Title: Upload folder not writable. …
Last modified: January 22, 2017

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# Upload folder not writable. …

 *  [Glenn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rglennnall/)
 * (@rglennnall)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-folder-not-writable/)
 * I MANUALLY transferred a WPMU site to a new server, root folder, and now have
   a constant “Upload folder is not writable. Export and file upload features will
   not be functional.” which in fact turns out to be true. I’m unable to export/
   import my WooCommerce CSV files.
 * I’ve set attributes to /wp-content/uploads to 777, to no avail. I’ve searched
   google and WP forums, to no avail – I desperately need some direction on how 
   to fix this problem. If anyone could please step in and offer me some help I’d
   be so very grateful.

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 *  Thread Starter [Glenn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rglennnall/)
 * (@rglennnall)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-folder-not-writable/#post-8688595)
 * desperate for help – someone, please???
 *  [Casey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/caseyjtaylor/)
 * (@caseyjtaylor)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-folder-not-writable/#post-8718220)
 * We’ve been experiencing the same problem with our website and unable to find 
   additional information on how to fix. The only issue is that we have not conducted
   any sort of site transfer.
 *  Thread Starter [Glenn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rglennnall/)
 * (@rglennnall)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-folder-not-writable/#post-8718315)
 * Do a very thorough DB search for ‘uploads path url.’
 *  [Todd W Carter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/parkcommunity/)
 * (@parkcommunity)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-folder-not-writable/#post-8921026)
 * Check in your Settings/Media and make sure the upload path is set to “wp-content/
   uploads.” I had the same issue and this fixed it for me…
 *  [Casey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/caseyjtaylor/)
 * (@caseyjtaylor)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-folder-not-writable/#post-8963072)
 * Thank you, Todd. Unfortunately, it appears that this was already set and we are
   still experiencing the problem. As indicated by the error message, we are unable
   to upload any new media, or even use the media that was previously uploaded. 
   This is certainly annoying since we are trying to update our site and are unable
   to do so because there appears to be no fix.

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 * 5 replies
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 * Last reply from: [Casey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/caseyjtaylor/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-folder-not-writable/#post-8963072)
 * Status: not resolved

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