Title: "HTTP error" when uploading images
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# "HTTP error" when uploading images

 *  Resolved [sch0k](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sch0k/)
 * (@sch0k)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-error-when-uploading-images/)
 * I have an issue after upgrading to WP 3.5 that I could not resolve following 
   what seemed to help others.
 * Uploading any but very small images generates a statement “HTTP error” in the
   upload screen. The uploaded image is visible in the media library, and I can 
   click on ‘edit’, but when I then want to e.g. resize or otherwise manipulate 
   it, it says that there is no image data and I should re-upload.
 * – Same issue in different browsers
    – Memory size is 256M – Disabling all Plugins
   didn’t help – Running Twenty-Twelve Theme didn’t help – WP_DEBUG does not return
   any hints – even 900px width images, 150KB don’t upload. A smaller 45KB image
   uploaded successfully – I have tons of free space on the server
 * Help?

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-error-when-uploading-images/#post-3295532)
 * Have you checked your site’s error logs for clues?
 *  Thread Starter [sch0k](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sch0k/)
 * (@sch0k)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-error-when-uploading-images/#post-3295542)
 * No, it seems I only can access them the next day – any cues you’d be looking 
   for?
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-error-when-uploading-images/#post-3295543)
 * Anything related to image uploading or memory.
 *  Thread Starter [sch0k](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sch0k/)
 * (@sch0k)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-error-when-uploading-images/#post-3295555)
 * I got a solution with my host’s support: they recommended to chmod uploads to
   777 which I didn’t want to do, but I found in the process that a combination 
   of stopping to grant PHP user access through .htaccess (by running CGI mode) 
   and giving instead site ownership to www-data solved it without 777.
    Still not
   sure why this works different than before…
 *  [forthinc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/forthinc/)
 * (@forthinc)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-error-when-uploading-images/#post-3295592)
 * I am having a similar issue and tried everything you list in your original post.
   In your last post you seem to have solved it, but what exactly does this mean?
 * >  stopping to grant PHP user access through .htaccess (by running CGI mode) 
   > and giving instead site ownership to www-data

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## Tags

 * [images](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/images/)
 * [media library](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/media-library/)
 * [upload](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/upload/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 5 replies
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 * Last reply from: [forthinc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/forthinc/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-error-when-uploading-images/#post-3295592)
 * Status: resolved

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