Title: WP-Cache Security Flaw
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# WP-Cache Security Flaw

 *  [spiderbiteman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spiderbiteman/)
 * (@spiderbiteman)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-cache-security-flaw/)
 * The wp-cache plugin is asking me to make the wp-content directory writable. Is
   that really good security practice?
 * The error is:
    Error: wp-content directory ([…/user/site]/wp-content) is not 
   writable by the Web server.
 * Someone had suggested a solution would be to give 777 to wp-content, activate
   the plugin, then change the permissions and that would solve the problem. It 
   didn’t work.
 * Is giving 777 to the wp-content area a concern to anyone else?
 * Is there another way or is 777 a must?
 * Thanks!

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 *  Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/)
 * (@otto42)
 * WordPress.org Admin
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-cache-security-flaw/#post-724834)
 * The plugin has to be able to write files. It doesn’t matter if it’s 777 or not,
   but it has to have enough permission for the webserver to be able to write files
   to the directory. That might be 644 or 664 or 666, depending on the configuration.
 * wp-content doesn’t necessarily have to be writable, but the cache directory that
   it creates will have to be writable. It’s just complaining because it’s trying
   to create the cache directory.
 *  Thread Starter [spiderbiteman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spiderbiteman/)
 * (@spiderbiteman)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-cache-security-flaw/#post-724866)
 * Hello Otto32 and thanks for the fast response, but that doesn’t work.
 * I have the cache set to be writable and yet it does not work. Only when I use
   777 on wp-content does it work.
 * Any suggestions?
 *  [ipavkovic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipavkovic/)
 * (@ipavkovic)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-cache-security-flaw/#post-725081)
 * See
 * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/163325?replies=2#post-721436](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/163325?replies=2#post-721436)
 * Best Regards

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 3 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [ipavkovic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipavkovic/)
 * Last activity: [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-cache-security-flaw/#post-725081)
 * Status: not resolved

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