Title: Uploading PDFs Last modified: August 21, 2016 --- # Uploading PDFs * [jrshor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jrshor/) * (@jrshor) * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploading-pdfs/) * Hi WordPress World, * I am attempting to upload a PDF file through the media uploader. The file uploads just fine, but then when I try to go to the provided URL for the file, I get a 404 error. After reading some other forums about this issue, I only got more confused. I ultimately want to upload my PDF and embed it on my site using a cool plugin I found. Only problem is, the plugin can’t embed the file because, for some reason, the provided URL doesn’t work! * Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 15 total) * [Krishna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/1nexus/) * (@1nexus) * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploading-pdfs/#post-4217897) * Which plugin are you using? * Thread Starter [jrshor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jrshor/) * (@jrshor) * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploading-pdfs/#post-4217898) * I actually just think I figured out the problem. I tried uploading just a regular JPG file and that wouldn’t work either. Any reason why my media uploader wouldn’t be working properly? * [Krishna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/1nexus/) * (@1nexus) * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploading-pdfs/#post-4217899) * See if you can upload media properly after reverting to a default WordPress theme( say 2012 or 2013) with all plugins deactivated. * Thread Starter [jrshor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jrshor/) * (@jrshor) * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploading-pdfs/#post-4217900) * How do I revert to an old theme? I deactivated all plugins and that did not fix my problem. * [Krishna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/1nexus/) * (@1nexus) * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploading-pdfs/#post-4217901) * Revert to Twenty Twelve or Twenty Thirteen (not any old theme). Most probably you will find them in dashboard > appearance > themes. * Thread Starter [jrshor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jrshor/) * (@jrshor) * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploading-pdfs/#post-4217907) * Still no luck. Every picture I upload does not upload properly for some reason. It’s like it gets corrupted or something every time. Any other potential solutions? Could it have anything to do with permalinks? * [Krishna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/1nexus/) * (@1nexus) * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploading-pdfs/#post-4217910) * Your site URL? * Thread Starter [jrshor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jrshor/) * (@jrshor) * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploading-pdfs/#post-4217911) * [zbtuw.org](http://www.zbtuw.org) * [Krishna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/1nexus/) * (@1nexus) * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploading-pdfs/#post-4217918) * Can I see your site with Twenty Thirteen theme with all plugins deactivated? * Thread Starter [jrshor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jrshor/) * (@jrshor) * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploading-pdfs/#post-4217919) * Just changed it to Twenty Thirteen and deactivated all plugins. * [Krishna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/1nexus/) * (@1nexus) * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploading-pdfs/#post-4217920) * Now try to upload an image. If you can upload, look for any other problems that may crop up. * Thread Starter [jrshor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jrshor/) * (@jrshor) * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploading-pdfs/#post-4217922) * Still no luck. When I upload the image, in the media library, there is a “broken image” icon rather than the image that I uploaded. When I try to go to the picture’s URL, I get a 404 error. * [Krishna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/1nexus/) * (@1nexus) * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploading-pdfs/#post-4217923) * Then it can be a case of some incomplete WordPress files causing the troubles. BTW, how did you install/update WordPress? Manually or by just clicking the update button? * Try [Manually updating](http://codex.wordpress.org/Upgrading_WordPress#Manual_Update) from a fresh download of WordPress except wp-content – do not overwrite but delete wp-admin and wp-includes and replace them with fresh copies. * Thread Starter [jrshor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jrshor/) * (@jrshor) * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploading-pdfs/#post-4217928) * Is there a way to upload the entire wp-admin and wp-includes folders, or do I have to upload each file individually? * [Krishna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/1nexus/) * (@1nexus) * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploading-pdfs/#post-4217933) * You can upload the entire folders – read the instructions again: [http://codex.wordpress.org/Upgrading_WordPress#Manual_Update](http://codex.wordpress.org/Upgrading_WordPress#Manual_Update) Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 15 total) The topic ‘Uploading PDFs’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [media](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/media/) * [pdf](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/pdf/) * [upload](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/upload/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 15 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [Krishna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/1nexus/) * Last activity: [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploading-pdfs/#post-4217933) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics