Comments on: WordPress upload fail – unable to create directory…

By: Michael Roberts

Michael Roberts — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 09:23:32 +0000

thanks this was some useful info.

By: HWaveBlue

HWaveBlue — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 05:03:22 +0000

@Nancy,

put there: wp-content/uploads

By: Nancy

Nancy — Tue, 18 May 2010 05:37:42 +0000

I am stuck on the complicated way with number 5. What should I fill in there?

By: sergee

sergee — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 07:51:45 +0000

If you tryed everything and upload in your wordpress still doesn’t work – i have an answer for you. In short: php safe mode won’t let you create files or directories if your php scripts and upload directory belongs to different users. So there are 2 possible solutions: either disable php safemode (not recommended), or change an owner of scripts and upload directory:

cd blog_root
chown -R apache:apache *

Complete description available here: http://tamkovich.com/2009/09/unable-to-create-directory-wp-content-uploads-is-its-parent-directory-writable-by-the-server/ (in Russian)

By: MikeGrace

MikeGrace — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 05:35:05 +0000

@Brett, You are welcome! I am glad that I was able to help. Putting images in a blog post the way you were sounds really tedious and a big pain. When I wrote about my troubles and how I fixed it, I really didn’t think many people would find it useful or find it at all. Turns out I was wrong. This is one of my most popular posts.

Being able to help others is the biggest reason I love to blog. Thanks for following my blog and I will see you in the twittersphere. : )

By: Brett

Brett — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 00:49:58 +0000

Thanks! Your post helped out! I’ve been uploading images and entering the link manually. Such a hassle. Gonna follow your blog now!

By: Matt Lindsay

Matt Lindsay — Mon, 25 May 2009 22:00:37 +0000

@ Mike: My pleasure mate. I wasn’t sure I was making sence :) Anything that makes all this ‘technobabble’ easier to understand for ‘anyone’ especially me, is definitely valuable. Congrats on your site. Nice resources. I’ll be back. Cheers.

By: Matt Lindsay

Matt Lindsay — Mon, 25 May 2009 07:46:38 +0000

Change the settings for “Uploading Files” in Settings->Miscellaneous Settings. Set “Full URL path to files “ using the the full URL path. Make the default setting. Should be next to input field, make it the same.

By: Debs

Debs — Sat, 09 May 2009 23:00:00 +0000

Hi Mike
Thank you for your comments on my blog, and another thank you for the tip on how best to link up the links {does that even make sense?!!} I am definitely looking up on it.
I have browsed your blog for a few hours now and I have learnt quite a lot that I didn’t even give thought to previously, now to see how I can improve my blog and move it along a little with what ive learnt! Thank you!!
Have a great weekend

Debs