Title: Broken Image File Problem
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Broken Image File Problem

 *  Resolved [hoodedmonkey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hoodedmonkey/)
 * (@hoodedmonkey)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/broken-image-file-problem/)
 * Howdy Guys and Gals!
 * I recently had a problem with WordPress 2.7 and 2.8 and the solution I found 
   worked with both on a consistent basis so I thought that this problem may be 
   experience by others and here’s a way to fix it.
 * Description:
    When I went to upload an image file from my local computer it wouldn’t
   come up in the preview screen and when inserted into the post it would insert
   as a box with the ‘broken page’ icon in the middle and no actual picture. When
   the page was previewed only the name of the file could be viewed and again, no
   picture.
 * Solution:
    Going to Settings-Miscellaneous my uploads folder was set to wp-content
   automatically, even though it says default is meant to be wp-content/upLoads.
   I then went into my FTP program and changed the folder security to 777 and went
   back to WordPress and changed the uploads folder in Settings-Miscellaneous to
   wp-content/upLoads. I then tried to upload an image and received an error message
   in red saying that this could not be done. (sorry I can’t remember what the actual
   error message was, I didn’t copy it at the time I received it) I then went back
   and changed the upload folder back to wp-content and now my images are inserting
   into posts perfectly.
 * I hope this article may help someone out there.

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 *  [emilsagal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emilsagal/)
 * (@emilsagal)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/broken-image-file-problem/#post-1106586)
 * Hi,
    I have identical problem with my blog. How did you change your security 
   to 777? [http://www.masteryoursleep.com](http://www.masteryoursleep.com) Emil
 *  [Scarpace](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scarpace/)
 * (@scarpace)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/broken-image-file-problem/#post-1106641)
 * TRY THIS, IT WORKED FOR ME!!!
    [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/285845](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/285845)

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [Scarpace](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scarpace/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/broken-image-file-problem/#post-1106641)
 * Status: resolved

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