Title: Custom header image upload failure
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Custom header image upload failure

 *  [bareshark1975](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bareshark1975/)
 * (@bareshark1975)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-header-image-upload-failure/)
 * Every time I try to change the image on my custom header with an image from my
   hard drive, I get the following message:
 * Unable to create directory /home/tarnet/domains/tarotrede.net/public_html/wp-
   content/uploads/2009/12. Is its parent directory writable by the server?
 * What am I overlooking? Thanks in advance!

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 *  [s_ha_dum](https://wordpress.org/support/users/apljdi/)
 * (@apljdi)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-header-image-upload-failure/#post-1297423)
 * Common problem, but the error message tells you what is wrong– the parent directory
   needs to be writable by the server. Start [here](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/337160?replies=3)
   and [here](http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions).

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