diff --git a/roles/wordpress/tasks/install.yml b/roles/wordpress/tasks/install.yml
index 7bd384dd6..dba578f0b 100644
--- a/roles/wordpress/tasks/install.yml
+++ b/roles/wordpress/tasks/install.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
         recurse=yes
         owner=root
         group={{ apache_data }}
-        mode=0640
+        mode=0664
         state=directory
 
 - name: Make directories 755 so can traverse
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
             dest={{ wp_abs_path }}/wp-config.php
             owner=root
             group={{ apache_data }}
-            mode=0640
+            mode=0660
 
 - name: Copy WordPress httpd conf file
   template: src=wordpress.conf.j2
diff --git a/roles/wordpress/templates/wp-config.php.j2 b/roles/wordpress/templates/wp-config.php.j2
index cf99aed21..a8152853e 100644
--- a/roles/wordpress/templates/wp-config.php.j2
+++ b/roles/wordpress/templates/wp-config.php.j2
@@ -91,3 +91,5 @@ if ( !defined('ABSPATH') )
 
 /** Sets up WordPress vars and included files. */
 require_once(ABSPATH . 'wp-settings.php');
+define('FS_METHOD','direct');
+