Title: Path mismatch
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Path mismatch

 *  Resolved [topdog2046](https://wordpress.org/support/users/topdog2046/)
 * (@topdog2046)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/path-mismatch/)
 * Hi,
    I’m running WP 2.6.1. When I attempt to post anything and add an image to
   it, as in I go to write, write my post, then under media, follow the link to 
   upload an image, I get the following error: Unable to create directory /home/
   user4026/public_html/wp-content/uploads/2009/01. Is its parent directory writable
   by the server? The problem is, the server I am on has no directory called home.
   The directory is called home1 and not home. is there anyway I can fix this path
   mismatch? I was told I had to fix it by going to a table inside my wordpress 
   database, according to my host. However, I see no pathnames in any tables unless
   I am missing something. Thanks for any help that anyone may be able to provide
   me.

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 *  [bigdadgib](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bigdadgib/)
 * (@bigdadgib)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/path-mismatch/#post-967858)
 * home just means the home directory on your server.
    it looks like “/.” Is this
   a new install of WP 2.6.1? Check and make sure the root folder is writable. 755
 *  [shane-g](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shane-g/)
 * (@shane-g)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/path-mismatch/#post-967866)
 * Hi,
 * You just need to ask you hosting provider to grant 777 recursive permissions 
   to wp-contents folder which will resolve the problem.
 *  Thread Starter [topdog2046](https://wordpress.org/support/users/topdog2046/)
 * (@topdog2046)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/path-mismatch/#post-967974)
 * Hi all,
    I did as was said, allowing 777 to wp-content and still get the same
   error. This is an imported wordpress from another server. The other server had
   what wordpress was referring to, a directory called home. On this new server,
   however, the directory has a 1 in it, like home1/username. I think what I may
   try and do is reinstall wordpress to see where that goes since I’m not sure of
   what else to do. IF anything, I will post the results of the reinstallation.
 *  Thread Starter [topdog2046](https://wordpress.org/support/users/topdog2046/)
 * (@topdog2046)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/path-mismatch/#post-968010)
 * A complete reinstall of WP fixed the problem. I exported the XML of the posts,
   pages, categories, etc, reinstalled from a fresh copy of WP, and it fixed the
   image upload issue.
    Thanks all for the help.

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 * Last activity: [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/path-mismatch/#post-968010)
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