Title: Uploading Image Problem
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Uploading Image Problem

 *  [bridgetown](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bridgetown/)
 * (@bridgetown)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploading-image-problem-1/)
 * I am trying to upload pictures onto my WordPress site, but am getting the following
   message – Unable to create directory/hsphere/local/home/username/mywebsite.com/
   wp-content/uploads/2010/02. Is its parent directory writable by the server? I
   assume it has to do with permissions? Has anyone got any advice?

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 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploading-image-problem-1/#post-1398566)
 * `wp-content/uploads/2010/02`
    chmod these folders to 777 upload an image chmod
   folders back to 755 should work from now on
 *  Thread Starter [bridgetown](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bridgetown/)
 * (@bridgetown)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploading-image-problem-1/#post-1398702)
 * That worked a treat! Thank you very much. Everything ok now.

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## Tags

 * [Pictures](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/pictures/)
 * [upload](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/upload/)
 * [writable](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/writable/)

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 * Last reply from: [bridgetown](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bridgetown/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploading-image-problem-1/#post-1398702)
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