Wordpress permissions issue - migrated site

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Hello everyone,

I have an issue with my recently migrated wordpress sites from Plesk.
I’m unable to upload and install plugins in WP. When I change the owner of html_public folder to www-data:ww-data, it works. But then I have trouble using the file manager from Webmin.

I’ve came across this post with the exact same issue : https://www.virtualmin.com/node/57063 saying the owner of public_html folder should remain as admin_of_domain:admin_of_domain.

Okay I’ve done that, but how am I able to resolve the permissions issues of wordpress ? One of the replies talked about ftp credentials to change. But Wordpress isnt using ftp when uploading file, it just needs access to the html directories.

Other replies said that a fresh install of wordpress from Virtualmin is plug and play. Am I forced to reinstall all my wordpress sites ? (my migration method from plesk was to copy and pasted html files).
What is my best option to resolve this problem ?

Thanks in advance for your help.
Cheers

[DrCarsonBeckett]

You are talking about two things:

1. ownership and group-ownership
2. file and folder permissions

You shouldnt change the 1st one.
2nd one can be changed from either the file manager or your favorite FTP program.

[calport]

The important thing to check is if FPM or FCGId is set as PHP execution mode under Virtualmin | Server Configuration | Website Options.

If so, the rule of thumb with Virtualmin is that the owner and group should be the user / admin_of_domain. When a virtual server is created via Virtualmin | Create Virtual Server, all the appropriate permissions are set for files under public_html to be served by the web server. You have to do nothing more about it.

If not, if the PHP execution mode is mod_php then you will have to fiddle with ownership and permissions settings as outlined in the installation instructions of the web app.