Title: Folder permissions error
Last modified: October 22, 2019

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# Folder permissions error

 *  [jrcollins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jrcollins/)
 * (@jrcollins)
 * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/folder-permissions-error/)
 * Hi, I’m getting the following error after clicking the “save changes” button 
   on the settings page:
 * `ERROR - WordPress does not have permissions to write to the "Downloads Folder"(/
   public_html/mywebsite.com/wp-content/uploads/amazon-associates-link-builder).
   Please grant permissions or pick a different folder from the Amazon Associates
   Link Builder plugin's settings page, otherwise your links to Amazon might not
   display correctly.`
 * The permissions for the folder are set to `755`.
    -  This topic was modified 6 years, 7 months ago by [jrcollins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jrcollins/).
    -  This topic was modified 6 years, 7 months ago by [jrcollins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jrcollins/).

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 *  [greghl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greghl/)
 * (@greghl)
 * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/folder-permissions-error/#post-12054106)
 * This plugin doesn’t actually do much with the folder, I thought it was to store
   images of the products, but it seems to just put a geolite db and an empty folder
   in this folder.
 * Either open permissions on the downloads folder, or make a folder elsewhere with
   write permissions for your webserver process to get the thumbnails and put them
   there.
 * My folder is also 755, but it rather depends on how your webserver is setup.
 * My folder:
 * /home/MYUSERNAME/www/wp-content/uploads/amazon-associates-link-builder/
 * Try 775 on JUST the folder, if the folder is not created, make it first and then
   try 775 once more, then report back with your results please.
    -  This reply was modified 6 years, 7 months ago by [greghl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greghl/).
 *  Thread Starter [jrcollins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jrcollins/)
 * (@jrcollins)
 * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/folder-permissions-error/#post-12075315)
 * Hi, sorry for my late reply.
 * I’m not quite sure what you meant when you said, “Either open permissions on 
   the downloads folder, or make a folder elsewhere with write permissions for your
   webserver process to get the thumbnails and put them there.”
 * You said the folder only contains geolite db and an empty folder.
 * So, do I just change the folder permissions to 775?

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 * Last reply from: [jrcollins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jrcollins/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/folder-permissions-error/#post-12075315)
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