Title: missing wp-content uploads file from installation
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# missing wp-content uploads file from installation

 *  [allibee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/allibee/)
 * (@allibee)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-wp-content-uploads-file-from-installation/)
 * keep getting error when trying to upload photos saying
 * > Unable to create directory wp-content/uploads/2014/03. Is its parent directory
   > writable by the server?
 * but when I look at installed files there is no uploads file within wp-content,
   only within wp-admin
 * have reinstalled latest 3.8.1 twice, same every time
 * am I missing something obvious here?

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 *  [Clayton James](https://wordpress.org/support/users/claytonjames/)
 * (@claytonjames)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-wp-content-uploads-file-from-installation/#post-4730940)
 * > Unable to create directory wp-content/uploads/2014/03. Is its parent directory
   > writable by the server?
 * That means WordPress can’t create the /wp-content/uploads/month/day directories
   because it can’t write to the /wp-content directory. It doesn’t have permissions.
 * You may be able to let WordPress create the directories by changing the permissions
   on /wp-content to 775 or 777 **temporarily**.
 * Once you upload a photo, and creating the directory is successful, be sure to
   put the permissions back where they were.
 * ..and I don’t _think _there should be an uploads directory inside of /wp-admin
   by default.
 *  Thread Starter [allibee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/allibee/)
 * (@allibee)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-wp-content-uploads-file-from-installation/#post-4730988)
 * thanks, will try that though seems very odd that I should have to for each post
   image!
 *  [Clayton James](https://wordpress.org/support/users/claytonjames/)
 * (@claytonjames)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-wp-content-uploads-file-from-installation/#post-4730990)
 * You only need to do it once. Once the upload folders are created, you shouldn’t
   have to do it again.
 *  Thread Starter [allibee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/allibee/)
 * (@allibee)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-wp-content-uploads-file-from-installation/#post-4730991)
 * brilliant, thank you
 *  Thread Starter [allibee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/allibee/)
 * (@allibee)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-wp-content-uploads-file-from-installation/#post-4730999)
 * nope, still doesn’t work, same error, thank you anyway
 *  [Clayton James](https://wordpress.org/support/users/claytonjames/)
 * (@claytonjames)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-wp-content-uploads-file-from-installation/#post-4731006)
 * Maybe we could look at one more thing if you like, before you need to contact
   your host for support.
 * You will need to log into your site, then visit: yoursite.com/wp-admin/options.
   php
 * Type that right in the browser address bar and it will take you to a page where
   you can view the site options in your browser. On that page you will find three
   entries:
 * uploads_use_yearmonth_folders
 * upload_path
 * upload_url_path
 * To the right of those entries will be the values. If you have “organize my uploads
   into month and year based folders” selected in your settings, I would expect 
   the values in those fields to be:
 * uploads_use_yearmonth_folders **= 1**
 * upload_path **= blank/empty**
 * upload_url_path** = blank/empty**
 * Be careful not to change anything while you are on that page, but just take a
   look and see if those values are the same as those above.
 *  Thread Starter [allibee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/allibee/)
 * (@allibee)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-wp-content-uploads-file-from-installation/#post-4731010)
 * yes, they are the same
 *  [Clayton James](https://wordpress.org/support/users/claytonjames/)
 * (@claytonjames)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-wp-content-uploads-file-from-installation/#post-4731011)
 * You may need to contact your hosts support group and see if they can find anything
   odd with your file and folder ownership/permissions.
 *  Thread Starter [allibee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/allibee/)
 * (@allibee)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-wp-content-uploads-file-from-installation/#post-4731012)
 * thank you for trying anyway 🙂
 * i’ll leave this open and will post a reply or workaround when/if I find an answer
 * thanks again, you’ve been very kind

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