Title: Sudden folder permission problems
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Sudden folder permission problems

 *  [soundstorm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/soundstorm/)
 * (@soundstorm)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sudden-folder-permission-problems/)
 * Hi,
 * My blog has been running for no problems for a year now. 2011 started, the first
   blog was created, but for some reason, it didn’t want to upload any images any
   more.
 * I get the annoying ‘unable to create’ or ‘unable to move’ errors.
 * I tried 777, but it doesn’t help. I tried creating my own /2011/01 folder, doesn’t
   help.
    Did an update on WP and all plugins, didn’t help.
 * After the update, I couldn’t even use NextGen Gallery any more.
 * Any ideas why this problem suddenly started?
    Thanks

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sudden-folder-permission-problems/#post-1861472)
 * Change the permissions on the wp-content directory to 766. If you still have 
   problems, try 767 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 [soundstorm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/soundstorm/)
 * (@soundstorm)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sudden-folder-permission-problems/#post-1861485)
 * This didn’t work either.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sudden-folder-permission-problems/#post-1861490)
 * Try contacting your hosts. There may be an issue with your server.
 *  Thread Starter [soundstorm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/soundstorm/)
 * (@soundstorm)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sudden-folder-permission-problems/#post-1861762)
 * They say everything is alright and nothing changed. They changed permissions 
   for me, but it didn’t help.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 4 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [soundstorm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/soundstorm/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sudden-folder-permission-problems/#post-1861762)
 * Status: not resolved

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