White Screen When Uploading Images

Given that it was obvious that you have a damaged or faulty install, I deliberately followed you to this topic in the hopes that I would be able to offer you some real help. But having now read your comments, I don’t think I’ll bother…

MFLesser – Your multiple duplicate posts (many of which are insulting) have been deleted.

For others with the same problem who are searching this forum, I hit upon a solution that sometimes works. I have learned to Save my work before I attempt to upload. Even if I delete a comma, I must save the post before attempting to upload an image or else the white screen appears. Save, save, save – and then try to upload. Maybe it’ll work for you. It’s time-consuming – and it’s a royal pain, but it works about 70% of the time. I was writing about my hit or miss solution to the other poster when the thread was summarily, and, in my opinion, rudely closed.

This really speaks to a bad install or something on your server (i.e. this is an isloated incident). if possible, try installing a second copy of WordPress with no plugins and see if you can reproduce the issue there. That will help you narrow it down to if it’s just that one install, or all.

Sadly, your problem is not something that can be regularly reproduced by anyone else, so it’s impossible for anyone ELSE to debug (we have to replicate it to debug it). Very few people overall have this problem, and in all cases, it’s been one due to their specific configuration.

Thank you for your reply, Ipstenu.

I have reinstalled the software multiple time – to no avail. I have deleted plugins too.

I also have several other blogs – some with no plugins – and the problem persists on my other blogs as well.

As for my multiple posts to this thread – it is not I who was rude. The original diva moderator, was rude in her response to me and another poster on the original thread which she then closed. In addition, when she didn’t like something I wrote, she deleted that post. I merely reposted it. And she deleted it, again and again and again.
That is unfair, in my opinion.

I have searched the forums and have found many other people with whom the diva moderator has had problems. She, sir, owes me an apology for her rude comments.

Thank you for your response. I await an apology …

I’m a woman, not that it matters.

You’re unclear on forum policy. We regularly close old posts and delete comments that are detrimental.

Please read
* https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Forum_Welcome#Closing_Posts
* https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Forum_Welcome#Deleting_.2F_Editing_Posts

Moving on to the ACTUAL problem (if you want to keep complaining about the mods, I’ll be deleting your posts as well – Please stop trying to post that ONE post. Mods can see it).

I have reinstalled the software multiple time – to no avail. I have deleted plugins too.

I also have several other blogs – some with no plugins – and the problem persists on my other blogs as well.

Are all these blogs on the same server?

Can you make a wordpress.COM blog to test with and upload images? That might help us sort out if it’s your PC, your location or your server.

No, the blogs are on various servers.

I have already discussed this issue with my hosting companies. They all said the problem lies with WP. I’ve been trying to resolve this problem for years – and, in fact, even bought a different computer, in the mistaken thought that it might be the hardware.

I have given admin status to my mother, daughters and husbands. They have experienced the same problem. The white screen appears, randomly, when I upload images. If I do manage to do that, I will randomly get a white screen when I try to insert images into posts.

I have found that if I save my work – and it has to be a hard save, not an autosave – before I upload an image, there’s about a 70% chance that it will upload successfully. This gets tedious since my site is image-heavy, especially when I’m doing a fashion guide or gift guide. There are times when the software (?) doesn’t allow me to do any formatting, including inserting hyperlinks, bolding text or adding itals.

As I wrote, this is random. It can plague for me an entire day or days and then not reappear for a week. When I first started my site, I was a total newbie. Now I am not, but I have not been able to figure out a fix.

Please excuse my mistaking you for a “sir.” It was the fedora.

By the way, I am working on a Mac, not a PC. I had also spoken with Mac support about this problem and they say it’s WP, which is why I sought help on the boards initially.

Thank you for your response.

I use a Mac, a PC and a Ubunto box, regularly, and I’ve NEVER seen that problem. The reason I asked about wordpress.COM though, is that’s a really regulated server. I mean, that’s a place I KNOW is okay, so it helps trim things down.

I have given admin status to my mother, daughters and husbands.

Are you all on the same network when this happens?

Can you take a laptop to Starbucks for a go?

Also when this does happen try and mark the time and date. Each successful request that reaches your web server will get logged to the web servers access.log file.

When the white page happens to you and it’s not a browser issue, then that’s normally a 500 error meaning something borked on the web server. Those errors should be logged into a separate error.log file

With the time stamp and your IP address your host should be able to identify in both logs and send that to you. It could provide a clue about what’s really going on and why this is happening.

Thanks for your response Ipstenu. (I had to Google Ubunto box.)

Aha, I see your point with the WordPress.com site. I will try that suggestion and hope that it helps hone in on the uploading problem.

No, my mom and daughters are not on the same network. By the way, I have changed networks since starting my site. I’ve always had uploading problems, regardless of the network. (I did speak with the ISPs about this problem as well. They say it’s WP.) It’s just so random, it makes no apparent sense. Why, for example, do I gain better consistency uploading when I do a hard save on the document before I upload? It doesn’t make sense to me, but that seems to help, albeit not all the time.

