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Cómo corregir el problema de subida de imágenes en WordPress (7 consejos fáciles)

Los errores de subida de imágenes pueden ser frustrantes, especialmente para los principiantes. En un momento, todo funciona bien, y al siguiente, no se puede subir una imagen sin ningún cambio en su extremo.

Este es en realidad uno de los problemas / conflicto / incidencia de imagen más comunes en WordPress. La buena noticia es que la corrección es más fácil de lo que piensas.

Nos hemos encontrado con innumerables problemas de subida de imágenes en nuestros propios sitios web de WordPress, así que sabemos lo molestos que pueden ser estos errores. Por suerte, esto también significa que conocemos varios métodos para diagnosticar y corregir estos problemas.

En este artículo, te guiaremos a través de los pasos para corregir los problemas de subida de imágenes en WordPress. Sigue estos pasos y volverás a subir imágenes en un abrir y cerrar de ojos.

Fixing image upload issues in WordPress

¿Cuál es la causa del problema de carga de imágenes en WordPress?

Hay algunas razones comunes por las que puede tener problemas para subir imágenes en WordPress.

En primer lugar, los problemas entre navegadores pueden ser un factor. A veces, una imagen sube bien en un navegador, pero no en otro. Los distintos navegadores gestionan las subidas de archivos de forma diferente, lo que puede dar problemas.

Los nombres de archivo no válidos también pueden causar problemas. Si el nombre de su archivo de imagen contiene caracteres especiales o espacios, es posible que WordPress no lo acepte. Por eso recomendamos utilizar siempre nombres de archivo sencillos, con letras, números y guiones.

La caché también puede interferir en la subida de imágenes. Una caché obsoleta puede causar todo tipo de problemas, por lo que vaciar la caché de su sitio puede resolver los problemas de subida.

Además, algunos plugins pueden entrar en conflicto con el proceso de subida de imágenes. Un plugin puede estar causando un problema sin que te des cuenta. Por ejemplo, los ajustes o características de un plugin a veces interfieren con la función de subida.

O tu tema puede ser el culpable. Algunos temas no están construidos correctamente y pueden interferir con la subida de imágenes. Un tema mal codificado puede crear conflictos y errores que impidan subidas correctas.

También podría deberse a permisos de archivo incorrectos. Esto significa que WordPress no puede escribir en la carpeta de subidas y que se producirán errores durante la subida si los permisos no están establecidos correctamente.

Por último, podría ser un problema de límite de memoria. Si su sitio no tiene suficiente memoria asignada por sus servicios de alojamiento, entonces no puede manejar archivos grandes. Esto puede provocar errores de subida o subidas incompletas.

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Solucionar el problema de carga de imágenes en WordPress

Entender las causas comunes de los problemas de subida de imágenes en WordPress es el primer paso. Y ahora que conoce algunas de las razones más comunes de los problemas de subida de imágenes en WordPress, le mostraremos cómo corregirlos.

Aquí tienes un resumen de todos los consejos que te daremos en esta guía:

¿Preparados? Primeros pasos.

Consejo 1: Vuelva a cargar la página o pruebe con otro navegador

En primer lugar, lo más frecuente es que el problema se corrija recargando la página. Puede parecer una corrección sencilla, pero suele funcionar.

El problema de subida de imágenes puede deberse a que su sesión de acceso ha caducado. Si esto ocurre, al recargar la página o volver a navegar desde otra pestaña, saldrá desconectado. Deberá acceder de nuevo.

El problema también puede deberse a que WordPress está perdiendo la conexión con el navegador. Esto puede ocurrir debido a problemas con su proveedor de servicios de Internet o problemas temporales con su alojamiento de WordPress. Recargar la página y volver a cargar el archivo de imagen puede resolver este error.

Otras veces, el problema de subida de imágenes puede estar relacionado con el navegador. Prueba a subir la imagen con otro navegador. Esto puede ayudarte a identificar si el problema es específico de tu navegador actual.

Consejo 2: Vuelva a cargar la imagen a través de la biblioteca de medios

Si el problema persiste tras recargar la página o cambiar de navegador, pruebe a volver a cargar la imagen a través de la biblioteca de medios.

