lucasmcdonnell

Well, I can tell you what worked for me. I went into wp-content/uploads/ and created a directory called ‘pth’, so that I now have wp-content/uploads/pth. I then right clicked on the directory, and used chmod to give write access to the directory (in the box that pops up when you chmod, just type in ‘777’, without quotes of course).

The test image was then able to be created. Hope this helps someone.

I thought the Bad Behavior issue wasn’t the source of the problem, since I was getting a 404, not a 403. When I went into my hosting interface and updated to the newest version of Bad Behavior however, that fixed the problem. So just a quick note to anybody looking at this — the ‘bad’ Bad Behavior can cause a 404, not just a 403.

Guess I should have read the sticky before posting. ??

I have to admit, I didn’t follow instructions. I didn’t disable all my plugins before replacing the files I needed to, and got the same fatal error. Strangely, restoring the backup I made before the upgrade didn’t solve the problem either.

Here’s what I did to solve it (I can’t guarantee that this will work for everyone):
1. Disable all your plugins.
2. Replace everything except the ‘wp-content’ and ‘wp-config.php’ (deleting all the old files really is the best way to do this, but make sure you don’t delete the directory and file I just mentioned).
3. Re-enable all your plugins.

Maybe someone who’s more knowledgeable about WordPress can answer this: could not disabling your plugins cause this error?

I think I might have done what you’re asking about.

I know this is an old question, but I still couldn’t find an answer to it. So after some fiddling around, I think came up with a pretty good solution.

If someone has a way to improve the code in this solution, let me know by leaving a comment on my blog. Hope this will help someone.

I think may have come up with a solution to this problem. I am not a coder, so would welcome anyone’s suggestions on how to improve my solution. I posted how to do this on my blog.

Please note that I’m not a professional coder, so this is certainly more of a workaround than anything. I hope this helps someone.