Title: Images will not load
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Images will not load

 *  [plather](https://wordpress.org/support/users/plather/)
 * (@plather)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/images-will-not-load/)
 * Here is message i am getting from Word Press when I try to upload an image from
   my desktop. All of a sudden this is happening. Anyone no why? HELP!!!!
 * “morgan.JPG” has failed to upload due to an error
    Unable to create directory
   uploads/2012/12. Is its parent directory writable by the server?

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/images-will-not-load/#post-3268342)
 * Try changing the permissions on the wp-content directory to 766. If you still
   have problems, try 767, 775 or 777. Once your uploads are working, change the
   permissions on wp-content back to 755 again and check that everything still works
   OK.
    [http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions](http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions)

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