Por lo tanto, en lugar de subir la imagen directamente a través de la entrada o página, tendrá que ir a Medios ” Añadir nuevo archivo de medios desde el escritorio de WordPress.

A continuación, simplemente haga clic en “Seleccionar archivos” e intente subir la imagen allí.

Uploading images through the Media Library

A veces, esto puede corregir el problema.

Consejo 3: Cambie el nombre de su archivo de imagen

Si el nombre de su archivo de imagen contiene espacios, WordPress podría rechazarlo. Además, evite utilizar caracteres especiales como ‘#’, ‘!’ o ‘@’. Estos caracteres pueden crear problemas porque los servidores web y los navegadores pueden no ser compatibles con ellos.

Por lo tanto, asegúrese de cambiar el nombre de su archivo de imagen a algo simple y directo. Deberás usar solo letras, números y guiones.

Por ejemplo, en lugar de “mi imagen nº 1.jpg”, puede cambiarle el nombre a “mi-imagen-1.jpg”.

Consejo 4: Vacíe la memoria caché

Una caché obsoleta puede dar lugar a diferentes problemas, incluyendo problemas de subida de imágenes.

La caché se utiliza para acelerar su sitio almacenando copias de su contenido, pero a veces puede causar conflictos. Una caché obsoleta o dañada puede impedir que las nuevas subidas sean reconocidas o procesadas correctamente.

Actualizar la caché puede resolver el problema, ya que garantiza que el sitio procese la nueva subida sin que se interpongan datos antiguos o conflictivos.

Por suerte, es fácil vaciar la caché de tu sitio. Por lo general, esto se puede hacer a través de su plugin de almacenamiento en caché, como WP Rocket, o el panel de control de su proveedor de alojamiento.

How to clear the WP Rocket cache manually

También puede vaciar la caché de su navegador. Su navegador almacena copias de las páginas web, incluidas las imágenes, para cargar los sitios más rápidamente la siguiente vez que los visite. Por eso, una caché de navegador obsoleta puede causar problemas con nuevas subidas.

Para vaciar la caché del navegador, normalmente hay que ir a los ajustes del navegador, buscar la opción para vaciar los datos de navegación o la caché y seleccionarla.

Para más detalles sobre cómo vaciar la caché, puedes consultar nuestra guía sobre cómo vaciar la caché de WordPress. Una vez vaciada la caché, intenta volver a subir la imagen.

Consejo 5: Marcar / comprobar problemas con plugins y temas

A veces, los plugins o temas entran en conflicto con el proceso de subida de imágenes. Esto puede ocurrir porque algunos plugins o temas no son totalmente compatibles con la última versión de WordPress o entre sí.

Para diagnosticarlo y corregirlo, tendrá que realizar algunos pasos para solucionar el problema.

En primer lugar, deberás desactivar todos tus plugins. Para ello, ve a la sección “Plugins” de tu escritorio de WordPress y selecciona “Desactivar” para cada plugin.

The Deactivate button under a plugin's name

También puedes desactivarlos todos a la vez.

Para obtener instrucciones más detalladas, puede consultar nuestra guía sobre cómo desactivar plugins de WordPress fácilmente.

A continuación, puedes cambiar a un tema por defecto, como Twenty Twenty-One.

Puede hacerlo yendo a Apariencia ” Temas en su escritorio de WordPress y activando el tema por defecto.

Activating Twenty Twenty-One

Este paso le ayuda a determinar si el problema está relacionado con su tema actual.

A continuación, intente subir la imagen de nuevo. Si la subida funciona, significa que uno de tus plugins o tu tema anterior causaron el problema.

Para encontrar la causa exacta, puedes empezar reactivando tus plugins uno a uno. Después de activar cada plugin, intente subir una imagen de nuevo. De esta forma, podrás encontrar el plugin específico que causa el conflicto.

Si el problema reaparece después de activar un plugin en particular, has encontrado al culpable. Ahora es el momento de buscar una alternativa o contactar con el soporte de WordPress.

