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Error when uploading a picture (Is its parent directory writable by the server?) (2 posts)

  1. SamCornwell
    Member
    Posted 4 months ago #

    "***.JPG” has failed to upload due to an error
    Unable to create directory /var/www/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/01. Is its parent directory writable by the server?

    I've not had this error before. I have tried three different computers and several browsers.

    Is this a common problem?

  2. esmi
    Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
    Posted 4 months ago #

    Try changing the permissions on the wp-content directory to 766. If you still have problems, try 767, 775 or 777. Once your uploads are working, change the permissions on wp-content back to 755 again and check that everything still works OK.
    http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions

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