When using PHP-FPM or fcgid execution mode, your website reads and writes as the “owner” of the site NOT apache. Therefore you can generally use stricter permissions as the “owner” of the site should own all the pages published.
*** “owner” being the user associated with the website, also the account used to FTP or SFTP to the site ***
If you are in need for more direct support, I can schedule some time to look into what’s going on. However depending on what I find it may come with a cost.
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