Si el cambio de plugins no resuelve el problema, es posible que esté relacionado con el tema que estabas utilizando. Puede ponerse en contacto con el desarrollador del tema para obtener soporte o considerar el uso de un tema de WordPress diferente.

Consejo 6: Ajuste los permisos de archivo

El problema de subida de imágenes en WordPress también puede deberse a permisos de archivo incorrectos. Los archivos de WordPress se almacenan en el servidor de alojamiento web y necesitan permisos específicos de archivo y directorio para funcionar.

Los permisos de archivo incorrectos impiden a WordPress leer o subir archivos en el servidor de alojamiento. Es posible que aparezca el siguiente error de WordPress al subir un archivo de imagen:

No se ha podido crear el directorio wp-content/uploads/2019/04. ¿El servidor tiene permisos de escritura en su directorio principal?

Unable to create directory error

O puede que veas el error:

‘El archivo subido no pudo ser movido a wp-content/uploads/.’

Otro signo de este problema es que tus imágenes desaparecen de la biblioteca de medios de WordPress.

Missing images in media library

Mi sitio funcionaba bien antes. ¿Quién ha cambiado los permisos de los archivos?

Esto puede ocurrir por varias razones. Una mala configuración en su servidor de alojamiento compartido a veces puede cambiar esos permisos sin que usted haga nada.

Por ejemplo, su proveedor de alojamiento web puede haber realizado una actualización que haya cambiado inesperadamente los permisos de los archivos.

Si todo lo demás funciona correctamente en su sitio web de WordPress, sólo tiene que aplicar los permisos de archivo correctos para corregir el problema de subida de imágenes.

Nota: Este método es un poco más avanzado. Si necesita ayuda, no dude en ponerse en contacto con nuestro soporte de WordPress de emergencia para obtener ayuda.

Cambio de permisos de archivo

Para cambiar los permisos de los archivos, deberá utilizar un cliente FTP.

En primer lugar, conéctese a su sitio web a través de FTP y vaya a la carpeta /wp-content/. Dentro encontrarás la carpeta uploads, que es donde WordPress almacena todas las subidas de medios, incluidas las imágenes.

Ahora haga clic con el botón derecho del ratón en el directorio de subidas y seleccione “Permisos de archivo”.

Opening file permissions dialog box for uploads folder

Aparecerá el cuadro de diálogo de permisos de archivo.

A partir de aquí, tendrá que establecer los permisos de archivo para el directorio de subidas y todos los subdirectorios dentro de él a ‘744’.

Change folder permissions

Para ello, introduzca 744 en la casilla de valor numérico y marque la casilla siguiente a “Recurrir a subdirectorios”. A continuación, sólo tienes que hacer clic en el botón de opción Aplicar solo a directorios.

Continúa y haz clic en el botón “Aceptar” para aplicar estos cambios. Tu cliente FTP empezará a aplicar permisos de archivo a los directorios.

Nota: Si establecer los permisos de directorio en 744 no parece solucionar su problema, pruebe con 755.

En el siguiente paso, deberá establecer los permisos de archivo para todos los archivos del directorio de subidas.

Para ello, haga clic con el botón derecho del ratón en el directorio de subidas y seleccione permisos de archivo. En el cuadro de diálogo de permisos de archivo, cambie el valor numérico a ‘644’.

A continuación, puedes marcar la casilla siguiente a “Recurrir a subdirectorios” y seleccionar Aplicar solo a archivos”.

Por último, basta con hacer clic en el botón “Aceptar” para aplicar estos cambios.

File permissions

El cliente FTP cambiará los permisos de todos los archivos dentro de la carpeta de subidas. Una vez hecho esto, puede volver a su área de administrador / administración de WordPress y tratar de subir imágenes de nuevo.

Si tiene formularios de subida de archivos en su sitio web, debería probarlos también.

Nota: Si no sabes utilizar un cliente FTP, también puedes utilizar el gestor de archivos que te proporciona tu empresa de alojamiento de WordPress. Dado que las capturas de pantalla varían de un alojamiento a otro, tendrás que hablar con su soporte para encontrar instrucciones.

