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

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# Error uploading images

 *  [pelf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pelf/)
 * (@pelf)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-uploading-images-3/)
 * I tried to upload a few pictures (at one go) using the ADD MEDIA function, but
   after I have chosen the files to upload, is says HTTP ERROR.
 * What do I do next?

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 *  [iamthechosenone](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iamthechosenone/)
 * (@iamthechosenone)
 * [18 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-uploading-images-3/#post-732186)
 * I had a similar problem with my blog. Was fine until I upgraded to 2.5.
    If you
   have exhausted all other avenues, I would contact your host. My host (Hostgator)
   was blocking the upload of images for security. I had to tell them the location
   of all of my blogs so that they could remove the security feature. This worked
   perfectly.
 * When I was getting the problem I was just getting “http error”, but I know some
   people got “crunching” instead.
 * It seems that the server was logging this message: mod_security: Access denied
   with code 403. Pattern match “^Shockwave Flash” at HEADER(“USER-AGENT”) [id “***
   MY ID”][rev “1”] [msg “SpamBot UA”] [severity “CRITICAL”] [hostname “***MY-DOMAIN***”][
   uri “/testing/blog/wp-admin/async-upload.php”]
 * Hope this helps you guys. I spent hours trying sugegsted fixes. I never would
   have guessed that it was a security issue with my host. After contacting them
   it was fixed within the hour.
    At first they argued that it was 3rd party software,
   but I told them that I had a test blog and I also had blogs on 2 servers and 
   it was the same on all of them. They referred me to their higher level support
   and they fixed it within an hour.
 * Let me know the outcome. [dave@isnigh.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-uploading-images-3/dave@isnigh.com?output_format=md)

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 * Last reply from: [iamthechosenone](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iamthechosenone/)
 * Last activity: [18 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-uploading-images-3/#post-732186)
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