Title: Upload error Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # Upload error * [richards1052](https://wordpress.org/support/users/richards1052/) * (@richards1052) * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-error-1-2/) * Carthik has been helping me with converting my blog to WP from Typepad. Somehow the Wp upload path must’ve changed because I’m now getting this error: * “It doesn’t look like you can use the file upload feature at this time because the directory you have specified (/home/richard2/public_html/wordpress/wp-content) doesn’t appear to be writable by WordPress. Check the permissions on the directory” * I’d like to change the upload path to [http://box22.bluehost.com/~richard2/public_html/photos/uncategorized/](http://box22.bluehost.com/~richard2/public_html/photos/uncategorized/) Can someone direct me how to do this? Also, how do I make sure the Uncategorized folder is readable & writable for WP? Using ftp, I designated it readable & writable for owner. Do I have to do this for group or public? I assume not but tell me if I’m wrong. Viewing 11 replies - 1 through 11 (of 11 total) * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-error-1-2/#post-215829) * The folder should either be 755 or 777. 755 is preferable, but 777 is sometimes required to get the job done. For this reason, I highly recommend having a separate upload folder in the WordPress root, like /wordpress/images/ or /wordpress/upload/. * Thread Starter [richards1052](https://wordpress.org/support/users/richards1052/) * (@richards1052) * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-error-1-2/#post-215831) * I found the place to change the folder upload path & & now I can upload. * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-error-1-2/#post-215832) * Ah, sorry about missing that part. It’s too late for details. * Thread Starter [richards1052](https://wordpress.org/support/users/richards1052/) * (@richards1052) * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-error-1-2/#post-215836) * I just discoverd that I cannot view any of the images I’ve uploaded. I get a 404 error when I try to view an uploaded image via my browser. * I’m sure I’ve misconfigured something but don’t know what. * My destination directory & url directory are: * /home/richard2/public_html/photos/uncategorized/ [http://box22.bluehost.com/~richard2/public_html/photos/uncategorized/](http://box22.bluehost.com/~richard2/public_html/photos/uncategorized/) * We’ve had to customize these paths because of the weird folder settings that came with my Typepad upload folders. * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-error-1-2/#post-215837) * So, if you are uploading them to /photos/uncategorized/, can you confirm that photos exist in /photos/uncategorized/ ? * [Les Bessant](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lesbessant/) * (@lesbessant) * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-error-1-2/#post-215841) * The URL for your pictures would seem to be [http://www.richardsilverstein.com/photos/uncategorized/](http://www.richardsilverstein.com/photos/uncategorized/)( assuming that’s the site we’re talking about. * “public_html” is a physical directory on the server, not part of a URL – it typically corresponds to the root of your site. ([http://www.richardsilverstein.com/](http://www.richardsilverstein.com/)) in your case. * Thread Starter [richards1052](https://wordpress.org/support/users/richards1052/) * (@richards1052) * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-error-1-2/#post-215846) * “So, if you are uploading them to /photos/uncategorized/, can you confirm that photos exist in /photos/uncategorized/ ?” * I’ve checked via ftp & I see the images there. They just won’t display when I put the link into my browser & when I try to add them to an image link. * Thread Starter [richards1052](https://wordpress.org/support/users/richards1052/) * (@richards1052) * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-error-1-2/#post-215847) * “The URL for your pictures would seem to be [http://www.richardsilverstein.com/photos/uncategorized/](http://www.richardsilverstein.com/photos/uncategorized/)( assuming that’s the site we’re talking about.” * That is my Typepad blog site. I’m moving over to WP & my current URL (till I get my domain switched over) is [http://box22.bluehost.com/~richard2/tikun_olam/](http://box22.bluehost.com/~richard2/tikun_olam/) * [Les Bessant](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lesbessant/) * (@lesbessant) * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-error-1-2/#post-215849) * Same thing applies. * For that site “public_html” will correspond to [http://box22.bluehost.com/~richard2/](http://box22.bluehost.com/~richard2/) and your images are in [http://box22.bluehost.com/~richard2/photos/uncategorized/](http://box22.bluehost.com/~richard2/photos/uncategorized/) * Thread Starter [richards1052](https://wordpress.org/support/users/richards1052/) * (@richards1052) * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-error-1-2/#post-215975) * Thanks, Les. That helped me get the paths straight (I think). Now, I can view the images in my browser. But for some reason (& this may be a separate problem), the images won’t display in a sidebar link. * Here are the new filepaths I’m using in Options/Miscellaneous: Destination directory:/ home/richard2/public_html/photos/uncategorized/ URL directory: [http://box22.bluehost.com/~richard2/photos/uncategorized/](http://box22.bluehost.com/~richard2/photos/uncategorized/) * Do I have them right now? Any ideas on why the images won’t display? I notice that all 3 images which won’t display are jpgs (though there are amazon jpgs that display just fine). * [Les Bessant](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lesbessant/) * (@lesbessant) * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-error-1-2/#post-216022) * That URL certainly leads to your images. Can you give a link to the page where you’re trying to display the images? And mention where they’re supposed to be, so we can have a look at the links? Viewing 11 replies - 1 through 11 (of 11 total) The topic ‘Upload error’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [folder](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/folder/) * [writable](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/writable/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 11 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [Les Bessant](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lesbessant/) * Last activity: [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-error-1-2/#post-216022) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics