Title: wp-content/uploads folder is missing
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# wp-content/uploads folder is missing

 *  [dulrich15](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dulrich15/)
 * (@dulrich15)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-contentuploads-folder-is-missing/)
 * I’ve just installed WordPress 2.7 and have published my first post — everything
   seems to be working. I have tried to upload my first image and the system registers
   the image (i.e., I go to Media >> Library and there it is), but the image is 
   not actually on the server!
 * I noticed that the image is linked to a location like “wp-content/uploads/2009/
   02/”, so I thought it might be a permission issue. I have changed the permissions
   on the wp-content folder to 777. I’m not required to create a new folder for 
   each month am I? I suppose I could create the folder and upload the image myself,
   but I assume that is what the image uploader is for.
 * I suspect I’ve missed a step in the installation process, but I can’t figure 
   out what. Thanks in advance for your help.
 * Dave

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 *  [lindsayanng](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lindsayanng/)
 * (@lindsayanng)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-contentuploads-folder-is-missing/#post-982992)
 * Hmm.. This is funny. Both myself and my husband have blogs.. he uses the image
   uploader, and i use FTP. He says its easier to use the image uploader, and i 
   feel FTP is easier..
 * If you have a good FTP, it SHOULD be super easy. I mean, theres no waiting for
   a new page in your admin to load and blah blah.. then you just create the HTML
   yourself. I just created a folder called POSTIMG and upload any image for a post
   in there.. No dates of anything.. Then i just use Fetch to upload the image and
   input the url for the image into the code..
 * I dont really have an answer for you about the uploader, but there is another
   option.. just in case.
 *  Thread Starter [dulrich15](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dulrich15/)
 * (@dulrich15)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-contentuploads-folder-is-missing/#post-983034)
 * I figured out what happened … and it was my fault 🙁
 * When I originally installed the files I used the folder name “WordPress” which
   I then changed later.
 * I noticed that under the options Setting >> Miscellaneous it was still expecting
   the old folder name to exist. I changed the folder name to the new one and everything
   works as expected.
 * FTP is super easy, but I like how the uploader automatically creates a sub-directory
   structure.
 * Thanks for the reply!
 *  [absmith55](https://wordpress.org/support/users/absmith55/)
 * (@absmith55)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-contentuploads-folder-is-missing/#post-983361)
 * THANK YOU SO MUCH for posting your fix. The same issue was happening to me and
   I couldn’t find the source of the problem until now. THANK YOU!!!

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