Media apparently "broken"; "http error" when uploading

  • Resolved elix1289

    (@elix1289)


    8 years, 6 months ago

    Hi everyone,

    I am working on a customer’s wordpress site on which I would like to upload media.
    So far, the site has been fed with smaller images (<300kb, <700px size).

    Now, the page is supposed to be fed with larger images (up to 3mb, up to 3000px in width).

    Unfortunately, when I upload the images WordPress returns “http error” and the pictures displayed as usual in the media library. Rather than a thumbnail, I get to see the grey file symbol.

    The files are not entirely “broken”, I can open the images with the usual link to the upload folder. I can embed in posts but when I try to use them in a plugin called “master slider”, they are not recognized.

    The file permissions of these images is 644. The maximum file size allowed is 64mb.

    Is there a possible solution for my problem?

    Kind regards,
    Felix

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  • Ever since WordPress update 4.5 this error occurs intermittently without any apparent rhyme or reason. Would appreciate some guidance to get past this on-going annoying problem. My hosting provider Hostgator has been consulted about this problem and they believe this has something to do with WordPress.

    Thread Starter elix1289

    (@elix1289)

    The issue has been solved now:

    It turned out, that the hosting package was outdated and offered only 32mb of RAM, which is apparently not enough memory to resize images with WordPress.

    Thanks, Elix

    Thread Starter elix1289

    (@elix1289)

    Or in other words: WordPress was not able to generate thumbnails.
    After changing the hosting plan, the image upload works again.

    Thread Starter elix1289

    (@elix1289)

    Marked as Solved

    My issue was due to the fact that some code was left over from when my site was under development which pointed to the WP_Super_Cache plugin that was missing. I installed this plugin and edited the wp-config.php file where I found this offending line:
    define ‘WPCACHEHOME’, wrong place //Added by WP-Cache Manager
    which I changed to point the right place on my hosting platform.
    Problem fixed!

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