Title: [Plugin: WordPress SEO by Yoast] Upload directory error
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# [Plugin: WordPress SEO by Yoast] Upload directory error

 *  Resolved [brendontudor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brendontudor/)
 * (@brendontudor)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-seo-by-yoast-upload-directory-error/)
 * Hello,
 * I am getting the following error on the Dashboard page (at the top and highlighted
   in red):
 * “WordPress didn’t return a valid path to your upload directory, please make sure
   your upload path is set correctly”
 * I have entered “wp-content/uploads” into the “Store uploads in this folder” field
   under Settings > Media. I can confirm that this folder is present and have tried
   changing permissions from 755 to 777 but still get the error.
 * Please let me know why I am getting this error. Thank you.
 * Kind regards,
    Brendon

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 *  Thread Starter [brendontudor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brendontudor/)
 * (@brendontudor)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-seo-by-yoast-upload-directory-error/#post-2020112)
 * Thanks to dixonze…
    In Settings > Media Uncheck “Organize my uploads into month-
   and year-based folders”

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 * Last activity: [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-seo-by-yoast-upload-directory-error/#post-2020112)
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