Title: WordPress settings for security
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# WordPress settings for security

 *  Resolved [pro102](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pro102/)
 * (@pro102)
 * [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-settings-for-security/)
 * Hi all: I have installed WordPress and it now works (and I love it!). Now, I 
   need to secure the site. In order to change permalinks and edit the theme, I 
   had to make pretty much all file attributes on 777 in my FTP client. I understand
   that I should not leave them this way. Can someone point me to a doc or explain
   which settings should apply to which folders to secure wordpress?
 * I will also set the security keys, in addition. Thanks in advance.
 * Nick

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 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-settings-for-security/#post-910977)
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 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Hardening_WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/Hardening_WordPress)

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