Cant add images to the Media section – error: Unable to create directory uploads

  • Resolved kateswan11

    (@kateswan11)


    11 years, 1 month ago

    I can’t upload any images to the Media section.
    I get an error message:

    “paintings-06.jpg” has failed to upload due to an error
    Unable to create directory uploads/2014/01. Is its parent directory writable by the server?

    I tried manually creating the directories, but this didn’t help.
    I also tried changing the permissions, but with a Windows based hosting account there’s not a lot to change. I also called up GoDaddy and had them reset the permissions, but that hasn’t helped either.

    I recently moved my hosting account from one domain to another, and then upgraded to the latest WordPress 3.8.. so somewhere along the line something has gone wrong, but my hosting company (GoDaddy) can’t figure it out either.

    I’m using the Virtue theme, but I had tried other themes too and it still wouldn’t upload images.

    I can’t upload images from within posts either.
    I don’t have any images uploaded already so I can’t test if I can insert images into posts.

    I tried uploading some images manually via my hosting File Manager but I can’t see the images from within WordPress.

    I changed the Permalinks, but that didn’t have any effect.
    I also unticked the box in the Media Settings section that organises files into month- and year-based folders.. still no luck.

    I have no idea what I’m doing, really, and no idea how to fix it.

    Someone, please help!!!

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  • Thread Starter kateswan11

    (@kateswan11)

    No idea, sorry.
    My host did contact me after I’d deleted everything and started again and said that the wrong user had permissions or something, and that they corrected it, but they also said I could access the permissions to do it myself.
    Your problem sounds a little different, though. I wouldn’t know if its a WordPress problem or server problem. I’d be inclined to ask your server hosts anyway.
    Sorry I can’t help – good luck, though!

    @johannaelsemore
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    [resolved] Cant add images to the Media section – error: Unable to create directory uploads

    Hi WP users, i got the same probleme today, but i find a little solution to add pictures, > dashboard > sitting>media> Uploading Files uncheck Organize my uploads into month- and year-based folders
    here you go, you can apload pics

    This is not a suitable solution in most cases.

    @esmi yes, you’re right, but, its work fine for me, and it can work for others until to figure out how to resolve that problem, have a good day ^^

    Hi friend .i also faced same problem in WordPress3.8 .
    Unable to create directory wp-content/uploads/2014/01. Is its parent directory writable by the server?
    Solution..Go to admin->Setting panel and check your path for store upload in this folder like. Wp-content/uploads.

    Moderator Jan Dembowski

    (@jdembowski)

    Forum Moderator and Brute Squad

    Solution..Go to admin->Setting panel and check your path for store upload in this folder like. Wp-content/uploads.

    That’s really not a solution that will work for everyone. It also doesn’t do anything to solve the actual problem…

    Hello, i have the same problem, i set attributes to 777 to all and still get this error, “The uploaded file could not be moved to wp-content/uploads/2014/01.” what should i do? i need to instal a theme ??

    Hard start for a begginer

    @kalin16
    If you need support please start your own topic.

    The uploaded file could not be moved to wp-content/uploads/2014/01.

    is not the same problem the OP had.

    prestwood

    (@prestwood)

    I also received this error recently after a transfer from a staging area Godaddy account to another account on a godaddy-reseller platform.
    The error in this case was due to an absolute path that was recorded in the database from the old hosting and was being used as the address for saving uploads. Logically, an automated process from within the new hosting account does not have permission to copy to a protected folder under the old hosting account – hence the permissions error.
    I found it under “Settings” “Media”… Strangely after changing the setting from an absolute path to just use the standard relative address of “wp-content/uploads” (while still keepign the use YYYY/Month folders option checked) and saving the option to chose a folder actually disappeared… but I swear it was there…

    I had the “unable to create directory” error and none of the solutions on the web worked. Finally figured out that I had run out of disk space on my web host.

    If you require assistance then, as per the Forum Welcome, please post your own topic instead of tagging onto someone else’s topic.

    I am now closing this 5 month old resolved topic as it references an older version of WordPress.

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