Excuse my naivety but what is the best practice for uploading files to your WordPress installation I.e themes, plugins, uploads etc.
I’m slowly getting back into to WordPress and I’m using Cloudpanel to install this. Cloudpanel seems to restrict permissions to the wp-content folder so when I start uploading my plugins to my live site, they’re not showing in WordPress unless I change the permissions to the folder.
I am currently using transmit to upload my files.
This got me thinking that Cloudpanel does this for a reason and I don’t want to do anything that will cause issues down the line.
I had wondered if I could create a script that will change the folder permissions when I upload the folder or files and once done, close the permissions again.
What’s the standard procedure?
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Best practice is to upload things using the upload methods that WP provides eg for themes, go to appearance > themes > add new. Plugins, plugins > add new. Media, Media Library > add new. There is no reason or need to upload anything via ftp / control panel.
What is “transmit”?
The best way is to adjust your permissions to allow WordPress to update and add files, so that it can automatically update plugins and the core install. That way you get automatic updates as soon as possible.