Consejo 7: Aumente el límite de memoria PHP

A veces, los problemas de subida de imágenes se producen porque WordPress no tiene suficiente memoria para procesar la subida. Aumentar el límite de memoria PHP puede ayudar a corregir esto.

Normalmente, puede hacerlo editando su archivo wp-config.php. Sin embargo, la forma más fácil es ponerse en contacto con su proveedor de alojamiento para obtener ayuda. Ellos pueden aumentar tu límite de memoria.

Para más detalles, consulte nuestro tutorial sobre cómo aumentar el límite de memoria PHP en WordPress.

Esperamos que este artículo te haya ayudado a corregir el problema de subida de imágenes en WordPress. También puedes consultar nuestra guía completa para diagnosticar problemas o nuestra guía sobre cómo corregir los errores más comunes de WordPress.

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  2. Manpreet

    My permissions are 755 but unable to upload images

  3. johaness

    hi , how can I solve this problem. of inserting image in post, , after uploading pic. when I click on insert into post nothing happens

    • Ravi Kant Singh

      Try clicking ‘file url’ button first it fetchs url, then click insert into post. Hope it works for you.

  4. Ed S

    I tried this initially with 744. This stopped any images appearing at all for me on either wp-admin or my live website. Which was worrying and panic inducing!
    So then tried 755, and images are appearing again on my live website. Which is a relief.
    Still having exactly the same issue with uploading images though. Getting ‘http error’.

    • Angelica Perduta

      Same problem here. for images over a certain size. They do appear in the media library but with no thumbnail and can’t be edited. Small images do work however.

  5. JOY DUTTA

    When i go for 744 all thumbnail are shown but uploading error remain
    but when i go for 755 thumbnail gone but uploading error solved..
    Now what shall i do.

    • WPBeginner Support

      Hi Joy,

      Please ask your hosting provider, they can also fix directory permissions issue for you.

      Administrador

      • JOY DUTTA

        Thanks for reply
        Today i checked also some images are uploaded but some images shown error in uploading

  6. Edo Escada

    Hi,
    I did my way, solved very well

    Go to your hosting cPanel, go to PHP Version in the Software block..
    Go to PHP Options in the right button
    Edit to be like this :
    :
    memory_limit 1024M
    post_max_size 128M
    upload_max_filesize 64M

    Then back to cPanel frontpage

    Go to ModSecurity in the Security section
    Change to Disable for your domain.

    VOILAA !!!!

    Regards
    Let me know your success story

    • Atif

      Thanks a bunch dude, nothing else worked, but this PHP options setting worked for me.

  7. Tom

    If the issue is cropping up after transferring a site to a new domain this works for me:
    open the Settings menu, and select Media. If you see a file path with a textbox displaying where the files should be uploaded to, delete the text in the file path textbox, and click Save Changes once you’re done.

    No try uploading an image, should work fine.

    • Katie

      Thanks – that solved my problem. The server path had somehow been defined in Settings > Media. Removed it and replaced with the default wp-content/uploads, saved and that fixed it :-)

    • Gord

      Hi Tom,

      I just wanted to say thank you as well. Your post saved me a lot of grief! I used a plugin to migrate a site to a new provider. The tool is excellent, but in this instance were so many files in my uploads directory that I needed to exclude images and move them separately via ftp. I spent an hour carefully checking file permissions and ownership in the Wordpress uploads directory until I came across your post. Sure enough, nder “Settings / Media” there was a hardcoded path valid only with my old hosting provider. Great post!

    • Vu

      Thank you very much. My problem was same and your solution was great

    • ceesay

      Thank you, thank you, thank you!! This happened when I migrated this site. Hasn’t happened to any of the other sites I’ve migrated, but the Settings>Media path was exactly the problem.

  8. Mika Kaakinen

    Changing folder permissions to 755 resolved the issue for me. Thank you!

