Title: Error Adding Images
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Error Adding Images

 *  Resolved [ljanuska](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ljanuska/)
 * (@ljanuska)
 * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-adding-images/)
 * I’m very new to wordpress.
 * I’m using the wordpress theme twentyeleven.
 * No matter how I try to add an image (media) to a page or a post, I get the following
   error message:
 * “Unable to create directory D:\Hosting\8811390\html/wp-content/uploads/2012/01.
   Is its parent directory writable by the server?”
 * What am I doing wrong? What do I need to change?

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 *  [govpatel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/govpatel/)
 * (@govpatel)
 * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-adding-images/#post-2537231)
 * Uploads folder permissions needs to be writable try change to 777 and change 
   755 once you get to upload images.
 *  Thread Starter [ljanuska](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ljanuska/)
 * (@ljanuska)
 * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-adding-images/#post-2537236)
 * My uploads folder is located at:
 * wp-content/uploads
 * Is that the right location? Or is the uploads folder supposed to be in the “theme”
   folder?
 * I have changed the permissions using my ftp client. Same error occurs.
 *  [govpatel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/govpatel/)
 * (@govpatel)
 * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-adding-images/#post-2537283)
 * That is the right location as if you change theme in future you would still have
   theme images.
 *  Thread Starter [ljanuska](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ljanuska/)
 * (@ljanuska)
 * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-adding-images/#post-2537318)
 * Thanks – it’s not working but I’m going to go back in and take another look.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 4 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [ljanuska](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ljanuska/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-adding-images/#post-2537318)
 * Status: resolved

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