Title: Missing a Temporary Folder
Last modified: January 12, 2024

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# Missing a Temporary Folder

 *  [pooja231](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pooja231/)
 * (@pooja231)
 * [2 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-a-temporary-folder-46/)
 * Hi,
 * I get the “Missing temporary folder” error whenever I try to upload an image 
   to Media Library. But I can directly upload and insert any image to my posts,
   and those images then appear in Media Library. I can also scan uploads folder
   by using a plugin to then add any image to Media Library.
 * So, I can indirectly upload images to Media Library by inserting them to my posts
   or using a scanning plugin, but I cannot directly upload them to Media Library.
 * 1. I tried to add these lines to wp-config before “That’s all, stop editing.”
   I also created various temp files named temp, TEMP, tmp. It didn’t work.
 * define(‘UPLOADS’, ‘wp-content/’.’uploads’);
   define(‘WP_TEMP_DIR’, dirname(_FILE_).‘/
   wp-content/temp/’);
 * 2. I tried to change the permissions for wp-content, wp-admin, etc. I tried all
   possible combinations, and even 777 doesn’t work. I tried to change the permissions
   for wp-config too, but it just messed up with the site and didn’t work either.
 * 3. The technical support guys in my hosting company were no help.
 * What else do you think I can try?
 * Thank you.
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fmissing-a-temporary-folder-46%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 * Last reply from: [pooja231](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pooja231/)
 * Last activity: [2 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-a-temporary-folder-46/)
 * Status: not resolved