Title: Is not writable
Last modified: March 21, 2017

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# Is not writable

 *  Resolved [spkt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spkt/)
 * (@spkt)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/is-not-writable/)
 * Hello,
 * When trying to bulk resize old images, I get a “Is not writable” error on all
   pictures. Why is that? They are all in the uploads folder.

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 *  Plugin Author [Shane Bishop](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nosilver4u/)
 * (@nosilver4u)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/is-not-writable/#post-8939770)
 * Because the permissions are not correct. Your webhost can probably run a “permissions
   reset” for you if you don’t know how to fix them yourself.
 *  Thread Starter [spkt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spkt/)
 * (@spkt)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/is-not-writable/#post-8940496)
 * Permissions look fine. Folder has 755 permission on the ftp. Works on 5 of my
   sites, but not this one. Even though they are exactly alike.
 *  Plugin Author [Shane Bishop](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nosilver4u/)
 * (@nosilver4u)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/is-not-writable/#post-8940523)
 * Check the files themselves, and compare that to your other sites.
 *  Thread Starter [spkt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spkt/)
 * (@spkt)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/is-not-writable/#post-8940851)
 * I found the issue. It’s trying to resize pictures that does not exist anymore.
   Folders from 2016. I guess they still exist in the media library even though 
   the actual picture files are deleted from the ftp.
    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 3 months ago by [spkt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spkt/).
 *  Plugin Author [Shane Bishop](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nosilver4u/)
 * (@nosilver4u)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/is-not-writable/#post-8941264)
 * Ah, that would certainly do it. It only searches the metadata in the database
   when scanning for images to resize, so it’s entirely possible for it to ‘find’
   images that no longer exist on the ftp.
 * Good luck!

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 * Last reply from: [Shane Bishop](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nosilver4u/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/is-not-writable/#post-8941264)
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