Unable to create directory wp-content/uploads

  • Hi All,

    I’m new with wordpress and this is my first time installing it. I’ve already successfully create the page. However, i’m unable to upload the template & media. It keep saying “Unable to create directory wp-contents/uploads). I’ve read most of the thread regarding this and i still cant manage to solve it.

    What i did was:
    1) First i tried editing the “upload_path” from blank to “wp-content/uploads” in ../wp-admin/options.php
    2) I’ve created a folder name “uploads” in /wp-contents
    3) I’ve also change the permission of the wp-contents to “755” and uploads folder to “777” using ftp client (filezilla) but i do not know if it have successfully change or not. (how do i check?)

    Output log:
    Status: Set permissions of ‘/httpdocs/web/wp-content/uploads’ to ‘777’
    Command: SITE CHMOD 777 uploads
    Response: 500 ‘SITE CHMOD 777 uploads’: command not understood

    But is still not working. I’m new and i’m lost ??

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  • i’m unable to upload the template & media.

    Where are you trying to do that? You can FTP upload a theme to /wp-content/themes/ and then find it at Dashboard > Appearance > Themes, but media needs to be uploaded from the WordPress Dashboard in order for WordPress to register it in the database.

    It keep saying “Unable to create directory wp-contents/uploads).

    What “it” are you using there?

    1) First i tried editing the “upload_path” from blank to “wp-content/uploads” in ../wp-admin/options.php

    Never edit any WordPress core files. Any changes you make there will be deleted-and-replaced during WordPress updates…and the same is true for themes. To edit theme files, you first need a Child Theme where all editing will be done.

    Thread Starter n3tkilzxz

    (@n3tkilzxz)

    Yes, you are right. For the themes, i manage to do it manually by uplaoding it via FTP. I just want to create a post and insert images. But when i try to upload images it keep prompting the same error msgs as below:

    “header_home.JPG” has failed to upload due to an error
    The uploaded file could not be moved to wp-content/uploads.

    I did not touch any wp core files. When i meant editing wp-admin/options.php is from https://www.domain.com/wp-admin/options.php

    I have just install WP today, and i’m trying to do my first posting.

    I have never experienced that problem, but maybe something here will help:
    https://www.google.com/search?q=The+uploaded+file+could+not+be+moved+to+wp-content%2Fuploads

    Thread Starter n3tkilzxz

    (@n3tkilzxz)

    I’m using a window server instead of linux/unix. Could that be the problem?

    I have heard people talk about differences, so maybe trying looking into that possibility:
    https://www.google.com/search?q=windows+server+permissions+wordpress

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