Title: Image Uploading Problem
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Image Uploading Problem

 *  [davyau](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davyau/)
 * (@davyau)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-uploading-problem-1/)
 * I recently fail to upload image. And it shows the following error message:
 * “Unable to create directory /home/.slickster/davyau/ask-nottell.com/wp-content/
   plugins/2008/12. Is its parent directory writable by the server?”
 * Grateful for any tip how to resolve it. Thanks in advance,
 * David

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 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-uploading-problem-1/#post-940567)
 * You need to change the permissions to that folder but … Why are your images being
   written to the plugins folder?
 * Check (in your dashboard) Settings -> Miscellaneous and let us know what _Store
   uploads in this folder_ is set to.
 * The default is wp-content/uploads, so it’s a bit odd.
 *  [ateegarden](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ateegarden/)
 * (@ateegarden)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-uploading-problem-1/#post-940572)
 * Any idea what that folders attributes should be chmod to?
 * 777? or 755?
 *  [ateegarden](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ateegarden/)
 * (@ateegarden)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-uploading-problem-1/#post-940575)
 * I’ve chmod the wp-content/upload folder to 777 because 755 wasn’t working either.
 * I’ve disabled plugin’s changed themes and nothing upon nothing allows me to insert
   an image into my posts.
 * My theme requires the image to be uploaded onto my server and every time I go
   to insert the image from my media library into my post I get a blank screen and
   this URL path:
 * [http://mydomain.com/wp-admin/media-upload.php?post_id=124&type=image&TB_iframe=true&tab=library](http://mydomain.com/wp-admin/media-upload.php?post_id=124&type=image&TB_iframe=true&tab=library)
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-uploading-problem-1/#post-940577)
 * [@ateegarden](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ateegarden/), mine are set 
   to 755 and it works fine, however any advice in THIS thread is going to be aimed
   at davyau, who is using WP 2.2, so it may not help you. I suggest you make your
   own thread, or keep using [This one](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/224344?replies=8)
   🙂 I don’t think it’s nice to get other people confused with help for something
   unrelated, you know.
 *  [ateegarden](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ateegarden/)
 * (@ateegarden)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-uploading-problem-1/#post-940584)
 * DOH! You’re absolutely correct. I didn’t even notice the 2.2. My apologies!
 *  Thread Starter [davyau](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davyau/)
 * (@davyau)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-uploading-problem-1/#post-940589)
 * Ipstenu,
 * Thanks for your quick help!! I looked into the dashboard and found that it is
   wp-content/upload. But the error message did show wp-content/plugins.
 * Anyway, I tried to upload again. It showed another error message now:
 * ‘Connection Interrupted. The document contains no data. The network link was 
   interrupted whilst negotiating a connection. Please try again.’
 * Your thought? Thanks again!
 * David
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-uploading-problem-1/#post-940590)
 * The first error, I suspect, is from a plugin that’s conflicting with the upload.
   What plugins do you have?
 * The second is just a normal network hiccup, and if you try again, it may work.
 *  Thread Starter [davyau](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davyau/)
 * (@davyau)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-uploading-problem-1/#post-940597)
 * Re the 1st error, the plugins i use are:
    About Me Add to Any Subscribe Button
   BackUpWordPress Official StatCounter Plugin Share This WPvideo
 * Re the 2nd one, I tried once more but it still did not work. Will try a few more
   times. Anything else I can do if the error continues.
 * Thanks. David
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-uploading-problem-1/#post-940606)
 * If it’s still having that second error, it may be a memory issue, but that’s 
   outside my general smartness.
 * What version of PHP are you using?
 * (I’d make a note here that WP 2.2 is VERY old, and I would suggest upgrading,
   if only for security features, but also for better compatibility with newer versions
   of flash.)

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