  9. Vimal

    I am facing a very basic problem, i tried many theme but when i add an element on a fresh new page it show the default content of (pagename and the recent post widget is visible and other widgets are behind my element i.e Slider) behind my slider or hero image Guyz PLz Help me

  10. Mark Hetherington

    I must have read two dozen different fixes fir this image error thing, then found a solution that s far, far easier than anything else I have read. In fact here’s the solution in three words: Change your browser.

    Yep, that’s all I did. I’ve tried lots of different “solutions” with no joy, then just by chance I was working on a different computer one day, using Opera instead of Chrome (I’ve had the error with IE, Edge, Firefox etc. too) and I had no problem uploading my images. I’ve been using Opera for the purpose for months now and never had the HTTP error since.

    I’m not saying it will work for every occurrence but it’s got to be worth a try!

    • Toon

      Wow! worked for me! Safari -> Chrome on OSX

  11. pooja

    I have problem ..I want somebody help me please..
    Some content of website like footer content are not displayed on chrome but it displayed on other web browser.I also change the Setting of chrome but its not work .So please help me…

  12. Pooja

    I have my old pictures in wordpress.
    But i’m unable to upload new images.

    Everytime i got this message….” Unable to create directory uploads/2017/09. Is its parent directory writable by the server”

    I tried all
    744
    755
    644
    but three of them didn’t works for me

    please tell any suggestion ?

    • Heather

      Me too! I even thought I fixed the problem by increasing the upload size through the Media section under Settings and nope! You know what got it to work?

      Resizing my freaking images. Silly me thought I was doing that through the settings on Wordpress, but nope!

      I have a Mac and I resized my large images to 1920×1080 or less and made sure my Media Settings allowed that and sure enough, it works! All those hours of frustration… *sigh* I hope that helps!

      • Joe

        I have no problem with inserting photos by doing so inside a paragraph and wraping text around it. But I cannot insert a larger photo in an area free of a paragraph. The size of the photo doesn’t change even though the file is larger. I changed the settings (media/settings) but nothing works. Can you help?

        • WPBeginner Support

          Hi Joe,

          Here is a simple tip that you can try if you haven’t already tried it. Press the enter key twice after adding a paragraph. Click on the upload media button to upload your photo. In the right column, select Full Size and then click on the insert image button. As soon as photo appears in your visual editor, press the enter key twice and start typing.

  13. Alice

    It still doesn’t solve my problem. I recently moved my newly created website from a subdomain to my main domain and everything worked fine except for my uploads. I went to my optons.php and tried to change my upload path. I noticed that when I tried to upload a file, the file is not even in my folder, doesn’t show up in my media library as a thumbnail. However, when I clicked on the broken image and clicked “edit image,” the image actually showed up!!! How weird! How can I fix my problem?

    • Melina

      Hi Alice, I have exactly the same problem! I tried all the solutions that are given down but because my problem is with my multisite duplicates and not with the root site, none of them works. I can uploads the pictures, the sub-site recognizes they are there but shows just grey thumbnails. When I go to my ftp all access are correct and I have already tried changing the upload path. Nothing works! Could you solve your problem? What was the solution??

      • Lakshya Mohan

        Similar problem is occurring with me. I have tried everything but still no use. When I upload an image, I see a blank thumbnail clicking on which I see a blank preview, but if I click on edit then only I am able to see the image. When I put that image in any post I see a broken link.

        • Chris Culver

          did anyone find the solution to this issue. I am having the same occurrence with a cloned site that was created to work on for a site rebuild

  14. Rafia khan

    Thank you so much for the help. It worked for me as well

  15. Tammy

    I refreshed cache in WordPress and that fixed it.

  16. mosh

    changing file permissions to 655 worked!

  17. Temi

    This is what I did to mine:

    I have moved my main file from one folder to the other in same cPanel and done some redirection. I didn’t change the LINK in Media setting for folder location so rather than images being located in the folder for the current domain directory, it was searching for images in the folder off the current one.

    Just go to Settings in your wordpress dashboard, locate Uploading Files, Store uploads in this folder and check the directory (link) in that box. If the domain name is the old one you transferred from, then change it to your current one and save. Try upload images again and you would be glad.

