PHP Script to Secure the Wordpress Folders by Setting Correct File Permissions

The wordpress folders and files should be set the correct permissions. If you have multiple blogs on the same server, you can use the following script to ensure the correct recommended file access permissions are set.

  // define a list of wordpress root folder.
  $wp = array(
    '/var/www/justyy.com/',
    '/var/www/helloacm.com/',
    '/var/www/codingforspeed.com/'
  );
  
  foreach ($wp as $site) {
    echo "Processing $site ...\n";
    chmod($site, 0755);
    chmod($site . 'wp-includes', 0755);
    chmod($site . 'wp-admin', 0755);
    chmod($site . 'wp-admin/js', 0755);
    chmod($site . 'wp-admin', 0755);
    chmod($site . 'wp-content/themes', 0755);
    chmod($site . 'wp-content/plugins', 0755);
    chmod($site . 'wp-content', 0755);
    chmod($site . 'wp-content/uploads', 0755);
    chmod($site . 'wp-config.php', 0444);
    chmod($site . '.htaccess', 0444);
  }
  
  echo "Done.\n";

  // define a list of wordpress root folder.
  $wp = array(
    '/var/www/justyy.com/',
    '/var/www/helloacm.com/',
    '/var/www/codingforspeed.com/'
  );
  
  foreach ($wp as $site) {
    echo "Processing $site ...\n";
    chmod($site, 0755);
    chmod($site . 'wp-includes', 0755);
    chmod($site . 'wp-admin', 0755);
    chmod($site . 'wp-admin/js', 0755);
    chmod($site . 'wp-admin', 0755);
    chmod($site . 'wp-content/themes', 0755);
    chmod($site . 'wp-content/plugins', 0755);
    chmod($site . 'wp-content', 0755);
    chmod($site . 'wp-content/uploads', 0755);
    chmod($site . 'wp-config.php', 0444);
    chmod($site . '.htaccess', 0444);
  }
  
  echo "Done.\n";

Please noted that the PHP chmod function takes the second parameter as the Octal number so you have to use a leading 0 to denote it is a Octal number.

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