Title: Image uploading problems
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Image uploading problems

 *  [sdmichael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sdmichael/)
 * (@sdmichael)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-uploading-problems-4/)
 * Ever since 3.6.1 I have been unable to properly upload images to my website. 
   Adding through the media library it loads to 100% then stalls at “crunching”.
   Adding a photo to a post gives me a fairly useless error message. I’m using Twenty-
   Eleven as the theme and haven’t changed anything since the upgrade from 3.6. 
   This is getting frustrating as this has happened before.

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 *  [hartmutnz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hartmutnz/)
 * (@hartmutnz)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-uploading-problems-4/#post-4181718)
 * Try re-installing the WP core files and theme… And, are your images very large
   filesize? Maybe need to be smaller, (could also be your hosting plan if you are
   on limited storage delete older files you dont need..)
 *  Thread Starter [sdmichael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sdmichael/)
 * (@sdmichael)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-uploading-problems-4/#post-4181742)
 * Why would I need to reinstall it? It worked fine until the 3.6.1 “upgrade”. The
   file size is very small and my hosting plan isn’t the issue. I have more than
   sufficient space available.
 *  [hartmutnz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hartmutnz/)
 * (@hartmutnz)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-uploading-problems-4/#post-4181822)
 * By re-installing the theme, you will override/fix compromised files, that might
   have gotten damaged server side or due to edits done on your site. It will usually
   not delete any existing pages or image folders etc.. this might fix your problem,
   but hey, it’s your site, you can do what you like, right?
 *  Thread Starter [sdmichael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sdmichael/)
 * (@sdmichael)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-uploading-problems-4/#post-4181854)
 * I’ve tried using other themes, shutting down any plugins, still no avail. Any
   more suggestions?
 *  [hartmutnz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hartmutnz/)
 * (@hartmutnz)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-uploading-problems-4/#post-4181856)
 * Hi , looks serious..
    A. What was the Error message? (You mentioned: “Adding 
   a photo to a post gives me a fairly useless error message.”) B. Do you have access
   to a backup database file that is older when everything still worked? (Some hosts
   have a database backup built in and they keep them for a while.. – check your
   hosting controlpanel for the BACKUPS Icon) Maybe you can “roll back” ?
 *  Thread Starter [sdmichael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sdmichael/)
 * (@sdmichael)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-uploading-problems-4/#post-4181857)
 * I am not aware of a backup database. The error message did not give a number 
   or reason, just that it was an error “An Error was Encountered while uploading
   the image” or something like that.
 *  Thread Starter [sdmichael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sdmichael/)
 * (@sdmichael)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-uploading-problems-4/#post-4181890)
 * “An error occurred in the upload. Please try again later.” That is the error 
   message… rather useless. There doesn’t seem to be a backup database.
 *  [hartmutnz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hartmutnz/)
 * (@hartmutnz)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-uploading-problems-4/#post-4181893)
 * Hi sorry to hear you still have the image upload problem. Other than the advice
   before, there is nothing I could add. I installed the free BackupDraft plugin
   on all my sites and this makes sure there is always a backup of core files and
   database.
    Good luck.

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 * Last activity: [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-uploading-problems-4/#post-4181893)
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