Title: Image Uploading – ONLY SOMETIMES — HTTP Error
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Image Uploading – ONLY SOMETIMES — HTTP Error

 *  [Shmuel.Levine](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shmuellevine/)
 * (@shmuellevine)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-uploading-only-sometimes-http-error/)
 * This is a brand new server- latest Apache, latest MySQL, latest PHP, latest WordPress.
 * I know this is a common topic. Lots of different ideas have been posted, different.
   htaccess configurations, uri rewriting, etc.
    I tried EVERYTHING I could find.
   This is a private server, running at home. I have full access to everything. 
   Nothing has helped.
 * php.ini has 256M of memory allocated.
 * It does not make a difference if I use the flash uploaded or the browser uploaded.
   It does not make a difference if I use ie or FireFox.
 * The ‘crunching’ progress bar runs all the way to the end, and then I get the 
   http error message.
    httpd-error.log does not log anything. httpd-access.log 
   logs the following: “POST /wp-admin/async-upload.php HTTP/1.1” 500 – “-” “Shockwave
   Flash”
 * Here’s the thing:
    **This only seems to happen with _some_ images.**
 * I have no issue with videos. I have no issues with some different pictures that
   I found on my machine.
 * I have tried large files. I have tried small files. I have tried tiff files. 
   I have tried jpegs with embedded profiles. I have tried jpegs with no embedded
   profiles.
 * I have noticed that this happens with files created in Adobe. Both Photoshop 
   and Lightroom. I tried exporting a file as TIF, opened in MS Paint, saved as 
   JPG and this one worked.
 * Does anyone have any suggestions? I can provide these images, if that would help
   anyone.
 * Thanks in advance,
    Michael

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-uploading-only-sometimes-http-error/#post-1655442)
 * > I have tried tiff files
 * Don;’t bother. They can’t be used for Web. Stick to .png. .gif or standard encoded
   jpg.
 *  Thread Starter [Shmuel.Levine](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shmuellevine/)
 * (@shmuellevine)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-uploading-only-sometimes-http-error/#post-1655529)
 * I wanted to try everything. I realize now that they did not work.
 * As mentioned- I have been unable to upload any jpeg files that were saved out
   of Adobe Photoshop or Lightroom. There seems to be a problem in the processing
   that occurs as part of the uploading.
 * Has anyone experienced this? Does anyone have any further suggestions?
 * Thanks and regards,
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-uploading-only-sometimes-http-error/#post-1655653)
 * > I have been unable to upload any jpeg files that were saved out of Adobe Photoshop
   > or Lightroom
 * You need to ensure that you are saving standard encoded.jpg files (sometimes 
   referred to as “optimised for web use”).
 *  [martinconnelly](https://wordpress.org/support/users/martinconnelly/)
 * (@martinconnelly)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-uploading-only-sometimes-http-error/#post-1655776)
 * [@shmuel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shmuel/) — did you ever figure 
   it out? I just started getting the http error, but only on images more than 560px
   wide…and even then sometimes the width didn’t fix it.
 * Cheers,
 * martin

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 * Last reply from: [martinconnelly](https://wordpress.org/support/users/martinconnelly/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-uploading-only-sometimes-http-error/#post-1655776)
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