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Created August 17, 2012 23:16
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  1. Adirael created this gist Aug 17, 2012.
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    #!/bin/bash
    #
    # This script configures WordPress file permissions based on recommendations
    # from http://codex.wordpress.org/Hardening_WordPress#File_permissions
    #
    # Author: Michael Conigliaro <mike [at] conigliaro [dot] org>
    #
    WP_OWNER=www-data # <-- wordpress owner
    WP_GROUP=www-data # <-- wordpress group
    WP_ROOT=$1 # <-- wordpress root directory
    WS_GROUP=www-data # <-- webserver group

    # reset to safe defaults
    find ${WP_ROOT} -exec chown ${WP_OWNER}:${WP_GROUP} {} \;
    find ${WP_ROOT} -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;
    find ${WP_ROOT} -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;

    # allow wordpress to manage wp-config.php (but prevent world access)
    chgrp ${WS_GROUP} ${WP_ROOT}/wp-config.php
    chmod 660 ${WP_ROOT}/wp-config.php

    # allow wordpress to manage wp-content
    find ${WP_ROOT}/wp-content -exec chgrp ${WS_GROUP} {} \;
    find ${WP_ROOT}/wp-content -type d -exec chmod 775 {} \;
    find ${WP_ROOT}/wp-content -type f -exec chmod 664 {} \;