Title: Error message when uploading images
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Error message when uploading images

 *  [leelynn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leelynn/)
 * (@leelynn)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-message-when-uploading-images/)
 * What is causing this error message when I attempt to add new images to the home
   page?
 * Unable to save uploaded image. Ensure that the web server has permissions to 
   write to the uploads folder

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 *  [t31os](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t31os/)
 * (@t31os)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-message-when-uploading-images/#post-995747)
 * You need to chmod the upload folder to the correct permissions…

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 * [image upload error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/image-upload-error/)

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 * Last reply from: [t31os](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t31os/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-message-when-uploading-images/#post-995747)
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