    • Robert

      Thanks to the author and also Temi, both your tips helped fixed my issue. I initially created my WP site in a subdirectory as well and subsequently moved it to the root folder to go live, not realising that Media settings was one of the places where I needed to update with the new URL to remove the subdirectory.

      Just to clarify for everyone else, the Uploading Files field is under Settings > Media.

    • Balram N.

      Temi, you are godlike. The uploads folder path setting on WP was the freaking issue!!!! Thank you so much.

  18. Alex mwailu

    I am proud to solve your problems people…Just Login to your Cpanel and deactivate ModSecurity, just deactivate it.then you will be able to upload your images comfortablly

    • Dominic

      Thanks Man, you just saved me, But is there any Disadvantage of Disabling Mod Security

  19. Lee Pascoe

    My images have uploaded into the media library, with no error messages and no permission problem.
    However, when I click Insert into Post, it remains blank.
    In Manage Products, there is a series of icons saying “No Image”
    I have tried this several times, and have 6 of the same images in the Media library, (which I can’t delete!) but still no images on the product page.
    I have tried this with 4 different pictures for 4 different products.
    Help!

  20. Divine Raphael

    The fiirst step worked perfectly well for me!!! Thanks WP Beginner

  21. Paul Keating

    If this problem seems to be only when using google chrome- I found the answer to cure this problem as follows:

    Go to settings on chrome- if you are signed in to chrome- sign out. reset the browser, clear the cache, reboot the machine and use chrome without signing in- presto !!!

    You should now be able to upload images using the normal way. let me know if this works for you !

  22. Dheeraj Soni

    Hello,

    I have been facing the issue of new image uploads being shown broken. I tried changing values from 755 to 744 & 711 & did 644 as well as as 655 but the issue is still persisting.. please suggest me how do i get this resolved?

  23. Mayaprakash Pant

    Hey, while I’m trying to upload images, it shows an error message:
    “Image Upload Error. Precondition Failed”
    How To Solve This?

  24. joe

    I’m having a strange issue related to this that i dont see anything similar in the thread. I uploaded a few images just fine a couple weeks ago. we were updated to the latest WP version at the time. Today I am going to upload images and the progress bar begins, and then just sticks at about 25%. never moves from there. I get no error message or anything. But when i click to leave page it just leaves – there is no “do you want to leave page while…” message. and then when i come back there is no progress bar or anything. The image is simply not there, no is there any indication i tried to upload it. I didn’t change anything in the settings between the time when i could upload images, and i tried deactivating the only plugin i installed and it did nothing.

  25. Sandeep

    I have a different problem

    When i want to upload pictures, i’m not even getting the folder to select the image. Please help me out

  26. Ahson

    I am facing the image issue with FEW images on my WP website. When I tried to change the permission to 744, ALL of the images were GONE. Please assist how I can have these images appear again.

    Also, I am not using FTP, I am directly changing from Godady hosting panel.

    • sherin

      Please change numeric value as 755 then your pictures will appear gain

    • thor

      Hi, guys, this is how I fix the image issue in WordPress library

      In cPanel, in the Files section, click File Manager.
      Select the button for Web Root (public_html/www).
      hit the setting icon in the right
      Place a checkmark in the box titled Show Hidden Files (dotfiles).
      Click Go.
      Review the numbers listed under the Perms column in File Manager.
      Directories and folders should be set to 755.
      Executable scripts within the cgi-bin folder must be set to 755.
      Images, media, and text files like HTML should be set to 644.
      Or you check the htaccess file by following this:

      Bad .htaccess, Invalid Command

      In the (dot) htaccess file, you may have added lines that are either worded incorrectly or conflicting with another coding in the file. The best way to troubleshoot this is to comment out the lines in the .htaccess file.

