Title: Upload Error message
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Upload Error message

 *  [eemoore](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eemoore/)
 * (@eemoore)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/newbie-with-upload-error-message/)
 * Hi, I’ve seen this issue in older posts, but haven’t figured out how to solve
   it myself.
 * Exact message reads: Unable to create directory wp-content/uploads/2015/06. Is
   its parent directory writable by the server?
 * Someone else set up this WordPress site for me to play around with, so I might
   need to go to her if she needs to change permissions.
 * I did go to settings, media and tried checking and unchecking the box about organizing
   uploads into month and year based folders. I increased the file sizes so the 
   file shouldn’t be too large.
 * I have successfully added a theme and a plugin, but this was my first attempt
   to upload an image.

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 *  [Brett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bdeaton108/)
 * (@bdeaton108)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/newbie-with-upload-error-message/#post-6268182)
 * It looks like a permissions error. I would get in touch with the person who set
   your WordPress site up to investigate.
 *  Thread Starter [eemoore](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eemoore/)
 * (@eemoore)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/newbie-with-upload-error-message/#post-6268537)
 * Thanks for your response.
 * My theme is Spacious by ThemeGrill and my site is [http://www.uproc.lib.mi.us/pwplinfo/](http://www.uproc.lib.mi.us/pwplinfo/).
 * I have a book with a chapter on Parent Child themes. It looked complicated, but
   I suppose I will try to clear out some space in my brain and just read it. It’s
   probably not impossible.
 * Will child/parent themes help me control home my header image displays on each
   page? Right now how it is set up on the front page of the site is exactly how
   I want it for 50% of the site (it changes with each refresh of the page). But
   for the other half of the site I’d prefer a static image or no image.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [eemoore](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eemoore/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/newbie-with-upload-error-message/#post-6268537)
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