Image Upload HTTP Error

I updated the flash player. That didn’t work.

I really need an answer to this.

it fails on a pure vanilla fresh install from nothing of WP561 as well, with absolutely NO plugins.

Seems like there are an awful lot of problem with WP now, given the volume of hassles posted here over the last few hours.

Is there any way to back out this flash-driven uploader which clearly doesn’t work and go back to whatever was in 2.0.x?

This is an URGENT problem!

Any ideas?

Okay, I got around the hassle, but I’m leaving the post unresolved, because the original issue still exists.

I found that on a test Windows 2000 system, the new uploader ran, but it would only accept one file at a time. Probably due to back-leveled browser (firefox 1.something and an older flash player). Upgrading both to the latest level, however, did nothing, though I could still upload.

Then I went back to my production xp prof workstation and installed the no-flash-uploader.php plugin. That fixed the issue of being able to upload at all, but I could only upload 1 file at a time. (A restriction that I can live with, by the way.)

Then I deactivated the plugin and added the .htaccess file as described in the sticky post. Now the uploader worked apparently as designed and I can upload multiple images at one time. However, I’m unsure about the security of this, um, “fix” and may back it out and go back to the plugin. In general, if the issue relates to a given workstation (it failed with XP, it worked with Win2000), it would seem to be a bad practice to add code on the server side to get around a built-in and correctly functioning security feature.

I’m left with two observations:

• There are an awful lot of problems being listed here in a short amount of time. Is this usual? Is 5.6.1 that bad of a release?
• The lack of response to queries about problems (not just mine but across the board) is disappointing. I qualify that with the fact that this was a holiday weekend, and hope that had something to do with it.

Anyway, the problem is NOT resolved, rather I found a workaround.

Thanks for the help. Bn

I was having the same problem, and the “mod_security” addition to .htaccess described in this thread fixed it for me:
https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/162373

Yeah, and that’s what I’ve done, too, but as I said, I’m unsure about the security of this, um, “fix” and may back it out and go back to the plugin. In general, if the issue relates to a given workstation (it failed with XP, it worked with Win2000), it would seem to be a bad practice to add code on the server side to get around a built-in and correctly functioning security feature.