Comments on: WordPress error: The uploaded file could not be moved to http://www.hostingformula.net/wordpress-error-the-uploaded-file-could-not-be-moved-to/ Story, experience, trial and error in managing my blog and hosting things Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:16:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Eric Kinney http://www.hostingformula.net/wordpress-error-the-uploaded-file-could-not-be-moved-to/comment-page-1/#comment-952 Eric Kinney Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:16:51 +0000 http://www.hostingformula.net/?p=527#comment-952 I'd just like to add that with my server Wordpress kept creating the upload directory if it was not present. I would set permissions to 777 and no go, errors as above. No errors showed up in the server logs. owner and group of the WP-created uploads folder was apache, but all other folders and directories had a different owner and group. So I used my server control panel to create the uploads directory, then set permissions once again, and this time it worked. My ftp software ("Transmit") could show me the owner and group of a folder but not change it. I succeeded when I deleted the one WP created and made a new empty upload folder in it's place, then set permissions on it to 777. I hope that helps anyone who is getting the same thing Oh and I did do the solution as shown in the article first, so I expect that is a required step as well as the additional steps I took. I’d just like to add that with my server WordPress kept creating the upload directory if it was not present. I would set permissions to 777 and no go, errors as above.

No errors showed up in the server logs.

owner and group of the WP-created uploads folder was apache, but all other folders and directories had a different owner and group. So I used my server control panel to create the uploads directory, then set permissions once again, and this time it worked.

My ftp software (“Transmit”) could show me the owner and group of a folder but not change it. I succeeded when I deleted the one WP created and made a new empty upload folder in it’s place, then set permissions on it to 777.

I hope that helps anyone who is getting the same thing

Oh and I did do the solution as shown in the article first, so I expect that is a required step as well as the additional steps I took.

]]> By: Alitaptap http://www.hostingformula.net/wordpress-error-the-uploaded-file-could-not-be-moved-to/comment-page-1/#comment-573 Alitaptap Fri, 26 Mar 2010 10:40:31 +0000 http://www.hostingformula.net/?p=527#comment-573 This is the basic solution but after the change of directory most frequently the upload still fails until you change the permissions for the directory to 777 (open to anyone to write to the directory). This is a security weakness and should be avoided. I can't find any information that suggests a more secure alternative. I think this is a issue Wordpress should address to avoid the security risk. This is the basic solution but after the change of directory most frequently the upload still fails until you change the permissions for the directory to 777 (open to anyone to write to the directory). This is a security weakness and should be avoided. I can’t find any information that suggests a more secure alternative. I think this is a issue WordPress should address to avoid the security risk.

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