Title: Image adding error
Last modified: August 16, 2023

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# Image adding error

 *  Resolved [stonewjl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stonewjl/)
 * (@stonewjl)
 * [2 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-adding-error/)
 * When I add an image to my media library on my WordPress site, I get a “server
   can’t handle the image” message and no completion screen, but when I go to the
   media library page, the image is uploaded.

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 *  Plugin Support [adamewww](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adamewww/)
 * (@adamewww)
 * [2 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-adding-error/#post-16977737)
 * Hi stonewjl,
 * This is a WordPress message saying that the server is busy or there aren’t enough
   resources. It’s possible that the message is kicked off at the same time that
   the image actually processes, which may be what happened in your instance. Generally
   this is a good indicator, though, that you are uploading images that are too 
   large (or that your server is seriously underpowered).
 *  Thread Starter [stonewjl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stonewjl/)
 * (@stonewjl)
 * [2 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-adding-error/#post-16978827)
 * Thanks for your reply.
 * Perhaps, my explanation was not clear enough. My current problem is as follows:
   
   When publishing a post, I enter the content, click the Add Media button, select
   and add a locally available image, but the completion screen does not appear,
   and the message “The server can’t handle the image…” is displayed and the post
   publishing cannot be completed. The same thing happens when I upload the image
   repeatedly.I have no choice but to save the post as a draft by pressing the Draft
   button, and when I go to the media library, the image is already uploaded. I 
   then copied the image’s URL and went to edit the draft post and inserted the 
   image URL to complete publishing the post.This issue happened after a recent 
   update to several plugins including the EWWW plugin. Prior to that, uploading
   images worked fine. Is there any way to resolve this issue?
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 *  Plugin Support [adamewww](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adamewww/)
 * (@adamewww)
 * [2 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-adding-error/#post-16981089)
 * I tested out your process a few different ways and I couldn’t get it to happen.
   Again, the error message is a WordPress message so my guess is it’s related to
   timing out. I would suggest checking with your webhost to see if they can see
   anything in the error logs. I think I would also recommend trying to uninstall
   and reinstall the plugin and see if that affects anything.
 *  Thread Starter [stonewjl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stonewjl/)
 * (@stonewjl)
 * [2 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-adding-error/#post-16981806)
 * Thanks. I will try what you suggested.
 *  Plugin Support [adamewww](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adamewww/)
 * (@adamewww)
 * [2 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-adding-error/#post-17054267)
 * I haven’t heard anything else so I’m hoping things are working! I’m going to 
   resolve this but feel free to open a new thread if you still have questions.

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 * Last reply from: [adamewww](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adamewww/)
 * Last activity: [2 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-adding-error/#post-17054267)
 * Status: resolved