Comments on: WordPress error: The uploaded file could not be moved to

By: Luke

Luke — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 16:34:56 +0000

Make sure php.ini lets you upload files larger than what you are trying to upload.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 02:54:49 +0000

Just to shed some light on this problem, which I too, had in the past and have resolved. Anyway, its a 3 part solution which addresses most of the issues here:

1. SAFE MODE – I generally set this to off. Its a security features that’s set to “on” for shared hosts. I recommend you read this up on http://php.net/manual/en/features.safe-mode.php, to decide if you want to turn this off. If your having problems creating files, directories, moving files to directories, then this could be a primary cause.

2. OWNERSHIP – The uploads directory and its contents should be owned by apache (chown apache.apache -R uploads/). This will then allow you to set the correct permissions for access by the server.

3. PERMISSIONS – Do not use chmod 777 if you can. For me all directories are set at chmod 755, and all files are set at chmod 644. That would provide the best security.

Anyway, I understand that lots of people are on different server configurations, so what i’ve done could be different for others. If there are other suggestions, please let me know!

I’m on a CentOS 4.4 server, running in a Virtual Host, with PHP 5.2 and MySQL 5.

By: TechPakora

TechPakora — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 08:17:46 +0000

not working for me

By: Madruga

Madruga — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 16:10:52 +0000

I am astonished by the fact that you guys still didn’t found how to fix this.
@นิตติ้ง Your Misscellanous Settings, are here Settings -> Media

Ok, so here is the FIX:

safe_mode_gid=ON (in php.ini)
chmod 777 wp-content/uploads (via SSH sau FTP)

These 2 little things are going to help ya ! ;]

By: Todd

Todd — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 18:58:54 +0000

That worked wonders!

Thanks!

By: นิตติ้ง

นิตติ้ง — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 05:45:16 +0000

I’ve tried to upload my vdo on wordpress but I couldn’t do it
and I couldn’t find Misscellanous Setting
so I still stuck to upload my vdo

By: Jarod

Jarod — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 01:35:50 +0000

This solved the problem for me:

Problem: When trying to upload a plugin to WordPress, the following error is given:

The uploaded file could not be moved to /home/user/public_html/domain.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12.

Solution: Within WHM, under Main >> Service Configuration >> PHP Configuration Editor, the “upload_max_filesize” was incorrectly set to 64MB, when it should have been set to 64M.

Notice the extra B in MB? It causes the error. Just an FYI…

By: Staale

Staale — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 04:46:20 +0000

@Eric Kinney Thank you so much. This solved my problem. I deleted the uploads folder created automatically by wordpress and created a new one, set permissions. and it worked.

By: Glenn Wilson

Glenn Wilson — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 21:49:17 +0000

Your issue could also be the size of the file you’re trying to upload. You’ll get the same error on WP3 if you exceed your max file size.

I fixed mine by locating the php.ini file (ubuntu /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini) and changing the upload_max_filesize. Then restart apache.
Glenn

By: Leah

Leah — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 12:41:03 +0000

I ran into this same problem with one hosting company. The only way they allowed for uploads was to chmod the directory to 777 which = not secure, not acceptable. This host wouldn’t allow for disabling mod_security in apache either. I found a plugin that allowed me to upload plugins and images to their correct respective folders: WP-Easy-Uploaderhttp://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-easy-uploader. I am not affiliated with the creators of this plugin – I just appreciate all the time and headaches it saved me and hope it will help others.