Change config variables from Settings

[fyremoon]

Hi,

WordPress is installed in different ways these days than just FTP the files to the server, so having a non-technical person change the wp-config.php is a recipe for disaster.

A possible solution would be a page in the Settings section that enables the admin to increase or decrease the memory limit, upload limit, etc of their site but not beyond the php.ini limits. If this page wrote to a file such as .wp-settings, then it could be included in the wp-config.php file.

An import/export feature would be useful too, which saves a file like wp-settings.csv that the page could parse and import so it will ignore rogue settings.

[jorbin]

WordPress aims to avoid adding options except for those absolutely necessary. This especially includes more technical options. This is outlined in the ​WordPress Philosophies

Decisions, not options
When making decisions these are the users we consider first. A great example of this consideration is software options. Every time you give a user an option, you are asking them to make a decision. When a user doesn’t care or understand the option this ultimately leads to frustration. As developers we sometimes feel that providing options for everything is a good thing, you can never have too many choices, right? Ultimately these choices end up being technical ones, choices that the average end user has no interest in. It’s our duty as developers to make smart design decisions and avoid putting the weight of technical choices on our end users.

As such, I think this should be closed as wontfix.

[jeremyfelt]

Agreed. This seems like a good area for individual hosts to provide controls for so that non-technical site owners don't need to worry about wp-config.php or managing advanced options found there.