Title: cannot complete request, remote server returned an unexpected status code (415)
Last modified: June 17, 2023

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# cannot complete request, remote server returned an unexpected status code (415)

 *  Resolved [cs2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cs2/)
 * (@cs2)
 * [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-complete-request-remote-server-returned-an-unexpected-status-code-415/)
 * Hi, when I upload an image to the site the image is no longer uploading correctly
   to wp.com via Site Accelerator, I don’t understand what happened overnight. Example:
   
   [https://i0.wp.com/notiziescientifiche.it/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/20230617101022-.jpg](https://i0.wp.com/notiziescientifiche.it/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/20230617101022-.jpg)
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fcannot-complete-request-remote-server-returned-an-unexpected-status-code-415%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [Em](https://wordpress.org/support/users/milkkore/)
 * (@milkkore)
 * [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-complete-request-remote-server-returned-an-unexpected-status-code-415/#post-16827387)
 * Same issue for me so I assume it’s something on their end. As a temporary fix
   you can turn off “Speed up image load times” under the Performance tab of the
   Jetpack settings.
 *  [workceet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/workceet/)
 * (@workceet)
 * [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-complete-request-remote-server-returned-an-unexpected-status-code-415/#post-16827457)
 * same issue with me how fix it????
 *  [agizzie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/agizzie/)
 * (@agizzie)
 * [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-complete-request-remote-server-returned-an-unexpected-status-code-415/#post-16828029)
 * Same here and if I toggle the ‘Image Accelerator’ on/off only some images are
   showing still
 *  [rederstreet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rederstreet/)
 * (@rederstreet)
 * [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-complete-request-remote-server-returned-an-unexpected-status-code-415/#post-16830022)
 * Same here …., some images do show up, some don’t….., instead of the image the
   alt text is shown….
    -  This reply was modified 2 years, 11 months ago by [rederstreet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rederstreet/).
 *  [rederstreet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rederstreet/)
 * (@rederstreet)
 * [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-complete-request-remote-server-returned-an-unexpected-status-code-415/#post-16830233)
 * As a matter of fact, the temporary fix suggested by [@milkkore](https://wordpress.org/support/users/milkkore/)
   does work with me. I deactivated the “Speed up image load times” in Jetpack and
   all images show correctly again. There was an update of the Jetpack plugin recently,
   so I presume it is a Jetpack issue.
    -  This reply was modified 2 years, 11 months ago by [rederstreet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rederstreet/).
 *  [agizzie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/agizzie/)
 * (@agizzie)
 * [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-complete-request-remote-server-returned-an-unexpected-status-code-415/#post-16832636)
 * Thanks for your suggestion [@milkkore](https://wordpress.org/support/users/milkkore/)
   however, it didn’t work for me. I’m not entirely sure it is a Jetpack issue –
   I’ve deactivated Jetpack and the issue still remains :-/
 *  [agizzie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/agizzie/)
 * (@agizzie)
 * [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-complete-request-remote-server-returned-an-unexpected-status-code-415/#post-16835996)
 * Why has no one replied to this thread?
 *  [agizzie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/agizzie/)
 * (@agizzie)
 * [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-complete-request-remote-server-returned-an-unexpected-status-code-415/#post-16836488)
 * in my case it was a hotlink protection issue
 *  Thread Starter [cs2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cs2/)
 * (@cs2)
 * [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-complete-request-remote-server-returned-an-unexpected-status-code-415/#post-16836977)
 * has anyone solved? why is there no communication from the staff?
 * we know that by disabling the option the site starts using the local images but
   we would like to take advantage of the JetPack option
    -  This reply was modified 2 years, 11 months ago by [cs2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cs2/).
 *  [Mohamed Mehdi Benchalal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/muffinpeace/)
 * (@muffinpeace)
 * [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-complete-request-remote-server-returned-an-unexpected-status-code-415/#post-16843719)
 * Hi [@cs2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cs2/) I replied to you on the ticket
   you have opened on our end.
 * [@milkkore](https://wordpress.org/support/users/milkkore/) [@workceet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/workceet/)
   [@rederstreet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rederstreet/) [@agizzie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/agizzie/)
   please [contact our support here](https://jetpackme.wordpress.com/contact-support/).
   Before you do, it would be helpful if you run your website on the [Jetpack Debug first](https://jptools.wordpress.com/debug/),
   and see if it’s green.
 * If it is, you can try troubleshooting by temporarily enabling a default theme
   such as Twenty Twenty-Three and disabling your plugins – just to see if there’s
   anything disrupting the script that takes care of fetching the images. I am mentioning
   this because the latest Jetpack updates didn’t touch or make any changes to the
   Site Accelerator feature. You can see that on the [changelog](https://github.com/Automattic/jetpack/blob/trunk/projects/plugins/jetpack/CHANGELOG.md#changelog).
 * Best,
 *  [agizzie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/agizzie/)
 * (@agizzie)
 * [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-complete-request-remote-server-returned-an-unexpected-status-code-415/#post-16844995)
 * hi [@muffinpeace](https://wordpress.org/support/users/muffinpeace/) thanks for
   reply. I think my issue turned out to be a hotlink issue where I had it enabled
   via my server.
 *  [JS (a11n)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/julesomattic/)
 * (@julesomattic)
 * [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-complete-request-remote-server-returned-an-unexpected-status-code-415/#post-16866164)
 * [@cs2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cs2/) I’m closing this forum thread,
   since we have replied to your email support request.

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 * Last activity: [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-complete-request-remote-server-returned-an-unexpected-status-code-415/#post-16866164)
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