Title: Theme Upload error
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Theme Upload error

 *  [texxs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/texxs/)
 * (@texxs)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-upload-error-2/)
 * I get this error when trying to install a new theme using wp-admin/:
    “The uploaded
   file could not be moved to . . .”
 * I’ve read several posts to this and consistently found these two suggestions:
   
   1- set the themes folder’s chmod permissions to 777 a-I tried this aftyer an 
   hour or so I start getting the same error, evn though chmod has been changed.
   b- this creates a security hole (doesn’t it?) so I set the chmod back to 755.
   2- Turn off the monthly uploads folder thingee.. a- wasn’t on, doesn’t really
   apply to themese anyway, does it?
 * I’m just using FTP to upload the themes gor now. But this is buggng me a bt.
 * Any answers out there?
 * Oh, the blog in question is [Red Tide Florida/](http://redtideflorida.org/pages/)
   if that matters…

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 *  [augura](https://wordpress.org/support/users/augura/)
 * (@augura)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-upload-error-2/#post-1988399)

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## Tags

 * [chmod](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/chmod/)
 * [permissions](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/permissions/)
 * [theme install](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/theme-install/)
 * [upload](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/upload/)

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 * Last activity: [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-upload-error-2/#post-1988399)
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