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WP image uploading error

by CodrutTurcanu
2 replies
hi

I noticed while uploading a new post
I cannot upload new images within
my WP dashboard.

There's nothing wrong with the images
yet, I get this error

Error cytogainer-review.jpg Failed to write file to disk.

I could upload images yesterday

Not today. Unless, I upload an image which I've previously
added in my blog. That works...

Any idea why the error or how to successfuly upload new images?

thank you
#error #image #uploading #wordpress #wordpress image
  • Profile picture of the author wordpressguru
    Originally Posted by CodrutTurcanu View Post

    hi

    I noticed while uploading a new post
    I cannot upload new images within
    my WP dashboard.

    There's nothing wrong with the images
    yet, I get this error

    Error cytogainer-review.jpg Failed to write file to disk.

    I could upload images yesterday

    Not today. Unless, I upload an image which I've previously
    added in my blog. That works...

    Any idea why the error or how to successfuly upload new images?

    thank you
    If you have your website on a VPS, log in with putty (or better - winscp - so you can visualize all files) cd to /tmp folder and remove all files.
    Or if your website is on a shared hosting, ask your provider to empty their /tmp directory.
    This error appears on 3 different cases:
    1. The server's hard drive is full
    2. The /tmp directory is full
    3. There are not sufficient privileges to write to /tmp directory.
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    • Profile picture of the author PHPSpaZ
      Originally Posted by wordpressguru View Post

      If you have your website on a VPS, log in with putty (or better - winscp - so you can visualize all files) cd to /tmp folder and remove all files.
      Or if your website is on a shared hosting, ask your provider to empty their /tmp directory.
      This error appears on 3 different cases:
      1. The server's hard drive is full
      2. The /tmp directory is full
      3. There are not sufficient privileges to write to /tmp directory.
      Absolutely CORRECT! Also just an advisory warning. If you are on a Windows server, the more likely cause of this error is Permissions. I have had this happen to me so many times. And depending on what administration platform your server is running you may or may not be able to change the permissions in IIS or in general using RDC/P or Putty. PLESK for example will overwrite any permissions changes you make via command line or IIS. If you don't go and change the permissions specifically in the Platform it wont stick and you will find that you can upload files for a while. But your permissions will eventually drop back off.
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