[wp-hackers] Auto Update Plugins

[Daniel Torreblanca]

I'd have to agree with Dan on this one, the uploads folder being used
strictly for content makes a lot of sense, especially when you start
getting into content distribution and such - who says my uploads
directory is even on the same server/filesystem? Needing to tweak
permissions for one more directory isn't that big of a deal, any
decent install script for a web app should go through those items
individually and say "hey, run <command> to set permissions properly
on this directory, or set them to X using your favorite FTP
program/cPanel" or something to that effect anyway.

I'd hate to be limited in how I manage my content because of a
misguided effort to help those who don't know how to set permissions
(yet).

On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 4:01 PM, Nathan Rice <ncrice at gmail.com> wrote:
> My point was, like Otto's, that there is a permissions issue.  Most people
> know to set their permissions on the uploads folder. Adding a new root
> director to /wp-content/ is just one more thing for them to think about,
> whereas uploads is most likely already set up to be writable by the server
> user.
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> On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 3:58 PM, Dan Gayle <dangayle at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> IMHO, because you can specify where the uploads folder goes. I have mine in
>> the root directory because I use it for multiple applications. Uploads is
>> for content, actual page content. Plugin data? That's not the same. It's not
>> necessarily something that I will be displaying to the world.
>>
>> On Feb 17, 2009, at 12:53 PM, Nathan Rice wrote:
>>
>>  Why not wp-content/uploads/plugin-data/plugin-name ???
>>>
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