• Resolved Chocolatecake

    (@chocolatecake)


    Hi,
    I’ve just started creating a new site using the Spacious theme.

    In trying to set up the slider, I’ve discovered a problem uploading images. I got this message:

    Unable to create directory wp-content/uploads/2016/01. Is its parent directory writable by the server?

    Any ideas how to resolve this?

    Thanks!

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  • Moderator Jan Dembowski

    (@jdembowski)

    Forum Moderator and Brute Squad

    Can you check the file and directory permision for the wp-content/uploads directory? This isn’t a Spacious theme problem, your WordPress installation should be able to create directories and files there.

    https://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions

    login ur ftp and give the file permission 666 on upload folder, it will be ok..

    Moderator Jan Dembowski

    (@jdembowski)

    Forum Moderator and Brute Squad

    @himel2014 That’s really not a good advice, please do not recommend that again.

    Also 666 is wrong for directories. It’s wrong for files too, everyone does not need to be able write to all of the user’s files.

    For the owner portion (which should be you or the web server ID) the directories should be 755. You need the execute bit set to permit processes to be able to enter those directories.

    The files should be 644. That’s read/writable by the owner and read only for everyone else.

    Thread Starter Chocolatecake

    (@chocolatecake)

    Thanks Jan! It’s all sorted now. 🙂

    Hi Jan, I have the same problem with my site and not being a developer have no idea how to fix this. Can you go into my site and correct the permissions. The site was working perfectly until a few days ago. Thanks Rob

    HI Jan, I see that this problem has effected all my sliders on the home page too. Hopefully this will also be resolved at the same time.

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    We don’t have any access to your site, all self-hosted WordPress sites are self-contained.

    If you’re unable to change your permissions, I recommend asking your hosting provider to do that.

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