diff --git a/bin/v-lock-wordpress b/bin/v-lock-wordpress
index 156d1a5e..ea7b2978 100644
--- a/bin/v-lock-wordpress
+++ b/bin/v-lock-wordpress
@@ -28,6 +28,18 @@ if [ -z "$user" ]; then
     check_result $E_NOTEXIST "domain $domain doesn't exist"
 fi
 
+unlock_folder() {
+    chown -R $user:$user $1/
+
+    # block .php execution inside folder
+    cat <<EOF >$1/.htaccess
+RewriteEngine on
+RewriteRule ^.*\.(?:php[1-6]?|pht|phtml?)$ - [NC,F]
+EOF
+
+    chown root:root $1/.htaccess
+}
+
 #----------------------------------------------------------#
 #                    Verifications                         #
 #----------------------------------------------------------#
@@ -57,15 +69,14 @@ cd /home/$user/web/$domain
 chown -R www-data:www-data public_html/
 
 # unlock /wp-content/uploads/ for uploading
-chown -R $user:$user public_html/wp-content/uploads/
+if [ -d "/home/$user/web/$domain/public_html/wp-content/uploads" ]; then
+    unlock_folder "public_html/wp-content/uploads"
+fi
 
-# block .php execution inside /wp-content/uploads/
-cat <<EOF >public_html/wp-content/uploads/.htaccess
-RewriteEngine on
-RewriteRule ^.*\.(?:php[1-6]?|pht|phtml?)$ - [NC,F]
-EOF
-
-chown root:root public_html/wp-content/uploads/.htaccess
+# unlock /wp-content/cache/ for caching
+if [ -d "/home/$user/web/$domain/public_html/wp-content/cache" ]; then
+    unlock_folder "public_html/wp-content/cache"
+fi
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------#
 #                       Vesta                              #