unarine Leo Netshifhefhe says
I searched around for other articles and I found this other article which mentioned something about using chmod, it qoutes the following „If you are looking to change the permission for the wp-config.php file, you can use the following command for the suggested change as cited earlier –
chmod 600 wp-config.php“, so I would like to know if this is advisable and where can I find the command line?
WPBeginner Support says
That is mainly a different way to do what we cover in the article and is not always a beginner friendly method.
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Unarine Leo Netshifhefhe says
I have a problem with my file manager there’s a folder which isnt either 644 nor 755, it is 600 and whenever I try to change it, I get an error alert saying that permission operation failed, how can i solve that?
WPBeginner Support says
You would want to reach out to your hosting provider and they should be able to assist you with the permissions issue.
Admin
Boris says
Hi, great article. Just to confirm, I understand step 1 “ you must select all folders in the root directory“ and then its the next step that I’m no sure about: „Next, you need to select all files and folders in the root folder of your WordPress site…“ So that would be the folder: „Public_Html? Because that’s where the folders I see in your screenshot reside. And your not selecting all the folders again under the root directory as in step 1 right?
Thanks and best regards
WPBeginner Support says
It depends on your host but in the folders selected you would want to see wp-admin, wp-content, and wp-includes to make sure you are in the correct location.
Admin
MBarbz says
This actually worked with the step one (Permissions and 777). For some reason i wasn’t able to delete two folders from the „Upload“-Folder and then it worked. For some reason i had to re-start Filezilla because it was getting frozen but it worked out. Thanks.
WPBeginner Support says
Glad our guide was able to help!
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Awais says
Hi,
Thank you so much for this guide, it helped me to fix my issue. awesome!!
WPBeginner Support says
Glad our guide was helpful
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Shahid says
Thank you …. I set the folder permission to 755 and error was gone
WPBeginner Support says
Glad our guide was helpful
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Tracy says
Is there a reason why it is recommended to use an FTP client to manage user permission instead of managing them in the C-panel?
WPBeginner Support says
Not all hosting providers offer cpanel access
Admin
Tracy says
Thank you very much. This tutorial was extremely helpful.
WPBeginner Support says
Glad our guide was helpful!
Stegemüller says
I was struggling for many hours and could not understand what had happend. I found this guide and followed every step. Now both my main domain and subdomain are working again. Thank you VERY much.
WPBeginner Support says
Glad our guide was helpful
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John says
Thanks very much. I messed up permissions and your instructions fixed up everything.
WPBeginner Support says
Glad our guide was able to help
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Max says
Could you tell me what FTP program your using, so the instructions are easier to follow. as most programs don’t use the same terminology it seems.
WPBeginner Support says
The specific one used should be Filezilla
Admin
Adam says
I have followed the article and still getting the error please help
WPBeginner Support says
If you are still receiving the error, you would want to reach out to your hosting provider and they should be able to assist.
Admin
Nicole says
I’ve been searching like crazy and still can’t find my answer. Any idea what’s going on? When I follow the directions to right click and look for „File Permissions“, I don’t have that option. So I’m stuck and still can’t upload images anymore
Any advice would be much appreciated.
WPBeginner Support says
If you can’t see the folder permissions, we would recommend reaching out to your hosting provider and they should be able to assist.
Admin
Andy says
Thanks so much! Worked great.
WPBeginner Support says
Glad our guide could help you
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Jun says
Hello, I followed this article, but I can’t connect to my website after changing all permissions.
Do I have to wait?
Or something wrong happened?
it would be great if anyone who know about this help me.
WPBeginner Support says
It would depend on if you are seeing an error message on your site, for a starting point we would recommend reaching out to your hosting provider to see if they find any errors.
Admin
Bobbi says
Does anyone have any idea why, every time wordpress automatically updates, I have to go back in and reset file permissions? This page is really useful for fixing this issue, but I just want it to stop!
WPBeginner Support says
You may want to reach out to your hosting provider to ensure there isn’t a setting that could be causing that from their end.
Admin
Harvey says
Thank you! This article just saved my web page!
WPBeginner Support says
You’re welcome, glad our guide was helpful
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marni says
How do you handle the request for FTP credentials when you’re learning WordPress on a local host? I read this article but the sharing and permissions menu on a mac does not show a numeric value field.
WPBeginner Support says
It would depend on the specific issue you’re running into but rather than needing FTP for a local installation, you would want to navigate to where the files are on your computer.
Admin
MikeMoy says
For files you state to give permissions 644 for owner,group,others. Why do you give file read permissions (4) to others. Is there some reason others require file read permissions, why are all files not set to 640 ?
WPBeginner Support says
Then users would run into an issue trying to view your content.
Admin
Ali Jey says
Thanks for the tutorial. I could fix this problem for files already on the website, but everytime new files are uploaded they have the same problem again!
WPBeginner Support says
If this issue is constant, we would recommend reaching out to your hosting provider to take a look at possible causes.
