A common issue in WordPress, especially when you're the server admin, is incorrect file permissions or ownerships. The following is a workaround for almost every possible file or folder permissions issue you encounter when building a WordPress website, whether that's the inability to update plugins, or access server resources, write to server, update files, create a new post, or one of the many permissions issues you can encounter with WordPress. As stated on the WordPress documentation, permissions can be set to 644 for files and 755 for folders. To do so, these two commands when logged into your server shell Read more

Here's a PowerPoint presentation I used to teach a class of students how to get started with WordPress!