3 very important general rules:
All files should be 664.
All folders should be 775.
wp-config.php should be 660.
A quick way to do this:
For example, I copied the whole 'themes' folder from local to server, replaced the old one on server. Then I have to carefully manipulate the chown and chmod:
# dive into 'wp-content' folder,
# where contains 'themes' folder.
cd /A/CERTAIN/PATH/wp-content
# change privilege of 'themes'
sudo chmod 775 themes
# ATTENTION! For I am currently using
# 'Bitnami WordPress Production-Ready
# Stack Deployment On AWS' solution,
# I confirmed before replacing 'themes',
# the original group is 'root' and
# owner is 'daemon'. So please confirm
# yours before do this step.
#
# This step is to change 'themes' OWNERGROUP
# to 'root' and OWNER to 'daemon'.
sudo chown -R root:daemon themes
# dive into 'themes'
cd themes
# change all files to 664
sudo find . -type f -exec chmod 664 {} +
# change all folders to 775
sudo find . -type d -exec chmod 775 {} +
Inspired by Benjamin's detailed article @ smashingmagazine.com
Hope this helps!
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