Title: Adding pictures
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Adding pictures

 *  [judysl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/judysl/)
 * (@judysl)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-pictures-5/)
 * I cannot upload a picture to my post. This just started happening this morning.
   I tried using both of the uploaders, neither works. I also tried using several
   different pictures – none work. The only that has worked is when I upload a picture
   I have already used – that uploads, but I can’t use that. I am desperate, as 
   I publish a post daily, and need this to work. Any ideas of what else I can try,
   or what happened? I have not changed anything on my computer or the site, and
   it worked yesterday. Thanks for any help I can get!

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-pictures-5/#post-3223107)
 * > I cannot upload a picture to my post.
 * Please describe what happens and what you see when you try to upload a file.
 *  Thread Starter [judysl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/judysl/)
 * (@judysl)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-pictures-5/#post-3223114)
 * I select the icon to upload, then I use the Select button to choose the photo,
   then Upload it via that button. Then I add Title and Alternate Text. Then I select
   Insert Into Post button. It takes me back to the Edit Post page, where I have
   always seen the picture in the post. Now I just see a big empty box, with the
   Alternate Text in blue print in the upper left corner of it. I went to Preview
   Post to see if the picture came through, and it did not. On this page it also
   shows the Alternate Text in the upper left corner, and has an icon that looks
   like a broken tile in the middle. When I hover over this icon it shows the Title.
   When I click on it, it goes to a page that says’ Bad Request Your browser sent
   a request that this server could not understand.’
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-pictures-5/#post-3223116)
 * Check your uploads path in Settings->Media. It should be blank in most installs.
 *  Thread Starter [judysl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/judysl/)
 * (@judysl)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-pictures-5/#post-3223124)
 * It is blank….
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-pictures-5/#post-3223127)
 * [FTP](http://codex.wordpress.org/FTP_Clients) into your site (or use whatever
   file management application your host provides) & check that the images are being
   uploaded to wp-content/uploads.
 *  Thread Starter [judysl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/judysl/)
 * (@judysl)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-pictures-5/#post-3223210)
 * Couldn’t get to this until yesterday afternoon, and when I went to my site and
   did a new post – it worked. I went back to the post that it didn’t work on, and
   could not add a picture, but it did work on the next post. At this point I am
   going to hope it was some kind of aberration and hope it keeps working. Thanks
   for your help!
 *  [susanvvogt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/susanvvogt/)
 * (@susanvvogt)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-pictures-5/#post-3223212)
 * I’m having the same problem as judysl. I routinely add photos to my blog posts
   and have never had any problem until yesterday. When I tried to “Add media files
   from your computer” I could choose the file and it would show that it was chosen,
   BUT when I go to upload it I get the message: “Failed to write file to disk.”
   I tried with other photos. I tried rebooting. I tried sleeping on it, i.e. waiting
   till the next morning, not falling asleep on top of my computer 🙂 I’ve been 
   doing this for years and haven’t changed anything on my computer since it last
   worked. I’m not savvy enough to do the FTP thing that esmi suggested. I’m assuming
   that some kind of bug has crept into the system. Please help. My site is: [http://www.SusanVogt.net/blog](http://www.SusanVogt.net/blog)
 *  Thread Starter [judysl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/judysl/)
 * (@judysl)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-pictures-5/#post-3223213)
 * Susan,
    I wish I could tell you what I did, but nothing I did worked….it just
   came back. ANd I guess I don’t actually know if it is still working, as I have
   not yet posted today. I hope mine STILL works, and that yours comes back!
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-pictures-5/#post-3223214)
 * **[@susanvvogt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/susanvvogt/)**: It is impolite
   to interrupt another poster’s ongoing thread with a question of your own and 
   it causes significant problems for the forum’s volunteers. Please [post your own topic](http://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting#postform).

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