Title: media file contains errors
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# media file contains errors

 *  [sfcohen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sfcohen/)
 * (@sfcohen)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/media-file-contains-errors/)
 * I’m having a recurring problem with .jpg images that I’ve uploaded to my media
   library. For no apparent reason, an image will disappear from a page or post –
   even when I haven’t made any changes recently. When I look at the media library,
   I will see the title of the image instead of a thumbnail. If I click on the title
   to view the image, I get a message that says “The image {filename} cannot be 
   displayed because it contains errors.” Usually I am able to fix this by re-uploading
   the image and then updating the links. However, I’m now having a problem with
   a particular image which I’ve uploaded multiple times (from two different source
   files) and it keeps breaking. Does anyone have any ideas about what could be 
   causing it and how I go about figuring that out?
 * Thanks!
    [=sfc=]

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 * Last activity: [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/media-file-contains-errors/)
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