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1. ldaroche
   Member
   Posted 8 months ago #

   Help!
   I get this message when trying to upload media:
   Unable to create directory /home/paulo/public_html/wp-content/uploads/2009/02. Is its parent directory writable by the server?

   Where do I go/what do I do to make it writeable?

2. t31os
   Member
   Posted 8 months ago #

   FTP or CPanel file manager...

   Permissions can also be referred to as CHMOD.

   It's referring to the permissions on the uploads folder more then likely...

3. srilatha_marru
   Member
   Posted 8 months ago #

   Hi, I have the same problem. I have changed the permission of the wp-content and its sub directories to 777. But i am still getting the error "Is its parent directory writable by the server?".

   what else i could be missing? Please let me know.

4. srilatha_marru
   Member
   Posted 8 months ago #

   Actually, 777 works but the error was due to other reason. I had wrong path specified in wordpress "miscellaneous" settings. It rather should be "wp-content/uploads". Now i am able to upload documents.

5. t31os
   Member
   Posted 8 months ago #

   If the problem wasn't the permissions then set them back to what they were...

   You should "ideally" avoid 777 where possible...

6. cattleproder
   Member
   Posted 2 months ago #

   I just fixed this for a customer and the permissions was NOT the issue. On the servers where I work a permissions set of 0777 will get rejected because that is just begging to be hacked. The problem came from the upload path specified in the WP. I didn't change it in the admin panel, I changed it in the DB to reflect the FULL server path. So your /home/user/public_html/wp-content/uploads and that got the issue fixed. Peace.

7. bwoolbright
   Member
   Posted 2 months ago #

   I've never handled a problem like this, so how do you change the path in the DB to reflect the FULL server path? I think that's my problem.

8. Shane G
   Member
   Posted 2 months ago #

   Hi,

   Assign 766 recursive permissions to wp-contents folder.
   Disable all the plugins and enable it one by one to find out the culprit
   Make sure that you have set proper path for upload directory in wordpress admin area

   Thanks,

   Shane G.

9. Trafficx
   Member
   Posted 1 month ago #

   I unchecked the 'Organize my uploads into month- and year-based folders' box. Unchecking this box and saving the changes is what solved my problem.

10. ElectronicCarpenter
    Member
    Posted 3 weeks ago #

    Try This...
    http://wordpress.org/support/topic/301275
    This worked for me ;)

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