Same issue, same date:
The uploaded file could not be moved to …./wp-content/uploads/2013/01.
Most likely a file permissions issue because a new folder would have needed to be created for 2013. Ill let you know if I find anything.
You can try to change permissions via FTP, but make sure you change permissions back at the end (follow ALL these steps).
1) FTP to your server, and navigate to the wp-content/uploads directory.
2) There, change the permissions of the /uploads directory to 777 (i.e., chmod to 777). In most FTP clients, you can right-click on the folder to get to the screen that allows you to change the folder permissions. If it asks you whether you would like to apply changes recursively, enable that as well.
3) Check WordPress by adding a new post and uploading an image. If it works, move on to the next step. If it doesn’t, then move on to the next solution.
4) If the previous step worked, now we’ll go back and change the permission of the /uploads folder to 755 (apply changes recursively). We’re doing this to avoid having a write-able (777) folder which is a security vulnerability.
NOTE: Do not leave your permission set at 777 – it exposes your site to hackers.
5) Check WordPress by adding a new post and uploading an image. If it works, then your issue is resolved. If it doesn’t, then move on to the next solution.
I already tried this and still no cigar. The files are being uploaded to the server, but for some reason WordPress does not see them. The issue must be on WordPress’s end.
Even when trying to update WordPress, I get:
Could not create directory.: …./wp-content/upgrade/wordpress-3.tmp
I’ll update manually and see if that does it.
mine’s working now…. i changed the uploads folder permissions (back and forth 10 times to different things that i had already tried ten times…) and now all images and uploads are working properly.
I wish mine was working, I manually cleared the cache last night and could upload some photographs. Have done only two this evening and its gone back to the same error. Ive tried both in Firefox and IE so I know its not the OS.
Sorry I am a mere blog writer, I haven’t got a clue what you mean when you say FTP to the server??
Im now also getting this error message which means absolutely nothing to me:
Warning: imagejpeg() [function.imagejpeg]: gd-jpeg: JPEG library reports unrecoverable error: in /home/jayenhop/public_html/wp-includes/media.php on line 467
Warning: imagejpeg() [function.imagejpeg]: gd-jpeg: JPEG library reports unrecoverable error: in /home/jayenhop/public_html/wp-includes/media.php on line 467
Warning: imagejpeg() [function.imagejpeg]: gd-jpeg: JPEG library reports unrecoverable error: in /home/jayenhop/public_html/wp-includes/media.php on line 467
Warning: imagejpeg() [function.imagejpeg]: gd-jpeg: JPEG library reports unrecoverable error: in /home/jayenhop/public_html/wp-includes/media.php on line 467
I managed to solve this by updating manually to the newest version of WordPress.
I resolved this issue :
Instead of only chmod the folder, you need to chown the folder TOO and to give the ownership to apache instead of root !
This is the reason why omnidevelopers solve the probleme while updating his wordpress !!
For exemple, on MediaTemple server :
$ sudo chown apache.apache -R uploads/
