WordPress Uploads Folder can’t be Written to

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This one has me stumped

I’m sure it is something really small that I am overlooking but I think I’ve been looking at it too long to see what the problem is.

WordPress is telling me:

“Upload folder is not writable. Export and file upload features will not be functional.”

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Well…specifically it is Gravity Forms that is producing that error message, but uploading media isn’t working either.

Here’s what I’ve checked:

  1. Uploads folder and all sub-folders permissions are set to 755
  2. Uploads folder has same owner and group as every other script
  3. Upload folder setting on Settings->Media page has been set to: empty and wp-content/uploads (with and without trailing slash)

I’m not sure where to go from here. What am I missing?

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  1. That’s a server permission problem. According to the WP docs:

    Any file that needs write access from WordPress should be owned or
    group-owned by the user account used by the WordPress (which may be
    different than the server account). For example, you may have a user
    account that lets you FTP files back and forth to your server, but
    your server itself may run using a separate user, in a separate
    usergroup, such as dhapache or nobody. If WordPress is running as the
    FTP account, that account needs to have write access, i.e., be the
    owner of the files, or belong to a group that has write access. In the
    latter case, that would mean permissions are set more permissively
    than default (for example, 775 rather than 755 for folders, and 664
    instead of 644).

    From http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions

    So you need to check with your webhost. Who is the host?

    You can try setting the Gravity Forms uploads folder to 777 and try uploading, and the set them back to 755 if it works/doesn’t work. Bumping perms to 777 for a moment sometimes will toggle the correct permissions on some webhosts and then 755 will work afterward.

  2. I had the same problem for few of my websites, I think it is happening because of “gravity forms” some web hosting servers with their permissions, but there is a simple trick:

    1. Go to the Plugins menu, look for the gravity forms plugin
    2. Deactivate it
    3. Update the needed plugins, or whatever
    4. Reactivate the gravity forms
    5. Done!

    Good luck!