wordpress - FTP access required to update WP plugins and permalink issue -

on server site located, trying update plugins requires ftp username , password.

the post shows correctly when using default permalink page=x, not when permalink structure changed http://domain.com/2013/04/09/sample-post/

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.httaccess seems okay. wordpress informs permalink structure updated when changing permalink structure, trying access blog page using new structure gives 404 error.

i changed permissions on wp-content/ , ran:

$ sudo chmod -r a+rx /var/www/* 

the document root located @ /var/www/domain/public

but nothing results

if helps, noticed existing images on uploads/ not loaded wordpress since not show in media library

any idea?

i had issue, comes ftp user running different user apache. 1 user had access files, while other user doesn't. (when ideally both have access).

here how overcame it:

1). talked host , made changes.

2). tired adding wp-config.php following code:

define('fs_method', 'direct'); 

this partially fixed issue. used code below (after removing code above)

3). added ftp details wp-config.php file so:

define('fs_method', 'ftpsockets'); define('ftp_base', '/path/to/wordpress/'); define('ftp_user', 'username'); define('ftp_pass', 'password'); define('ftp_host', 'ftp.example.org'); 

this allowed wordpress play nice, , allowed me continue work on files locally , remotely upload them.

more info here: http://codex.wordpress.org/editing_wp-config.php (look under 'wordpress upgrade constants' towards bottom)

and if of files locked web user , can't access them, try using file manager: http://phpfm.sourceforge.net/ had delete theme way.