Admin
Trish says
having this issue on a locally hosted site that I’m using for test purposes only. So I don’t have FTP access to the files and changing their permissions from Windows Explorer is not working. Any other ideas?
The main WP directory and the Themes directory are both unwritable according to the WP System Tools.
WPBeginner Support says
You would want to check with the localhost tool you are using for your site as which one you are using would determine the options you have available and the possible issues.
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Krisjanis Nimanis says
Hello, did You manage to fix your error? And what localhost tool are you using?
Md Rasel Rahman Ricky says
Thank you sir….
This Tutorial is working….
WPBeginner Support says
Glad our guide was helpful
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Saqib Naqash says
Update php vision to latest
WPBeginner Support says
Thanks for sharing another recommendation people can try
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kyrien says
i accidentally changed the permission on my update file to xxx and now when i try to change it back to 755 it won’t save. Any help?
WPBeginner Support says
If you’re unable to update the file permissions, you would want to reach out to your hosting provider they should be able to assist
Admin
dominique says
I’ve made your solution with the permissions 755 and 644, the website works a few seconds and than it breaks agin. And i have to do the permissions again. can you help me?
WPBeginner Support says
If the permissions are reverting then you would want to reach out to your hosting provider to ensure that there isn’t a setting on their end that would modify the permissions as well.
Admin
anami says
Installation failed: Could not create directory.
WPBeginner Support says
If the method in this article does not remove that error, you would want to reach out to your hosting provider.
Admin
Suzana says
Hi, I should change file permission:
/ 755 750 WARNING
Can somebody tell me, where to find this „/“ in C panel? To be honest, I don’t know, what this sign / means. Thank you, have a great day! Suzana
WPBeginner Support says
If you’re using the file manager on your host’s cpanel then your site’s files are normally under public_html as that is where most FTPs connect to your host.
Admin
UDAY says
how to solve the error Could not create directory in wordpress uploading thems
Dan says
Thanks for this article! I thought I had completely fudged my site. None of my uploaded media or even CSS styling (I have no idea why that was effected) was displaying properly.
I had tweaked my permissions earlier but must have done it incorrectly. Your fix was the solution to my problem!
Many thanks
Erik says
Thank you for this insightful article – I will keep it as a ressource for cases of curiousity (and panic, of course :D).
What I am struggling with are „wp GET“-lookups with result 404 when playing around with cacheing.
My wordpress installation is in a subfolder named wp, not in the root folder.
Which rights would I have to give this specific folder?
Thanks in advance for any help.
imran says
Hi there, Im having issues in links of FTP and WordPress..first i make a basic html and upload thrugh FTP after sometime i convert that website in using wordpress..now the issue is that the links of those html files and folders which i uploaded in FTP is now not working.just new links are working.The Error is “ No Page Found“
is there any tool, plugin or way to make alive those FTP Html links??please help me in this issue
Osuji Macdonald says
my system can not read WordPress properly. the files are not displaying very well. it just showing white icons of the files like a white sheet paper.
Odhran says
Hi
I have wordpress installed on a local server and I’m getting ’no data could be retrieved from the servers‘ when I try to access the slider revolution library.
Is this because of the file permissions error described here? I’ve set all of the user permissions to ‚full control‘ in my index.php file to no avail. I don’t seem to have the option to change to the numeric permissions you describe above. Really stuck on this one so any help would be appreciated.
thanks & regards
Odhran
Andy says
I changed 755 to all folder and 644 to all file. But still cannot upload images to Media and cannot install new plugins.
PS: I upload whole wp-content folder from another hosting to my new hosting and extract it.
Please give me some advices.
Thank you.
Cody Cortez says
This is because you can’t just copy item from a server to another without tweaking the Database. The database must know that the ones you just copied ‚exist‘
Taran jeet says
Try to Change Max Upload Size and File Size. This will Fix Your Issue. As It Works For Me
Nazrul Islam says
Useful but since I’m such a newbie and still learning WordPress, I am stuck. I can’t even seem to log in because of the 500 internal server error. Do you know what I should do?
Ali osama says
I’ve a problem after i changed permissions to be like above, this error appears :
„Application error
An error occurred in the website and your page could not be displayed. If you are the website owner, check your logs for details“
Ethan says
This works for all types of PHP applications sitting on a website server and not only WordPress. My host denied me access to all folders and files including login page and registration page.
Little did i know that all my files and folders were still to 777 during local development. After changing folders and files recursively to 755 and 644 respectively it worked.
LB says
Hi there, Im having issues in that I dont have sufficient permissions to change permissions through the FTP client… unable to create new folders. very frustrating, have spent ages looking for a solution. Running a WP multisite running on Amazon EC2). Thanks.
Suyog says
@LB , you have limited access to your FTP account. Please contact Amazon to get you full access. or if you have server access then change permission in filezilla server.