Can't upload images

  • ridai

    (@ridai)


    10 years, 9 months ago

    I have a WordPress site on my webserver and have recently copied to to my localhost testing environment using XAMPP to work on it, and proceeded to re-upload the site back to the server without issue.

    Now, everything is functioning fine except for uploading images. Whenever I attempt to upload them, it says it cannot write to the directory.

    I have tried turning off date/time arrangement of images, I’ve tried manually creating the folder its trying to use and temporarily setting the permissions of it to 777 and it works. However, when I change them back to 755 it stops allowing uploads again.

    Like I said this has only happened since copying my localhost wordpress back, is there anything I can do other than constantly change permissions every time an image needs posting (as I have multiple users managing this site)?

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  • Thread Starter ridai

    (@ridai)

    10 years, 9 months ago

    I’ve read it may be due to the account WordPress is using to create/write files. Is there any way to find out what this account is? And how would I ensure it has correct permissions?

    HR50667

    (@hr50667)

    10 years, 9 months ago

    i have the same problem…also its not possible to update plugins

    Thread Starter ridai

    (@ridai)

    10 years, 9 months ago

    Yes, it appears that the unix user that WordPress is using to create files/directory’s has lost it’s permissions to do so, or is now using a different user for some reason. I’m going to write a ticket to my web server hosting company and see what they can do.

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