Title: media upload issues
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# media upload issues

 *  [jnan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jnan/)
 * (@jnan)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/media-upload-issues-2/)
 * hi
 * i uploaded images to my blog as recently as 30 days ago
    but now i upload to 
   my media library and i get an error message “Unable to create directory” …
 * i checked the path and it is the default .. i haven’t been able to
    get to the
   permissions to see / make sure they are at “777”
 * could they be the only reasons, or is my “older” version part of the problem 
   too ?
 * thanks !
    john

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/media-upload-issues-2/#post-3551328)
 * You need to 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)
 *  Thread Starter [jnan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jnan/)
 * (@jnan)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/media-upload-issues-2/#post-3551366)
 * ok … thanks esmi
 * i’ll change them, and change them back.
    does the change back have to be right
   away ? i have a friend who does all my server side stuff and he get pretty busy…
 * thanks again !
 *  Thread Starter [jnan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jnan/)
 * (@jnan)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/media-upload-issues-2/#post-3551730)
 * hi esmi
 * well, changing the permissions in the directory and changing them back worked
   for a few weeks, but now my media won’t upload again i get this:
 * “The uploaded file could not be moved to /var/www/vhosts … wp-content/uploads/
   2013/04 “
 * do i need to reset my permissions ever couple of weeks to avoid my media not 
   being able to be uploaded to my blog, or is this a different situation altogether?
 * thanks !
    john

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 * Last reply from: [jnan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jnan/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/media-upload-issues-2/#post-3551730)
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