      Always make a copy of the .htaccess file before making any changes to it.
      You can comment out a line in the .htaccess file by adding # to the beginning of that particular line. For example, if the code in the .htaccess file looks like:

      DirectoryIndex default.html
      AddType application/x-httpd-php5 php
      Then, try commenting it out like so:

      DirectoryIndex default.html
      #AddType application/x-httpd-php5 php
      Broken lines and lines that start with php_flags are the most common mistakes. If you cannot determine which line is the problem, then comment out every line.

      usually, the problem come from the line whit the jpg, png, in the code tray to comment this line like so (add # in front of the code line ) and then save
      go to your library and tray to upload a picture

  27. Sara

    Hi,

    We have recently got hacked and figured out that the images weren’t showing because the uploads folder was missing in Filezilla. We tried creating a new folder but it disappears as soon as we refresh. I can upload images in wordpress but they are seen as broken. Is there any way to fix this problem?

    Your help is greatly appreciated!

    Sara

  28. Naomi Kroneck

    Hello,

    We have been trying to update the pictures on our website because they are outdated. We have several different pages that also have videos and when I try to update the pictures on those pages the videos disappear. But as soon as I delete the new pictures the videos come back. I am not sure what is going on.

  29. pule

    Hi, my media library images are all broken and even if I upload new ones .. I tried changing permissions on c panel to 744, 755, 655 but still no changes on building on page builder …how do I fix this problem

      • Musab

        Hi WpBeginner Support ,

        what do you mean by changing all file permission to 644 , like all files on my website ? or just upload file and his children ?

        I’m facing the same issue and no solution worked for me till now , when I tried to change image format to bmb it works !

        please anyone know how to fix this tell us .

  30. Mandy

    I changed my file permissions to 655 and that worked! So happy it’s fixed such a relief! Thanks for the article!

    • WPBeginner Support

      Hey Mandy,

      You are welcome. We are glad you found it helpful :)

      Don’t forget to follow us on Facebook for more WordPress tips and tutorials.

      Administrador

  31. Mark

    I had this problem and tried the above solution but it did not work. What I did was in the Settings/Media area of my Wordpress Admin Dashboard I unchecked the option to organise my uploads into month- and year-based folders and after that it worked fine!

  32. Dave Hamelink

    Hello,

    I am currently experiencing issues when trying to upload a new image to the media library. It gives the error: error during uploading, please try again later.

    I tried everything, changing permissions in the FTP server, de-activating plugins, and reinstalling Wordpress. I am currently using Wordpress 4.7.

    Can someone please help me?

    regards,

    Dave

    • Karen Field

      I am having the same issue and have no clue on how to fix it!

  33. dipto

    You guys are really boss. Keep it up bro :D

  34. bvo

    Guys,

    I have the same / a similar problem.

    When I upload a image, it is copied to the right folder. But I can’t see it in the library and it gives a error message (error, try again later).

    When I select a specifiec month in the library, I can see the images from that month, but when I do not select a specific month, I only see one blank square.

    When I select the list view I see all images, but also a few empty thumnails that says “no title”. I can’t view, delete or whatever these.

    I tried deactivating all plugins, I use the standard theme (twenty seventeen), I tried suggestions above. Noting helps.

    Hope someone can help me…
    Regards, Bas

  35. Larry Dean

    Working fine then all of a sudden it quit uploading image files. I get the error:

    Failed to write file to disk.

    I’ve tried the recommendations using ftp and it still doesn’t work. I installed WP to Buffer at about the same time this happened. Deactivated it but still can’t upload images.

    Thanks for any help.

    • Larry Dean

      It’s working again. The only thing I did was to deactivate the WP to Buffer plugin. Not sure why it took a period of time but all seems ok at this point. Thanks for your help.

  36. Bartosz

    Find in wp-admin dashboard menu ‘Settings/Media’. There is forder path do media files. Set correctly your server media path.
    It’s works.

    • Marjorie Ray

      Thank you for this post Bartosz. We had recently migrated a site and there was an address in the Settings/Media/StoreUploads which was causing the problem. I deleted that address, hit save, and it fixed the problem; am now able to upload images.
      Marjorie

    • Henk

      Hello,

      Thanks for your answer. I was looking for this.

  37. Garreth

    Hey,
    I had an issue too and found out that my share host was running php version 5.5.36. I had to add ”AddHandler application/x-httpd-php56 .php” to the .htaccess file to get the server to run php 5.6

    I hope this helps

  38. Amin

    Hello I have the same problem but mine is like only for users: it says “Error during upload, please try again” and I tried everything anyway all i know and ain’t be fixed ._., can someone help? i will apreciate that. thanks !

