# Change wp-config.php settings

View and change the settings in a WordPress site’s wp-config.php from the dashboard, and add your own constants, without touching the file by hand.

## Before you start

- The owner or admin role in the account. Developers and viewers can’t open wp-config.php.
- Your Nuvlo password, or your authenticator app if two-factor sign-in is on.
- A running WordPress site in Nuvlo.

## Step 1: Open the wp-config.php card

Open the site and click the **Settings** tab. The **wp-config.php** card is below **PHP**.

![Closed wp-config.php card on the Settings tab with the Open wp-config.php button](https://app.nuvlo.dev/docs/shots/wordpress-config--card.webp)

Nuvlo keeps wp-config.php outside the site’s web folder, so it can’t be downloaded through the site.

## Step 2: Open it

Click **Open wp-config.php**. Nuvlo reads the file from the server; passwords and keys stay hidden.

## Step 3: Change a setting

Under **Settings you can change**, edit the value next to a name. Rows marked **Default** are Nuvlo defaults you can change but not remove. On a new site they include:

| Setting | New sites start with |
| --- | --- |
| `WP_POST_REVISIONS` | `10` |
| `EMPTY_TRASH_DAYS` | `14` |
| `DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT` | `true` (no theme and plugin file editor in WordPress admin) |
| `WP_AUTO_UPDATE_CORE` | `minor` |
| `WP_MEMORY_LIMIT` | `256M` |
| `WP_MAX_MEMORY_LIMIT` | `512M` |

Numbers, `true`, `false` and `null` are saved as they are. Anything else is saved as text. Put a value in quotes to keep it as text.

## Step 4: Add your own setting

Click **Add setting**, type a name in capital letters, digits and underscores, for example `MY_SETTING`, and a value. Remove your own settings with the bin button.

Some names can’t be set here, because Nuvlo manages them: database settings, security keys and salts, the site address, Redis settings and `DISABLE_WP_CRON`. For `WP_DEBUG` and related settings, use the **Debug log** switch instead. See [Change PHP settings](https://app.nuvlo.dev/docs/wordpress-php-settings).

## Step 5: Save and close

Click **Save wp-config.php**. Nuvlo checks the file before using it:

- A change that would break the file isn’t saved.
- If the site stops working with the change, Nuvlo puts the previous settings back and tells you the error the site answered with.
- If someone else changed the file since you opened it, reload and make your change again.

Click **Lock** when you’re done to close the file again.

## Managed by Nuvlo

The **Managed by Nuvlo** list shows settings that change through their own dashboard settings: domain, PHP, debug log and caching. Passwords and keys show as **Hidden** and never leave the server.

wp-config.php can only be opened in the dashboard, not with an API token.

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Source: https://app.nuvlo.dev/docs/wordpress-config