Title: problems with uploads
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# problems with uploads

 *  [mikaelro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikaelro/)
 * (@mikaelro)
 * [19 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-uploads/)
 * I just installed wordpress and I get this error when trying to upload files:
 * Unable to create directory /hsphere/local/home/example.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/
   2006/07. Is its parent directory writable by the server?
 * I searched the forum and found this answer:
 * Typical WordPress installs only need the wp-content/ directory to be 777 (so 
   that WordPress can create the wp-contents/uploads folder). If you enabled Organize
   my uploads into month- and year-based folders then the subdirectories need to
   be checked as well (wp-content/uploads/2006/06 for example).
 * So, two questions:
 * What does “Typical WordPress installs only need the wp-content/ directory to 
   be 777” mean and how can I disable the Organize my uploads into month- and year-
   based folders options?

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 *  [yosemite](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yosemite/)
 * (@yosemite)
 * [19 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-uploads/#post-427482)
 * 1) WordPress will want to create the uploads/ folder (requires wp-content to 
   be writable). If successful, it is the owner and can create files inside. If 
   the user creates the uploads/ directory, WP doesn’t own it so it would need to
   be made 777.
 * 2)Under admin Options:Misc.
 *  Thread Starter [mikaelro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikaelro/)
 * (@mikaelro)
 * [19 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-uploads/#post-427621)
 * 1) How do I do that?
 * 2) Already done.
 * I have another question besides 1). I phoned my host provider and they told me
   that my host doesn’t accept anonymous ftp connections and that might be the problem
   here. They said I should try to create a ftp account and configure wordpress 
   to connect through that. Any ideas on how I should configure WP to do this and
   would this work?
 *  [yosemite](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yosemite/)
 * (@yosemite)
 * [19 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-uploads/#post-427626)
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/FTP_Clients](http://codex.wordpress.org/FTP_Clients)
 *  Thread Starter [mikaelro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikaelro/)
 * (@mikaelro)
 * [19 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-uploads/#post-427703)
 * Thank you. I Hope that will help.
 *  [yosemite](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yosemite/)
 * (@yosemite)
 * [19 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-uploads/#post-427704)
 * It helped me: Using FTP (I use FileZilla with Notepad2 as it’s ‘editor’) for 
   file management and editing has saved me countless hours of frustration.

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 * 5 replies
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 * Last reply from: [yosemite](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yosemite/)
 * Last activity: [19 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-uploads/#post-427704)
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