    • mark p

      did you ever get help on this error?? i have the same issue and nobody seems to be able to fix it, even my web hosting co. . . . ..thanks

  39. Melanie

    I am having an issue trying to rotate picture I downloaded into WordPress. It freezes up then tells me there is an internal error 500. Then it clears up in about 15 min but can not edit or do anything with pictures anymore or does same thing.

    Thanks for any help

  40. Jon

    I followed the directions on changing the permissions for the uploads directory, now the site won’t come up and I can’t even get back into my WP dashboard. I’m getting a 500 error.

    Can anyone tell me how to set the permissions as they were originally? In other words, how to undo the hatchet job that is now my client’s website?

    I understand how to reset the directory permissions, but I don’t know what the file permissions were before.

    • Amin

      500 Error is related to your .htaccess / php.ini file i think you were using a cdn with wp rocket because it have that problem when you do changing directly from ftp and editing files directly like that. try to disable it, delete everything on your htaccess except the part of wp by default than retry again and activate your plugin again.

  41. Vanessa

    The explanation here on this page is trying to shoot a tiny bird with a cannonball.
    It’s quite simple to fix the problem of image upload error in WP! Just DO NOT use any special or foreign language characters in the file names! and keep them short. This is the 101 of computer file naming protocol anyway and resolves the most cryptic of problems.
    Most times, the best solution is the simplest solution.

    • Yenny Kartika

      Wow, you’re right. It’s perfect.

      I previously try to upload an image with “blabla-1” filename and it wasn’t uploaded.

      I looked for some solutions in internet but found nothing, until this one simple solution.

      After than I change the filename into “blablabla” and… it’s uploaded perfectly.

      I feel so smart right now.

      Thank you for sharing. God bless you.

  42. christian

    Hi Guys, I’ve been having this issue, along with connection lost problem, and it have caused me to abandon my blog. Still painful.

    Anyone with help?

  43. tomasofen

    I have problems uploading some images. I didn’t know what the problem was, until i see the filename was using characters with written accent, like the spanish “Según se mire.jpg”.

    Renaming it allows me to upload right.

    Don’t know if this can be helpfull for somebody in the future ;)

  44. Zak

    Hi people,

    Try to put this in your themes file named “function.php” in the last line:

    add_filter( ‘wp_image_editors’, ‘change_graphic_lib’ );

    function change_graphic_lib($array) {
    return array( ‘WP_Image_Editor_GD’, ‘WP_Image_Editor_Imagick’ );
    }

  45. Jeroen

    Hi,

    Followed the instructions and it didn’t solve the problem. Any other idea’s to get the upload fixed again?

    Tnx in advance

  46. Oziel

    Didnt work, Im getting “HTTP Error”

    • Alex mwailu

      Did you get the answer to this?Please help me out,i am experiencing the same when I am uploading images from my wp dashboard

  47. Steph

    Hey Guys, I followed all the steps and it’s still not working. Everytime I try to upload an image it says “HTTP Error”

    Wondering if someone could help me.

    Cheers,

    Steph

    • Alex mwailu

      Did you get the answer to this?Please help me out,i am experiencing the same when I am uploading images from my wp dashboard

  48. linda

    Hi, I wanted to add a spreadsheet I created in Excel and have it display in a blog post. Should not be complicated , Right? But I have not been able to do so. 1st I saved the excel as a PDF file. Then I imported the pdf into Photoshop and saved as a jpeg. I try to upload into my Wordpress Blog and it will not accept the image. I keep getting an error.

  49. Rae

    I was having errors with images uploading and then realised I had an incorrect directory in the main Settings > Media

    • umer

      hey guys how are you ..?

      I have problem ..I want somebody help me please..

      In my site images is not working properly in directory and not showing …

      Also this site is not showing responsiveness in mobile ..

      I am waiting for someone whose really know this problem ..I will be very thank full…

      THanks

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