Unable To Create Directory Wp Content Uploads Is Its Parent Directory Writable By The Server

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After migrating WordPress from old Windows Hosting to my own WordPress Hosting, I started to see these following errors when I try to upload or import media into WordPress’s media library then this tutorial is for you. It will show you how to fix this annoying error.
Unable to Create Directory wp-content/uploads. Is its Parent Directory Writable by the Server. In the beginning, I thought that the cause of the problem might be the lack of permissions on the new server. I connected to my FTP server using FileZilla and started to check the wp-content/uploads via FTP and I found that the folder of the current month is present.
After that, I thought the cause of the problem may be file permissions as WordPress was unable to write/edit the parent folder, so I changed the permissions via FTP.
However, I still couldn’t upload files to WordPress media library and still getting “Unable to Create Directory wp-content/uploads. Is its Parent Directory Writable by the Server” error when I try to upload the files even after using another browser to write the new post.
How to solve “Unable to Create Directory wp-content/uploads. Is its Parent Directory Writable by the Server” The main reason of this error is that the wp-content/uploads folder does not exist because when I installed WordPress on the old server it automatically extracted the old path for uploads folder. The old path includes the user account on previous server and when I migrated to the new server the username changed so for WordPress the file does not exist.
To solve this simple error, you need to change the path of the old uploads folder to the new one. Follow these steps to solve the problem:
Log in to your WordPress admin panel (wp-admin).In the left menu go to “setting > media”.In the Store uploads in this folder field, enter default value “wp-content/uploads” and click Save changes.Now you are done, go and try to upload files to the media library again. If can’t find the “Store uploads in this folder” ? If you can’t find the field in your media settings page you can solve the problem by adding the following code in your wp-config.php file:
define( 'UPLOADS', 'wp-content/uploads' ); And the “Unable to Create Directory wp-content/uploads. Is its Parent Directory Writable by the Server” error will be fixed.
Still get the “Unable to Create Directory wp-content/uploads. Is its Parent Directory Writable by the Server” error message? If you couldn’t solve the problem and the “Unable to Create Directory wp-content/uploads. Is its Parent Directory Writable by the Server” error message still appearing, let me know and I will help you.
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