Title: custom upload folder
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# custom upload folder

 *  Resolved [Cammy_WP](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cammy_wp/)
 * (@cammy_wp)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-upload-folder/)
 * Ok the uploads folder, used to be working –
    just recently when i want to upload
   all stuffs on server – i did a final test on the localhost-
 * it seems i cant upload any media aymore…
 * it says
    ” its parent directory writable by the server?”
 * i made sure i put a custom folder directory in the settings of media…
    in the
   forum i read something about 777 settings? Where and how do I apply these? so
   it allows wordpress to write in that custom directory i created…?
 * can someone explain please. i need to get this to work both on localhost and 
   the real server..

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 *  Moderator [Kathryn Presner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zoonini/)
 * (@zoonini)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-upload-folder/#post-1958745)
 * All about file permissions in WordPress:
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions](http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions)
 * I reccommend you use an [FTP client](http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions#Using_an_FTP_Client)
   to change permissions on your remote web server.
 *  Thread Starter [Cammy_WP](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cammy_wp/)
 * (@cammy_wp)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-upload-folder/#post-1958781)
 * that is way too much at the moment : /
    1. wordpress didnt make any .htaccess
   file 2. used to had wp-content/uploads 3. in settings change it to root/uploads
 * after it was not working – so delete what i had modifed and left it blanc so 
   wordpress uses wp-content/uploads
 * after that nothing seems to working anymore…
 * and read the file permissions, where do i add and what am i gonna add??? is way
   to complicated
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-upload-folder/#post-1958785)
 * Try changing the permissions on the wp-content directory to 766. If you still
   have problems, try 767, 775 or 777. Once your uploads are working, change the
   permissions on wp-content back to 755 again and check that everything still works
   OK.
    [http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions](http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions)
 *  Thread Starter [Cammy_WP](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cammy_wp/)
 * (@cammy_wp)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-upload-folder/#post-1958856)
 * Ok solved this.
 * For any who is using MAMP Pro and u need file permission of WordPress for your
   uploads folder.
    Go to HOST Tab – and click your localhost – there you find a
   button with **permissions**. set `Owner and Group to www` and enable it with 
   set.
 * In wordpress – under media settings, change your current folder to where ever
   you want. example: `../uploads` this goes right direct in the root/uploads. click
   on save and you are done and all should work.
 * For Filezilla when your site is online. Once you connected, rightclick on the
   upload folder and change the permissions there.
 * Thats it. 1 min work >< took me half a day of research. And most anwsers on forums/
   posts etc are way too complicated.
 * This is the quickest and best way using Mamp pro and Filezilla.

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

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 * Last reply from: [Cammy_WP](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cammy_wp/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-upload-folder/#post-1958856)
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