Title: Upload folder not writable
Last modified: January 22, 2018

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# Upload folder not writable

 *  Resolved [apecson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/apecson/)
 * (@apecson)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-folder-not-writable-2/)
 * Attempting to activate this plugin results in this message:
    `Uploads folder ../
   wp-content/uploads/wpallexport must be writable`
 * The confusion is that this plugin is contained within a directory named `wp-all-
   export`. Should I change wp-all-export’s permissions? Create a new folder called
   wpallexport? Change the permissions on /uploads?

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 *  Plugin Author [WP All Import](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpallimport/)
 * (@wpallimport)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-folder-not-writable-2/#post-9895508)
 * Hi [@apecson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/apecson/)
 * It sounds like you need to change the permissions for /uploads. See here for 
   the suggested permission settings: [https://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions#Permission_Scheme_for_WordPress](https://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions#Permission_Scheme_for_WordPress).
 *  Plugin Author [WP All Import](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpallimport/)
 * (@wpallimport)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-folder-not-writable-2/#post-9919630)
 * Marking this as resolved. [@apecson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/apecson/)
   please let us know if you still have questions about this. Anyone else, please
   open a new thread.

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 * Last reply from: [WP All Import](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpallimport/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-folder-not-writable-2/#post-9919630)
 * Status: resolved