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On one client WordPress site, when I update any plug-ins, all files and directories within that plug-in get their permissions automatically set to 766 - which means they aren't accessible by the website. I then have to go in manually and change permissions. I've not come across this behaviour on any other website.

Does anyone know why this might be happening, and how I can prevent it?!

Many thanks

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  • do you have the same problem when the wordpress core is updated ?
    – Kaperto
    Dec 9, 2019 at 14:34
  • That sounds like it could be an issue with what Apache user "owns" the files. You might find help in this answer - wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/177036/…
    – WebElaine
    Dec 9, 2019 at 14:50
  • Kaperto - hah, I don't know. I think this problem arose since the client site was moved to a new server. That's a good point though - shall avoid updating WP core till I've resolved it! WebElaine - thanks, I'll try and update this thread when I've seen what happens...
    – JohnG
    Dec 10, 2019 at 11:49

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So in the end it was two lines in wp-config.php that somehow had gotten changed:

define( 'FS_CHMOD_DIR', ( 0755 & ~ umask() ) ); define( 'FS_CHMOD_FILE', ( 0644 & ~ umask() ) );

... had been set to 0766

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