Comments for PinkishHue.com http://pinkishhue.com Website development, design and other chatter Thu, 09 May 2013 15:38:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Comment on WordPress error “Unable to create directory uploads/2013/04. Is its parent directory writable by the server?” by admin http://pinkishhue.com/wordpress-error-unable-to-create-directory-uploads201304-is-its-parent-directory-writable-by-the-server/#comment-2198 admin Thu, 09 May 2013 15:38:07 +0000 http://pinkishhue.com/?p=370#comment-2198 I say it did not work because it did not work for me! Simply stating a fact. It may work for the majority of people if they are not experiencing the same error as I was, but this article is about my experience and what I did to solve it.

Thanks for the comment!

]]> Comment on WordPress error “Unable to create directory uploads/2013/04. Is its parent directory writable by the server?” by Todd http://pinkishhue.com/wordpress-error-unable-to-create-directory-uploads201304-is-its-parent-directory-writable-by-the-server/#comment-2167 Todd Wed, 08 May 2013 19:12:07 +0000 http://pinkishhue.com/?p=370#comment-2167 Yes, it does work. Wish you would stop telling people changing permissions on wp-content doesn’t work. It will work for the MAJORITY of people (assuming you set recursive to true).

]]> Comment on WordPress error “Unable to create directory uploads/2013/04. Is its parent directory writable by the server?” by Paul http://pinkishhue.com/wordpress-error-unable-to-create-directory-uploads201304-is-its-parent-directory-writable-by-the-server/#comment-2059 Paul Thu, 02 May 2013 16:07:24 +0000 http://pinkishhue.com/?p=370#comment-2059 Thanks for the help. Our site was just moved over from our developer’s test server. It works fine, but when we tried to upload files, we received the same error. After updating the path, everything works.

To confirm the correct path, I selected an existing image from the newly transferred site, and using inspect element was able to retrieve the path. I cut and pasted it into the “Store uploads…” folder field which I found under Settings ==> Media. Couldn’t be easier.

Thanks again!

]]> Comment on WordPress error “Unable to create directory uploads/2013/04. Is its parent directory writable by the server?” by admin http://pinkishhue.com/wordpress-error-unable-to-create-directory-uploads201304-is-its-parent-directory-writable-by-the-server/#comment-2017 admin Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:55:15 +0000 http://pinkishhue.com/?p=370#comment-2017 HI Collette, If the plugin won’t activate there may be a deeper problem with your installation. Did you follow the recommend steps from the Codex when changing server? http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress

If no pictures are loading at all, I would make sure they are actually on the server by logging in via FTP and having a look in the wp-content/uploads directory.

If you think it is just a problem with the directory path that WordPress is using (as was my problem) then you could try accessing the ‘God mode’ page in the admin panel by going to:

http://yourwebsite.com/wp-admin/options.php

Then changing the ‘upload_path’ setting to match your new server path, which you should be able to find by looking at the directory in your FTP software, it will look something like this: home/myaccount/public_html/mynewpath/wp-content/uploads

Hope that helps!

]]> Comment on WordPress error “Unable to create directory uploads/2013/04. Is its parent directory writable by the server?” by Collette http://pinkishhue.com/wordpress-error-unable-to-create-directory-uploads201304-is-its-parent-directory-writable-by-the-server/#comment-1965 Collette Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:53:08 +0000 http://pinkishhue.com/?p=370#comment-1965 how did you do this?? I switched servers as well and now can’t load any pictures. I tried to install that plugin to fix it but it won’t even activate….

]]> Comment on WordPress error “Unable to create directory uploads/2013/04. Is its parent directory writable by the server?” by admin http://pinkishhue.com/wordpress-error-unable-to-create-directory-uploads201304-is-its-parent-directory-writable-by-the-server/#comment-1924 admin Wed, 24 Apr 2013 09:18:49 +0000 http://pinkishhue.com/?p=370#comment-1924 Hi Bill, no that did not solve the problem. I tried that first and it had no effect. I then remembered that I had moved servers (the same hosting company but to a different account) so the actual server path that WordPress was using was incorrect, so I had to change that setting specifically.

]]> Comment on WordPress error “Unable to create directory uploads/2013/04. Is its parent directory writable by the server?” by Bill http://pinkishhue.com/wordpress-error-unable-to-create-directory-uploads201304-is-its-parent-directory-writable-by-the-server/#comment-1922 Bill Wed, 24 Apr 2013 05:56:59 +0000 http://pinkishhue.com/?p=370#comment-1922 Get your server admin to change the permissions on the WP-content folder to read, write, execute.
solves the problem.

]]> Comment on WordPress error “Unable to create directory uploads/2013/04. Is its parent directory writable by the server?” by admin http://pinkishhue.com/wordpress-error-unable-to-create-directory-uploads201304-is-its-parent-directory-writable-by-the-server/#comment-1835 admin Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:05:05 +0000 http://pinkishhue.com/?p=370#comment-1835 Hi Raj, the setting has been removed in the latest versions of WordPress unfortunately! Here’s a copy of my reply to another comment with some tips on how to fix it. Good luck!

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Oh dear, it looks like this has been removed in the latest versions of WordPress! Versions 3.5 onwards no longer have this setting.

Here’s some discussion about this: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/store-uploads-in-this-folder-gone-why?replies=6

There is a plugin you can install to edit the setting, then deactivate once you’re done: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-original-media-path/

Or you can go to the ‘God mode’ admin options page: http://yourwebsite.com/wp-admin/options.php and edit the ‘upload_path’ setting there (this suggestion comes from a comment on this article on wpbeginner.com)

Hope that helps. I think the plugin is probably the safer option.
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]]> Comment on WordPress error “Unable to create directory uploads/2013/04. Is its parent directory writable by the server?” by admin http://pinkishhue.com/wordpress-error-unable-to-create-directory-uploads201304-is-its-parent-directory-writable-by-the-server/#comment-1834 admin Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:03:09 +0000 http://pinkishhue.com/?p=370#comment-1834 Oh dear, it looks like this has been removed in the latest versions of WordPress! Versions 3.5 onwards no longer have this setting.

Here’s some discussion about this: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/store-uploads-in-this-folder-gone-why?replies=6

There is a plugin you can install to edit the setting, then deactivate once you’re done: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-original-media-path/

Or you can go to the ‘God mode’ admin options page: http://yourwebsite.com/wp-admin/options.php and edit the ‘upload_path’ setting there (this suggestion comes from a comment on this article on wpbeginner.com)

Hope that helps. I think the plugin is probably the safer option.

]]> Comment on WordPress error “Unable to create directory uploads/2013/04. Is its parent directory writable by the server?” by admin http://pinkishhue.com/wordpress-error-unable-to-create-directory-uploads201304-is-its-parent-directory-writable-by-the-server/#comment-1833 admin Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:50:49 +0000 http://pinkishhue.com/?p=370#comment-1833 Cool, glad I could be of help. Such a simple mistake but so easy to make!

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