my folder permissions are perfect, but my wordpress still can&#8217;t write

(@googleman23)

Yes, that’s the weird thing. I took over as admin for this website and the previous did something where we get those errors. All folders have the same permissions.

Moderator

(@macmanx)

Specifically, what are the directory permissions set at?

Thread Starter

(@googleman23)

Folders are 755, files 644.

Moderator

(@macmanx)

Huh, yeah that should be just fine.

What are the contents of your .htaccess file?

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Thread Starter

(@googleman23)

<ifModule mod_headers.c>
Header always set Content-Security-Policy "upgrade-insecure-requests;"
</IfModule>
 
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
</IfModule>
# BEGIN WP Rocket v3.11.3
# Use UTF-8 encoding for anything served text/plain or text/html
AddDefaultCharset UTF-8
# Force UTF-8 for a number of file formats
<IfModule mod_mime.c>
AddCharset UTF-8 .atom .css .js .json .rss .vtt .xml
</IfModule>

# FileETag None is not enough for every server.
<IfModule mod_headers.c>
Header unset ETag
</IfModule>

# Since we’re sending far-future expires, we don’t need ETags for static content.
# developer.yahoo.com/performance/rules.html#etags
FileETag None

<IfModule mod_alias.c>
<FilesMatch "\.(html|htm|rtf|rtx|txt|xsd|xsl|xml)$">
<IfModule mod_headers.c>
Header set X-Powered-By "WP Rocket/3.11.3"
Header unset Pragma
Header append Cache-Control "public"
Header unset Last-Modified
</IfModule>
</FilesMatch>

<FilesMatch "\.(css|htc|js|asf|asx|wax|wmv|wmx|avi|bmp|class|divx|doc|docx|eot|exe|gif|gz|gzip|ico|jpg|jpeg|jpe|json|mdb|mid|midi|mov|qt|mp3|m4a|mp4|m4v|mpeg|mpg|mpe|mpp|otf|odb|odc|odf|odg|odp|ods|odt|ogg|pdf|png|pot|pps|ppt|pptx|ra|ram|svg|svgz|swf|tar|tif|tiff|ttf|ttc|wav|wma|wri|xla|xls|xlsx|xlt|xlw|zip)$">
<IfModule mod_headers.c>
Header unset Pragma
Header append Cache-Control "public"
</IfModule>
</FilesMatch>
</IfModule>

<IfModule mod_mime.c>
	AddType image/avif                                  avif
    AddType image/avif-sequence                         avifs
</IfModule>
# Expires headers (for better cache control)
<IfModule mod_expires.c>
	ExpiresActive on
	ExpiresDefault                              "access plus 1 month"
	# cache.appcache needs re-requests in FF 3.6 (thanks Remy ~Introducing HTML5)
	ExpiresByType text/cache-manifest           "access plus 0 seconds"
	# Your document html
	ExpiresByType text/html                     "access plus 0 seconds"
	# Data
	ExpiresByType text/xml                      "access plus 0 seconds"
	ExpiresByType application/xml               "access plus 0 seconds"
	ExpiresByType application/json              "access plus 0 seconds"
	# Feed
	ExpiresByType application/rss+xml           "access plus 1 hour"
	ExpiresByType application/atom+xml          "access plus 1 hour"
	# Favicon (cannot be renamed)
	ExpiresByType image/x-icon                  "access plus 1 week"
	# Media: images, video, audio
	ExpiresByType image/gif                     "access plus 4 months"
	ExpiresByType image/png                     "access plus 4 months"
	ExpiresByType image/jpeg                    "access plus 4 months"
	ExpiresByType image/webp                    "access plus 4 months"
	ExpiresByType video/ogg                     "access plus 4 months"
	ExpiresByType audio/ogg                     "access plus 4 months"
	ExpiresByType video/mp4                     "access plus 4 months"
	ExpiresByType video/webm                    "access plus 4 months"
	ExpiresByType image/avif                    "access plus 4 months"
	ExpiresByType image/avif-sequence           "access plus 4 months"
	# HTC files  (css3pie)
	ExpiresByType text/x-component              "access plus 1 month"
	# Webfonts
	ExpiresByType font/ttf                      "access plus 4 months"
	ExpiresByType font/otf                      "access plus 4 months"
	ExpiresByType font/woff                     "access plus 4 months"
	ExpiresByType font/woff2                    "access plus 4 months"
	ExpiresByType image/svg+xml                 "access plus 4 months"
	ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-fontobject "access plus 1 month"
	# CSS and JavaScript
	ExpiresByType text/css                      "access plus 1 year"
	ExpiresByType application/javascript        "access plus 1 year"
</IfModule>
# Gzip compression
<IfModule mod_deflate.c>
# Active compression
SetOutputFilter DEFLATE
# Force deflate for mangled headers
<IfModule mod_setenvif.c>
<IfModule mod_headers.c>
SetEnvIfNoCase ^(Accept-EncodXng|X-cept-Encoding|X{15}|~{15}|-{15})$ ^((gzip|deflate)\s*,?\s*)+|[X~-]{4,13}$ HAVE_Accept-Encoding
RequestHeader append Accept-Encoding "gzip,deflate" env=HAVE_Accept-Encoding
# Don’t compress images and other uncompressible content
SetEnvIfNoCase Request_URI \
\.(?:gif|jpe?g|png|rar|zip|exe|flv|mov|wma|mp3|avi|swf|mp?g|mp4|webm|webp|pdf)$ no-gzip dont-vary
</IfModule>
</IfModule>

