Title: http error when loading a picture
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# http error when loading a picture

 *  [Chaloupi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chaloupi/)
 * (@chaloupi)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-error-when-loading-a-picture/)
 * I get a http error every time I try to upload a picture

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-error-when-loading-a-picture/#post-1763955)
 * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/164999](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/164999)
   
   [http://www.chewie.co.uk/general/wordpress-image-upload-http-error/](http://www.chewie.co.uk/general/wordpress-image-upload-http-error/)
 *  [ddlr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ddlr/)
 * (@ddlr)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-error-when-loading-a-picture/#post-1764325)
 * I had the same problem today – I upgraded my site to WP 3.0.1 last week, and 
   posts that I wrote a few days ago uploaded fine. Today however, no luck. Found
   out – thanks to the great folks at Dreamhost – that it is indeed related to the.
   htaccess file issue
 * > There seems to be an issue where WordPress reverts back to PHP4, which is
   >  
   > causing the errors. We have posted a status entry on our blog: [http://www.dreamhoststatus.com/2010/11/18/php-errors-related-to-uploading-files/](http://www.dreamhoststatus.com/2010/11/18/php-errors-related-to-uploading-files/)
   > I made a slight change to your .htaccess to force PHP5 to be called so
   >  hopefully
   > your WordPress won’t be acting up when you upload a file!
 * So update that file if you can or contact your hosting provider.
 *  [misheck](https://wordpress.org/support/users/misheck/)
 * (@misheck)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-error-when-loading-a-picture/#post-1764326)
 * I am getting the same HTTP errors and also my website is very slow too. So what
   can you recommend because I am on godaddy not dreamhost.

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

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [misheck](https://wordpress.org/support/users/misheck/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-error-when-loading-a-picture/#post-1764326)
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