Title: Upload Image Problems
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Upload Image Problems

 *  [michellemedd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michellemedd/)
 * (@michellemedd)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-image-problems/)
 * We have been using this blog for awhile now and have always been able to upload
   images. However, it has been awhile since the post on the site and I went to 
   go in and upload an image for that post but it won’t let me using the flash or
   browser.
 * When I try using the browser method, I get the following message “error trying
   to upload media”
 * When I try using the flash browser, I get the following message “Unable to create
   directory… Is its parent directory writable by the server?”
 * I have looked into the host and double checked the writable information on the
   folders and they are all 755.
 * Why would this all of a sudden just happen and does anyone know the solution 
   on getting this to work again. Any suggestions you have would be greatly appreciated.
 * Thanks!

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-image-problems/#post-1447665)
 * Change the permissions on the wp-content directory to 766. If you still have 
   problems, try 767 or 777. Once your uploads are working, change the permissions
   on wp-content back to 755 again and check that everything still works OK.
    [http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions](http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions)
 *  Thread Starter [michellemedd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michellemedd/)
 * (@michellemedd)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-image-problems/#post-1447726)
 * Thanks for the suggestion, but this has not worked. I tried all 2 different permission
   strategies and I still get the same error.
 * This is very frustrating and confusing to say the least because it was working
   perfectly before with no issues. Nothing was touched and I am not sure why all
   of sudden it is not working.
 * Any other suggestions??
 * Thanks
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-image-problems/#post-1447818)
 * Try:
 * – deactivating **all** plugins to see if this resolves the problem. If this works,
   re-activate the plugins one by one until you find the problematic plugin(s).
 * – switching to the default theme to rule out any theme-specific problems.

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 * [image](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/image/)
 * [upload error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/upload-error/)

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 * 3 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-image-problems/#post-1447818)
 * Status: not resolved

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