WP theme editor says “if this file were writable you could edit it”

  • Hi
    I’m new to wordpress, and I searched the support forum for my issue but haven’t found an answer that works for me. I’m almost POSITIVE that my permissions are set correctly. They are all at 666, and it altered the wp-content to be 777. But still, I cannot seem to use the WP theme editor–it continues so say “if this file were writable you could edit it.” Help?

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  • did you do it so the permissions are recursive and not just on the main folder?

    Ie
    chmod -R 766 wp-content/whatever-your-theme-is

    you have to make sure the individual files are set and not just the folder

    I am not sure if it needs execute too or not.. i think ine are set to 766 and I did the individual theme directory, not the whole wp-content

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