Title: Update database is required after user posts image
Last modified: September 14, 2016

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# Update database is required after user posts image

 *  [arthurhaegeman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/arthurhaegeman/)
 * (@arthurhaegeman)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-database-is-required-after-user-posts-image/)
 * Hi all,
 * I have a wordpress and every time a user uploads images to a post, it is not 
   showing up.
    And i get the message update database required when i go to the 
   admin.
 * There is also something happening with the file permission on the images, so 
   every time this happens i need to manually change the permissions using ftp.
 * When i upload the images it is not a problem. only when the other users do this.
   
   Even when they use my account they have the same problem.
 * I tried before to compare the database number to the wp-config file but this 
   didn’t help.
    I also update wordpress and the plugins i’m using…
 * Anybody else had this issue before?
 * Thanks in advance!
 * The website having this issue is
    [http://www.mophradat.org](http://www.mophradat.org)

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-database-is-required-after-user-posts-image/#post-8182626)
 * >  i need to manually change the permissions using ftp
 * Try changing the permissions on the wp-content directory to 766. If you still
   have problems, try 767, 775 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)
 * With regard to your db issues, have you tried:
 * – deactivating **all** plugins to see if this resolves the problem. If this works,
   re-activate the plugins one by one until you find the problematic plugin(s).
 * – switching to the default theme to rule out any theme-specific problems.
 * – [resetting the plugins folder](https://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_Troubleshooting#How_to_deactivate_all_plugins_when_not_able_to_access_the_administrative_menus.3F)
   by FTP or PhpMyAdmin. Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause
   problems.
 * – re-uploading all files & folders – **except** the wp-content folder and wp-
   config.php & root .htaccess files – from a **fresh** download of WordPress. Make
   sure that you delete the old copies of files & folder before uploading the new
   ones.
 * and when was the last time you repaired your database tables?
 *  Thread Starter [arthurhaegeman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/arthurhaegeman/)
 * (@arthurhaegeman)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-database-is-required-after-user-posts-image/#post-8182946)
 * Hi,
 * Thanks for the reply, I will try your suggestions.
    The only problem is that 
   the website is in use, so i don’t want to break it. So probably i will do it 
   at night…
 * I updated my database tables today 3 times, because i had to do it everytime 
   the user tried to upload an image.

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## Tags

 * [database update](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/database-update/)
 * [file permission](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/file-permission/)
 * [images](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/images/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 2 replies
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 * Last reply from: [arthurhaegeman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/arthurhaegeman/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-database-is-required-after-user-posts-image/#post-8182946)
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