Title: /uploads/index.php” is not readable
Last modified: May 18, 2017

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# /uploads/index.php” is not readable

 *  Resolved [FireFlyWebs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fireflywebs/)
 * (@fireflywebs)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploadsindex-php-is-not-readable/)
 * I have been getting this error for a while now. I have reinstalled backWPup and
   this did not correct the problem.
    WARNING: File “/var/www/vhosts/livingskywildliferehabilitation.
   org/httpdocs/wp-content/uploads/index.php” is not readable!
 * Can you help me with a fix for this?
 * Thanks.

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Brandon Olivares](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cocreation/)
 * (@cocreation)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploadsindex-php-is-not-readable/#post-9146358)
 * Hi [@fireflywebs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fireflywebs/), the simplest
   thing to check seems to be if wp-content/uploads/index.php is readable. Are you
   able to check that file’s permissions in your FTP program? It should tell you
   whether it is readable or not.
 *  Thread Starter [FireFlyWebs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fireflywebs/)
 * (@fireflywebs)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploadsindex-php-is-not-readable/#post-9146441)
 * If I try to download it to my computer I get
    rror: Critical file transfer error
   so I guess it’s not readable.
 * I have also at one point copied a fresh index file from the extracted plug in
   and uploaded that, but that didn’t work either.
 * This is a windows server.
    Can you suggest the next step?
 *  Plugin Contributor [Brandon Olivares](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cocreation/)
 * (@cocreation)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploadsindex-php-is-not-readable/#post-9148611)
 * Hi [@fireflywebs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fireflywebs/), I don’t 
   know if you’ll have access to alter the permissions, so I’d tell your host that
   this file is not readable, and ask if they could fix it for you.
 *  Plugin Contributor [Brandon Olivares](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cocreation/)
 * (@cocreation)
 * [8 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploadsindex-php-is-not-readable/#post-9164022)
 * [@fireflywebs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fireflywebs/), was our response
   helpful? If so, could you please mark the ticket as resolved? Otherwise we are
   glad to help! 🙂
 *  Plugin Contributor [Brandon Olivares](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cocreation/)
 * (@cocreation)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploadsindex-php-is-not-readable/#post-9179475)
 * [@fireflywebs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fireflywebs/), since we didn’t
   hear back from you, we assume that your problem has been fixed and we can mark
   this ticket as resolved. If we are wrong, please reopen the ticket and provide
   more information, so we can help to find a proper solution for you! 🙂

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