I have taken the laptop to Starbucks, to other cities and states. I post to my site even while I’m traveling. The problem persists, regardless of the location. It’s been going on for years – but you bring up an interesting point. I began the site on WordPress.com and, six months later changed it over to www.ads-software.com. But I cannot remember if the problem existed when it was a WP.com site. I will try your suggestion and report back.

Thanks for your help!

Hi Jan,

Thanks for responding. (I just saw your reply so please forgive me for not responding sooner.)

I used to keep a log that I presented to my hosting company. They insist the problem is with WP. I have spent hours on live chat and, most recently, on the phone with them. They insist the problem isn’t theirs.

Incidentally, I have used several hosting companies and the problem remained the same, regardless of the host. I have used two ISPs – and the problem was the same with both. I have changed routers; I’ve had computer experts come to the house to help me with the site. No one has been able to explain the problem or has come up with a solution. I’m not so knowledgeable as to say I’ve tried everything – but I have tried a number of things – and nothing worked. The uploading problem is so random, it’s makes no sense.

Thanks for your help. I appreciate it.

I used to keep a log that I presented to my hosting company. They insist the problem is with WP.

It’s definitely something, that log data from their web server really would help. Many of us run our own server and the web server log data is good for “Why did THAT happen?!”

If you can get it it might help. If not then there are other troubleshooting methods that might narrow it down.

Thanks again, Jan. Yes, my current hosting company has insisted on more than one occasion that it’s a WP issue. I will again keep a log and present it to them. Hopefully, that will elucidate the problem so that it can be properly addressed. It’s frustrating. My workaround – save, save, save – helps somewhat, even though I feel it’s a bandage and not a cure. Thanks again!

In defense of your host… It IS a WordPress problem, but it’s not WordPress’s fault.

Yeah, I’m baking your noodle.

See it’s a WordPress problem, but since it’s JUST you (and your blogs), and none of us can repo it, or recreate it out of the box, it’s not WordPress… Is there ONE thing that’s 100% the same across all your sites? Like one plugin, or one ‘tweak’ you did to .htaccess?

Ipstenu – Lol! Thanks.

I have reinstalled the software, deleted all the plug ins – and the problem persisted. The only plugin that’s common to my sites is Wassup Stats, but even before I downloaded it on my latest blog, the problem was there.

I’ve been blogging for my own sites for three years – but I don’t know what .htaccess is. I don’t mess with the code. That prospect frightens me. The site I’m most concerned with is so lovely and it works. It’s becoming more popular each day and I’m afraid to mess with a good thing. Of course, I would love to fix the photo issue so that posting is more of a pleasure than a chore. It’s particularly difficult when I do gift guides since they are image-heavy. It has never failed that I’ll be on a roll, uploading photo after photo only to, at one point in the process, get hit with the white screen. It stops me cold and, as I said, I will keep getting the white screen for many minutes to hours to days. And then it passes. But it can reoccur at any time.

I really appreciate your taking the time to work this out with me. Thank you again.

I don’t see a link to the site with the problem can you post one? There may be some clues to help diagnose the problem.

One thing to look at which *may* or may not be relevant in addition to what has already been suggested – it falls over when uploading images so what are the images like?

Are they edited before being uploaded or as-is straight from the camera? what format are they? what is a typical filesize of one? Are they RGB or CMYK? what dimensions are they typically? are they upoaded one-by one or several at once?

If the images being uploaded are large when it falls over, I would test uploading smaller files 640px x 480px compressed RGB in .jpg format to see whether that is any different.

The problem could be that WordPress is running out of memory – have you tried increasing the memory available to WordPress – you may need to ask your host if they support that and what the maximum is that they allow.

Hi Cubecolour. Thanks for your response.

The site is: https://www.EverBeautiful.com. The problem occurs regardless of the size or number of the images. I do not edit images before I upload them. I am given permission to upload the images and so use them as is. I upload images one at a time. I didn’t know it was possible to upload more than one at a time. As for the format of the images, I cannot say. I don’t know what RGB or CMYK means. The dimensions vary, depending on the post, where I place the images and how many images I place on each post. The issue occurs regardless of the size of the image, if the image is from my own camera or from a public relations firm or organization. I have had this problem since the inception of my site before it was loaded with images so I don’t think memory is the problem, but I will check into that, thank you.

Up until recently, I most often had one or two images per post, unless it was a gift guide (like for Valentine’s Day or Mother’s Day. Then it was more image heavy.) I also used to use mostly small images in the upper left corner. I’m a writer so my posts are more copy intensive than image laden. (I’ve most recently started to use more and larger images.)

Thank you again for your response. I will look into increasing memory available to WP with my hosting company.