Editing themes in WordPress editor

  • I’m trying to figure out a way that I can update WordPress themes from my iPad or iPhone when I’m away from my computer. I know you have to grant a certain level of permissions for the theme to be editable through the Dashboard. However, it seems that the only acceptable permissions mask is 777. That seems very risky. I’ve seen several tutorials and some docs in the codex saying that 666 will do it, but when I set the theme’s files to 666, then WordPress can no longer even find the theme. Any idea what I should set it to that is both secure, yet visible?

    Thanks.

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  • Have you looked for an app? I know there are several that let you post, etc. and it seems that would be the safer way to go.

    Thread Starter rcwatson

    (@rcwatson)

    Thanks for the tip. I looked all over the app store and there is nothing close to being able to edit theme files. But that’s not the real problem. I can do virtually everything I’d need to do on the go via the web-based Dashboard in Safari Mobile, including editing of theme files via the Theme Editor screen. Right now that screen tells me i need proper write permissions set on the files in the theme folder on the server. Until i do, it won’t show the “save” button until the per
    permissions are set to be open enough, so I can type changes into the window, but I can’t save them.

    While I know how to change those permissions via FTP or Unix prompt, I can only get the theme editor “save” button to appear when I choose 777 permission mask (wide open to hackers). Tutorials and the Codex recommend 666 as the mask, but that doesn’t seem to be enough for the editor to show the “save” button.

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