Title: Uploads folder not writeable
Last modified: January 12, 2018

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# Uploads folder not writeable

 *  [benmackie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/benmackie/)
 * (@benmackie)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploads-folder-not-writeable/)
 * I have been uploading media to my WordPress site for years and all of a sudden
   I cannot anymore.
 * > Upload folder is not writable. Export and file upload features will not be 
   > functional.

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 *  [RossMitchell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rossmitchell/)
 * (@rossmitchell)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploads-folder-not-writeable/#post-9858832)
 * Using either FTP or the web hosting manager file manager (probably cPanel), navigate
   to the <webroot>/wp-content directory and for the “uploads” directory check what
   are the permissions and what is the ownership ? The directory must be writable
   by the webserver (php) program, just what this should be varies with your hosting
   company, ask their support for the settings. It is almost certainly wrong to 
   set the permissions to 777 (let anyone read / write / create anything) as this
   is a serious security vulnerability, for instance anyone with a hosted account
   on the same server could do anything, however 777 is often seen on localhosted
   setups where while it is not great it is harmless enough.
 *  Thread Starter [benmackie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/benmackie/)
 * (@benmackie)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploads-folder-not-writeable/#post-9859188)
 * Unfortunately I don’t have access to FTP. The site is hosted on AWS and I was
   poking around the console and was completely lost.
 * I am used to cPanel access and using a client to log directly into the server.
   It’s so easy that way, not sure why AWS is so complicated, but I am unable to
   ask their support forum because I don’t have access.
 * If I had FTP credentials I could solve this pretty quickly. Thanks for your reply.
 * Also, why did this permission all of a sudden change? Seems to be congruent with
   the new directory 2018/01 being created with the new year.
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 4 months ago by [benmackie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/benmackie/).
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 4 months ago by [benmackie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/benmackie/).
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 4 months ago by [benmackie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/benmackie/).

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 * [media](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/media/)
 * [not writeable](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/not-writeable/)
 * [upload](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/upload/)

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 * Last reply from: [benmackie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/benmackie/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploads-folder-not-writeable/#post-9859188)
 * Status: not resolved

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