Title: “Start Upload” button inactive Workaround
Last modified: December 16, 2025

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# “Start Upload” button inactive Workaround

 *  [Bobby Tee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robertallan/)
 * (@robertallan)
 * [5 months, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/start-upload-button-inactive/)
 * The workaround is to upload your images into the WP gallery and import them to
   gmedia. You can then delete the images from the WP gallery.
    -  This topic was modified 5 months, 3 weeks ago by [Bobby Tee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robertallan/).

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 * Last reply from: [Bobby Tee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robertallan/)
 * Last activity: [5 months, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/start-upload-button-inactive/)
 * Status: not resolved