Title: Upload issues
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Upload issues

 *  [Johnot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/biblo47/)
 * (@biblo47)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-issues-2/)
 * When I attempt to upload media I get this message:
    _Unable to create directory
   wp-content/uploads/2014/04. Is its parent directory writable by the server?_ 
   If I attempt to upload themes or plug-in I get a similar message. If I search
   for themes or plug-ins and install via that method I’m asked for my ftp password
   each time. But it does at least work. How do I get around this? Simple language,
   step by step, Please

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 *  Thread Starter [Johnot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/biblo47/)
 * (@biblo47)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-issues-2/#post-4766887)
 * Can someone please help me.

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 * [media](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/media/)
 * [Themes](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/themes/)
 * [upload](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/upload/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [Johnot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/biblo47/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-issues-2/#post-4766887)
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