Uploader doesn’t actually upload file, but thinks it does

  • Hi,
    I haven’t seen this exact problem yet. I can’t get the uploader in 2.6 to actually upload the file (it didn’t work in 2.5 either). Everything looks as if it has uploaded the file in both the browser and flash versions (url looks correct). Settings folder is correct, no error messages. But the image does not show, just the file name. When I check the server to see if the file is where WP says it uploaded it, it’s not there. It’s not actually putting a copy of the file where it says it is putting it, and I don’t see it anywhere else within Wp either.
    I did the mod_rewrite in htaccess. The permissions for the images folder where they are supposed to be uploaded is 775. I also replaced the function.php file. Have cleared cache repeatedly.
    Any thoughts?
    Thanks,
    Kivi

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  • Same issue, the file uploader seems to work but the file doesn’t upload.

    Moderator Samuel Wood (Otto)

    (@otto42)

    www.ads-software.com Admin

    https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/164999

    Thread Starter kivi

    (@kivi)

    Hi Otto,
    I’ve tried everything on that support page with no luck. I have the same problem with several different installations of wordpress on different domains (including a couple different versions of wp from 2.5 and up) that are all running on the same server, so I am thinking that I must have some php server setting wrong. I am completely clueless about what that might be however — any thoughts? My server is a virtual private server running Linux with Apollo Hosting.
    I would really love to fix this – I’m always having to FTP images outside wordpress, which is a total pain.
    Thanks!

    I have the same exact problem… anybody have any ideas?

    (WordPress 2.7)

    Having similar image upload problems as well: see ‘Uploaded images have no preview & cannot be seen?’ 14 hours ago but not had any advice yet so cannot pass on I am sorry.

    I ended up playing around with Permissions – I had already opened up wp-cont – but that did the trick.

    Hello,

    I have exactly the same issue. I’m using WP2.7 and when I want to put an image in a post, I get the same result you get, wheter I’m using the flash upload method or the browser upload method. It’s getting very frustrating!

    I noticed something odd when sniffing the upload dialog with firebug on FF3: when the actual upload is done, the link to the uploaded image is “www.yourhost.com/dir_of_your_blog/wp-content/uploads/name_of_the_image.ext”, while the image has been saved into “www.yourhost.com/dir_of_your_blog/wp-content/name_of_the_image.ext”! Manually creating the “uploads” folder and assigning full permissions did not changed anything…

    What exactly did you changed to make the image upload work correctly? Can you please share your experience and help me resolve this?

    Thanks a million in advance!

    Here’s what my problem was:
    I’d insert an image, it would only show the outline in my wysiwyg editor, and show either nothing or a link to a nonexistent image on the page.

    Here’s what I did to fix it:
    Essentially, follow Otto42’s advice, and read his link above, specifically:

    Do you have custom settings on the Settings->Miscellaneous screen? If so, make sure that they are correct. The upload directory must not have a leading slash in front of it (uploads instead of /uploads), and the URL must not have a slash at the end of it (https://example.com/uploads instead of https://example.com/uploads/).

    I don’t recall making that specific setting [upload dir], but I DID at one point migrate my entire blog from a subdomain [a test implementation] to the top-level/root/whatever. I changed this setting to the default stated next to it, and it now works as expected.

    Hope this helps…

    Tatertom

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