I am having the same problem. When I try to upload an image file I get this error message: “Unable to create directory uploads/2013/05. Is its parent directory writable by the server?”
I have already checked my permissions and I spent a long time on the phone w/ GoDaddy support staff who determined that it must be a problem with WordPress.
How can I fix this upload problem??
Same problem. I’m using 3.5.1. I’m trying to get a new theme running, and am uploading the header image, which is when I get this error. To try to get around it, I used my FTP program to create uploads/2013/05. Uploads, 2013, and 05 are 777; wp-content is 755. Still getting the error. I tried going all the way up the chain, to making the wordpress directory itself 777. Still got the error, so I went back and changed wordpress and wp-content to 755. I’m not sure why it’s even still trying to create the directory, since the directory exists. Doesn’t seem like this can be just a permissions problem. What else can I change?
Just to check, I went in and deactivated all my plugins. No difference.
Tried one more thing. I looked at a site that works (my test site). Same version of WordPress, same theme. In that installation, uploads, 2013, and 05 are all set to 755, and the upload works. Went back into the one that doesn’t work and set uploads, 2013, and 05 to 755. Still doesn’t work.
I used my FTP program to create uploads/2013/05
No – that will never work. WordPress must create the folder() itself. 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
And next time, (and as per the Forum Welcome) please post your own topic.
Sorry about not posting a new topic. I guess I figured since it was the exact same error, I didn’t need to do that. My misunderstanding.
I deleted the 2013 and 05 directories, which were the ones I created using my FTP program. Then I tried changing the content directory (only) to all of the above — 766, 767, 775, 777. Still getting the same error.
Please post a new topic – including all of the necessary details.
