Title: 2011 Uploads Problem
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# 2011 Uploads Problem

 *  [thatgrrl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thatgrrl/)
 * (@thatgrrl)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/2011-uploads-problem/)
 * Unable to create directory /wp-content/uploads/2011/01. Is its parent directory
   writable by the server?
 * Is it because of the new year? Should I just create all the folders myself or
   is there a fix I need so WP will work and create the folders (as it has been 
   doing)?
 * I’ve read other information about directory errors and none of it applies to 
   this. I’ve had no trouble uploading files all last year.

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 *  Thread Starter [thatgrrl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thatgrrl/)
 * (@thatgrrl)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/2011-uploads-problem/#post-1839737)
 * Fixed it myself. One of my other WP blogs was letting me upload so I compared
   all the settings. In FTP I found the uploads directory was set at 755 on one 
   and 777 on the other. That made all the difference.
 * If you have this problem, 777 works.
 *  [qpierce](https://wordpress.org/support/users/qpierce/)
 * (@qpierce)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/2011-uploads-problem/#post-1840058)
 * > Unable to create directory /wp-content/uploads/2011/01. Is its parent directory
   > writable by the server?
   > Is it because of the new year? Should I just create all the folders myself 
   > or is there a fix I need so WP will work and create the folders (as it has 
   > been doing)?
   > I’ve read other information about directory errors and none of it applies to
   > this. I’ve had no trouble uploading files all last year.
 * Not advisable to set directories to chmod 777 (i.e. Security Issues). If you 
   have checked the box that says “Organize my uploads into month- and year-based
   folders” via Settings -> Media, then you have to manually create the wp-content/
   uploads folder, Year folder (e.g. uploads/2011), Month folder (e.g. 2011/05) 
   and set the chmod to 775 to each of these directories.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 2 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [qpierce](https://wordpress.org/support/users/qpierce/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/2011-uploads-problem/#post-1840058)
 * Status: not resolved

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