# Compress all output labeled with one of the following MIME-types
<IfModule mod_filter.c>
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/atom+xml \
		                          application/javascript \
		                          application/json \
		                          application/rss+xml \
		                          application/vnd.ms-fontobject \
		                          application/x-font-ttf \
		                          application/xhtml+xml \
		                          application/xml \
		                          font/opentype \
		                          image/svg+xml \
		                          image/x-icon \
		                          text/css \
		                          text/html \
		                          text/plain \
		                          text/x-component \
		                          text/xml
</IfModule>
<IfModule mod_headers.c>
Header append Vary: Accept-Encoding
</IfModule>
</IfModule>

# END WP Rocket

#<FilesMatch ".*">
#    Require ip 192.88.134.0/23
#    Require ip 185.93.228.0/22
#    Require ip 2a02:fe80::/29
#    Require ip 66.248.200.0/22
#    Require ip 208.109.0.0/22
#</FilesMatch>

# Really Simple SSL
Header always set Strict-Transport-Security: "max-age=31536000" env=HTTPS
Header always set X-Content-Type-Options "nosniff"
Header always set X-XSS-Protection "1; mode=block"
Header always set Expect-CT "max-age=7776000, enforce"
Header always set Referrer-Policy: "no-referrer-when-downgrade"
Header always set Content-Security-Policy "upgrade-insecure-requests;"
# End Really Simple SSL
# Options +ExecCGI AddHandler fcgid-script .html FCGIWrapper /usr/local/cpanel/cgi-sys/php5 .html
# BEGIN WordPress
# The directives (lines) between "BEGIN WordPress" and "END WordPress" are
# dynamically generated, and should only be modified via WordPress filters.
# Any changes to the directives between these markers will be overwritten.
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# BEGIN MemberPress Rules
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

RewriteCond %{HTTP_COOKIE} mplk=([a-zA-Z0-9]+)
RewriteCond /home/*******/public_html/wp-content/uploads/mepr/rules/%1 -f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ - [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/(wp-admin|wp-includes|wp-content/plugins|wp-content/themes)
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} \.(zip|gz|tar|rar|doc|docx|xls|xlsx|xlsm|pdf|mp4|m4v|mp3|ts|key|m3u8|ZIP|GZ|TAR|RAR|DOC|DOCX|XLS|XLSX|XLSM|PDF|MP4|M4V|MP3|TS|KEY|M3U8)$
RewriteRule . /wp-content/plugins/memberpress/lock.php [L]

</IfModule>
# END MemberPress Rules

# END WordPress
# BEGIN WP-HUMMINGBIRD-GZIP
# END WP-HUMMINGBIRD-GZIP
# BEGIN cPanel-generated php ini directives, do not edit
# Manual editing of this file may result in unexpected behavior.
# To make changes to this file, use the cPanel MultiPHP INI Editor (Home >> Software >> MultiPHP INI Editor)
# For more information, read our documentation (https://go.cpanel.net/EA4ModifyINI)
<IfModule php7_module>
   php_flag display_errors On
   php_value max_execution_time 30
   php_value max_input_time 60
   php_value max_input_vars 1000
   php_value memory_limit 1000M
   php_value post_max_size 8M
   php_value session.gc_maxlifetime 1440
   php_value session.save_path "/var/cpanel/php/sessions/ea-php70"
   php_value upload_max_filesize 128M
   php_flag zlib.output_compression Off
</IfModule>
<IfModule lsapi_module>
   php_flag display_errors On
   php_value max_execution_time 30
   php_value max_input_time 60
   php_value max_input_vars 1000
   php_value memory_limit 1000M
   php_value post_max_size 8M
   php_value session.gc_maxlifetime 1440
   php_value session.save_path "/var/cpanel/php/sessions/ea-php70"
   php_value upload_max_filesize 128M
   php_flag zlib.output_compression Off
</IfModule>
# END cPanel-generated php ini directives, do not edit

# php -- BEGIN cPanel-generated handler, do not edit
# Set the “ea-php74” package as the default “PHP” programming language.
<IfModule mime_module>
  AddHandler application/x-httpd-ea-php74 .php .php7 .phtml
</IfModule>
# php -- END cPanel-generated handler, do not edit

Thread Starter

(@googleman23)

I just took over admin for this website, but this .htaccess has so much stuff, but maybe you will catch something that is disabling the connection.

Moderator

(@macmanx)

What happens if you remove this section?

#<FilesMatch ".*">
#    Require ip 192.88.134.0/23
#    Require ip 185.93.228.0/22
#    Require ip 2a02:fe80::/29
#    Require ip 66.248.200.0/22
#    Require ip 208.109.0.0/22
#</FilesMatch>

Thread Starter

(@googleman23)

Nothing will happen because there is a # in front of the text so it’s disabled.

Moderator

(@macmanx)

Hm, fair point! Might as well remove those then. ??

Are you using WP Rocket?

Thread Starter

(@googleman23)

Yes

Moderator

(@macmanx)