Title: Increase in temp write tests
Last modified: July 2, 2017

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# Increase in temp write tests

 *  Resolved [thinkingcapstudios](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thinkingcapstudios/)
 * (@thinkingcapstudios)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/increase-in-temp-write-tests/)
 * I have write,modify,delete logging at OS level and Im getting hundreds of notifications
   an hour instead of the half dozen a day I usually see.
    What drives these tests
   being repeated?
 * IN_CLOSE_WRITE /home/admin/web/xxxxxxxx.com.au/public_html/blog/wp-content/temp-
   write-test-1498969587

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 *  [wfalaa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfalaa/)
 * (@wfalaa)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/increase-in-temp-write-tests/#post-9290723)
 * Hi,
    This happens when WordPress tries to detect a proper method to write to 
   your filesystem, this could be triggered by any of the plugins/themes installed,
   I wonder if you can install/upgrade plugins and themes on your website without
   any problem?
 * Also, you will need to make sure that “wp-content” directory has the correct 
   file permissions to read/write and confirm that its owner is the same as your
   web server user, for more information regarding this issue check [this answer](https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/a/192085/26574).
 * Thanks.
 *  Thread Starter [thinkingcapstudios](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thinkingcapstudios/)
 * (@thinkingcapstudios)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/increase-in-temp-write-tests/#post-9293910)
 * Hi,
    I am able to update existing plugins and install new ones. I did a recursive
   chown for the web user and check perms which look fine. Am I able to switch the
   file write tests off?
 * Thanks.
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 11 months ago by [thinkingcapstudios](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thinkingcapstudios/).
 *  [wfalaa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfalaa/)
 * (@wfalaa)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/increase-in-temp-write-tests/#post-9295082)
 * With certain security precautions taken in consideration, you can define `FS_METHOD`
   constant in wp-config.php file as mentioned [here](https://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#WordPress_Upgrade_Constants),
   BUT this isn’t recommended unless you are sure your hosting environment was configured
   properly, not as described [here](https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/a/232291/26574).
 * Thanks.
 *  Thread Starter [thinkingcapstudios](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thinkingcapstudios/)
 * (@thinkingcapstudios)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/increase-in-temp-write-tests/#post-9302186)
 * Thanks for the pointers.

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