Title: Image upload button Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # Image upload button * [schippie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/schippie/) * (@schippie) * [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-upload-button/) * I installed WP without problems, that was the easy part. But I am a bit overwehlmed by all the possibilities, it looks so much more complex than B2. So excuse me if I overlooked a simpel solution. * I would like to try and upload an image via the edit part, but I don’t seem to be able to find a button or so to do that? Shouldn’t there be an option in the same screen where you write the message? * Thanks for any help. * Greetings, Marion Viewing 13 replies - 1 through 13 (of 13 total) * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-upload-button/#post-123926) * Go to Options/Miscellaneous and turn on file uploads. You will then see an “Upload” button in your main menu bar. * Thread Starter [schippie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/schippie/) * (@schippie) * [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-upload-button/#post-123947) * Sorry for pushing the button twice 😉 I deleted this second post * Thread Starter [schippie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/schippie/) * (@schippie) * [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-upload-button/#post-123948) * Ah, yes, off course. I thought I’d done that. Thanks, I do see the button now, but I get an error that the directory is not writable. I am on a windows server, could that be the problem? * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-upload-button/#post-123981) * Set the permissions of the upload directory to 777 (CHMOD 777). * Thread Starter [schippie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/schippie/) * (@schippie) * [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-upload-button/#post-123985) * I tried some more and installed the plugin Exhibit. It uses the same directory that I intended for uploading pictures and it seems to work! So I guess the rights are ok. * Maybe I got the settings wrong? Destination directory: dompics/images URI of this directory: [http://dompics.schippie.nl/images](http://dompics.schippie.nl/images) * Any idea why I get this message when I try to upload: It doesn’t look like you can use the file upload feature at this time because the directory you have specified( dompics/images) doesn’t appear to be writable by WordPress. Check the permissions on the directory and for typos. * Greetings, Marion * Thread Starter [schippie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/schippie/) * (@schippie) * [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-upload-button/#post-123988) * I cannot CHMOD on a windows server, my ISP tells me all rights are 777. And they seem to be, judging by the working of Exhibit. * [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/) * (@podz) * [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-upload-button/#post-123989) * In that case, you and wp would seem to be disagreeing on the directory – you are looking at different directories ? * Thread Starter [schippie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/schippie/) * (@schippie) * [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-upload-button/#post-123998) * I used these: Destination directory: dompics/images URI of this directory: [http://dompics.schippie.nl/images](http://dompics.schippie.nl/images) WP suggestes wp-content, I have tried to fill that in or the wp-images, but I get the same error message. * I don’t understand the suggestion WP gives for the Destination directory: c:\ domains\schippie.nl\wwwroot\dompics/wp-content * It doesn’t mean that I should fill in the local path, does it? Anyway, I tried, but the slashes are stripped 😉 * [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/) * (@podz) * [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-upload-button/#post-123999) * Destination needs to be a full path. And if the slashes are being stripped, reverse them ? * Use forward slashes “/â€? to specify the directory. * Thread Starter [schippie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/schippie/) * (@schippie) * [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-upload-button/#post-124004) * I tried: [http://www.schippie.nl/dompics/images](http://www.schippie.nl/dompics/images) and [http://dompics.schippie.nl/images](http://dompics.schippie.nl/images) (its a subdomain), but still the same message, that ‘images’ doesn’t seem writable. * I’m lost and tired, I’ll check in tomorrow 😉 * [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/) * (@podz) * [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-upload-button/#post-124005) * That’s a url, not a path – you need a path, and wp probably guessed right. * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-upload-button/#post-124010) * Below the input field, WP will give you a “Recommended Path”. Use that. * Thread Starter [schippie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/schippie/) * (@schippie) * [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-upload-button/#post-124069) * I did, reversed the slashes and yes!!! it works! Thanks for the help and sorry for being so stubborn ;-( Viewing 13 replies - 1 through 13 (of 13 total) The topic ‘Image upload button’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 13 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [schippie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/schippie/) * Last activity: [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-upload-button/#post-124069) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics