Title: “imagecreatefromstring” errors uploading certain images
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# “imagecreatefromstring” errors uploading certain images

 *  [sinnyo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sinnyo/)
 * (@sinnyo)
 * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/imagecreatefromstring-errors-uploading-certain-images/)
 * My fault for replaying to an existing topic, but one which had been marked as‘
   resolved’ from early in WP 2.0’s lifespan.
 * I’m a little worried not to see that this is a common issue, however it’s an 
   annoyingly persistent one. Certain files prompt the following errors for no reason
   I can discern:
 *     ```
       Warning: imagecreatefromstring() [function.imagecreatefromstring]: gd-jpeg: JPEG library reports unrecoverable error: in /homepages/4/d283887148/htdocs/wp-includes/media.php  on line 253
   
       Warning: imagecreatefromstring() [function.imagecreatefromstring]: Passed data is not in 'JPEG' format in /homepages/4/d283887148/htdocs/wp-includes/media.php on line 253
   
       Warning: imagecreatefromstring() [function.imagecreatefromstring]: Couldn't create GD Image Stream out of Data in /homepages/4/d283887148/htdocs/wp-includes/media.php on line 253
   
       Warning: imagecreatefromstring() [function.imagecreatefromstring]: gd-jpeg: JPEG library reports unrecoverable error: in /homepages/4/d283887148/htdocs/wp-includes/media.php on line 253
   
       Warning: imagecreatefromstring() [function.imagecreatefromstring]: Passed data is not in 'JPEG' format in /homepages/4/d283887148/htdocs/wp-includes/media.php on line 253
   
       Warning: imagecreatefromstring() [function.imagecreatefromstring]: Couldn't create GD Image Stream out of Data in /homepages/4/d283887148/htdocs/wp-includes/media.php on line 253
   
       Warning: imagecreatefromstring() [function.imagecreatefromstring]: gd-jpeg: JPEG library reports unrecoverable error: in /homepages/4/d283887148/htdocs/wp-includes/media.php on line 253
   
       Warning: imagecreatefromstring() [function.imagecreatefromstring]: Passed data is not in 'JPEG' format in /homepages/4/d283887148/htdocs/wp-includes/media.php on line 253
   
       Warning: imagecreatefromstring() [function.imagecreatefromstring]: Couldn't create GD Image Stream out of Data in /homepages/4/d283887148/htdocs/wp-includes/media.php on line 253
       145
       ```
   
 * It crops up after uploading is complete, and replaces the form with which we 
   usually change the title, caption and positioning of the image. I can still insert
   the image, but only at full size – the GD errors prevent WordPress from making
   my thumbnails.
 * It affects perfectly functional .JPG files, even after they’ve been renamed or
   duplicated, or the file extension changed to .JPEG and back. However if I cropped
   one of the images to a slightly different ratio, the upload went ahead with no
   such issues.
 * I realise now that this is almost certainly down to something in the original
   file – can anyone shed any light on what causes it?

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 *  [Tyler Fields](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tyfi84/)
 * (@tyfi84)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/imagecreatefromstring-errors-uploading-certain-images/#post-1545455)
 * I’m having the same issue. The only difference is that I’m letting the function
   detect the image type automatically instead of specifying the type, and I’m only
   getting one error consistently, “Data is not in a recognized format.”
 *  [anabelle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anabelle/)
 * (@anabelle)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/imagecreatefromstring-errors-uploading-certain-images/#post-1545485)
 * Did you find how to solve this?

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