We love cPanel for all the features it offers for site management
However, if you have file and folder permissions issues, using the in-built file manager is not really an option for bulk changing permissions. Sure, you could connect vis FileZilla or similar FTP client to do change permissions recursively, but I like to find other ways.
If you are lucky enough that your webhost enables Terminal in cPanel, then here are two commands to make changing file permissions easier:
For Directories:
find /path/to/your/wordpress/install/ -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;For Files:
find /path/to/your/wordpress/install/ -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;Reference – Changing file permissions
