Title: File Upload does not work
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# File Upload does not work

 *  Resolved [fairWalter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fairwalter/)
 * (@fairwalter)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file-upload-does-not-work/)
 * Hey there,
 * I can’t upload any more files at my wordpress website. I already checked the 
   permissions, deactivated the plugins and changed the design theme.
 * I always get the error message:
 *     ```
       "image.png" could not be uploaded due to an error
       The uploaded file could not be moved to wp-content / uploads / 2015/01.
       ```
   
 * That was after I manually created the folder structure 2015/01. before he said
   the folder 2015/01 could not be created. pls check the permissions.
 * I already updated WordPress from ver 3.sth to 4.0.1 (manually, automatic update
   always fails)
 * Any ideas what I can do?
    Thx for your advise!

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 *  Moderator [Marius L. J.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clorith/)
 * (@clorith)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file-upload-does-not-work/#post-5674921)
 * Hi,
 * It still sounds like you have a permissions issue, especially if you’ve had to
   create directories manually, the same goes for if using the update button in 
   the WordPress dashboard isn’t working.
 * Permissions have a fun way of checking parent folders as well, so ideally the
   WP-root folders and below need to all be set up correctly. If you run the server
   your self you should be checking both the file and folder permissions, but also
   the user and user-group of the files and folders.
 * If you’re using a shared host, asking them to verify the file and folder rights
   and permissions should be fine as well.
 *  Thread Starter [fairWalter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fairwalter/)
 * (@fairwalter)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file-upload-does-not-work/#post-5674936)
 * I have access via ftp to the files and changed the permissions for the wordpress
   folder and all subfolders and files tamporarily to 777 but it didn’t change anything.
   
   Maybe the server does not change the rights as it should do and I should ask 
   the host to change it manually again.
 *  Moderator [Marius L. J.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clorith/)
 * (@clorith)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file-upload-does-not-work/#post-5674968)
 * The 777 setting is a bad idea for security reasons, just throwing that out there
   right away.
 * When you create the folder manually, you might be creating it in your FTP user,
   this user might be different form the server user so then the host would need
   to fix the user:group ownership of the folders and files for you.
 * If you are using a shared host, have them verify and potentially fix the user
   and group for the uploads directory and see if that helps 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [fairWalter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fairwalter/)
 * (@fairwalter)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file-upload-does-not-work/#post-5674983)
 * yeah i directly changed to 775 .
    I found the problem, the host has forbidden
   writing permissions of scripts.
 * Cheers for your help!

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 * Last reply from: [fairWalter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fairwalter/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file-upload-does-not-work/#post-5674983)
 * Status: resolved

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