Title: WordPress Media Upload Error
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# WordPress Media Upload Error

 *  Resolved [junnjun013](https://wordpress.org/support/users/junnjun013/)
 * (@junnjun013)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-media-upload-error/)
 * Hi there! I hope anyone can help me out! I have migrated to new server lately
   and when I tried to upload a photo in my post (for thumbnail) it throws me with
   this error mesage ““Name of image.jpg” has failed to upload due to an error Unable
   to create directory /home/NAME OF MY PREVIOUS HOSTING/public_html/wp-content/
   uploads/2010/08. Is its parent directory writable by the server?”
 * I don;t know why the path still is the old one which of course would create an
   error because it is not accessible by now. I;ve tried to scrutinize the database
   entries and also with the php files of wordpress installation but I can;t figure
   it out. Does anyone have an idea on what’s going on with it? It’s been almost
   a month since I migrated servers. At first I thought the servers are still bubbling
   up so I gave it sometime to resolve but until now I can;t upload any media.
 * Thanks in advance!

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 *  [curtismchale](https://wordpress.org/support/users/curtismchale/)
 * (@curtismchale)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-media-upload-error/#post-1665261)
 * How did you do the migration? Was it a DB dump or did you use the import/export
   feature from WordPress?
 * Did you actually use the search in PHPMyAdmin to search for strings relating 
   to your old hosting server?
 * Have you tried installing a clean copy of WordPress? Make sure you don’t delete
   or overwrite wp-config.php or your wp-conten folder.
 *  Thread Starter [junnjun013](https://wordpress.org/support/users/junnjun013/)
 * (@junnjun013)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-media-upload-error/#post-1665269)
 * Oh Yes I got it! I forgot to search thoroughly the DB with phpMyAdmin of strings
   related to my previous hosting.I found the upload path still pointing to the 
   old host.. Thanks for the help. [@curtismchale](https://wordpress.org/support/users/curtismchale/)…

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## Tags

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

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 2 replies
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 * Last reply from: [junnjun013](https://wordpress.org/support/users/junnjun013/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-media-upload-error/#post-1665269)
 * Status: resolved

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