WordPress

Installation

My notes taken while installing WordPress 4.1.1 on Ubuntu 14.04.02 LTS (CLi)

Recommended file permissions

Private WordPress installations seem to be the drum that hackers like to hit on these days. It seems that many themes are also vulnerable as well. Anyway, as a starting point for fortifying a WP installation here are recommended file permissions settings for a WordPress installation on a Linux box. These commands will set 750 for all folders, 640 for files, and 600 for wp-config.php file. Sitting with a root/sudo access on a parent folder from a WP installation folder (assuming wpfolder here).

# sudo find wpfolder -type d -exec chmod 750 {} +

# sudo find wpfolder -type f -exec chmod 640 {} +

# sudo chmod 600 wpfolder/wp-config.php