Cannot Upload Media

  • Kevjharris

    (@kevjharris)


    9 years, 7 months ago

    I have posted this elsewhere, but am now trying again on a new thread to see if it will help as people seem to be having the same or similar issue, but the responses and fixes are different for all it seems.

    I have WordPress 4.0 and am using Headway for my theme.

    Currently I cannot upload any new pictures or media through the media uploader either by dragging and dropping or selecting the file through ‘browse files’. Its is the same either way. The upload appears to start, the bar goes across and then stops with the error message asking me to try again later. And I am left with a grey icon in the media library for an image that is not there.

    So far I have tried the following.

    1) Updating all plug ins.
    2) Deleting any unused plug ins
    3) De-activating all plug ins
    4) Switching to the Twenty14 word press theme
    5) Trying again later as advised by the error message!

    Non of these changes allow me to upload media – the result is always the same. Progress bar on the uploader making you think its working, then the error message.

    Can some one please offer some help that isn’t connected to WPML plugin which I do not have.

    Kind regards
    Kevin
    http://www.kevinharris.tv

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  • haleystudio

    (@haleystudio)

    9 years, 6 months ago

    This happened to me too after migrating my database from an earlier version.

    I was able to SOLVE it by going into phpMyAdmin for my database.

    • Select the wp_posts table.
    • Go to Structure view.
    • In the ID field, see whether AUTO_INCREMENT is in the Extras column.
    • If not, click “change” on the ID row, find “A_I” or Auto Increment, and check/select it.

    Do the same for wp_postmeta. While you are at it, look for other tables that have “ID” that is not set to AUTO_INCREMENT.

    Let me know if this helps! I only found it because our old install was working, so I could look directly at the two phpMyAdmin screens and compare them.

    PS: I wasn’t able to add new posts or upload media, and this solved both.

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