Fixing the Image Upload Error In WordPress

In this tutorial we will walk you through several steps you can take to fix the image upload error in WordPress.

If you encounter the annoying image upload error in WordPress there are several possible solutions you can take to resolve it.
These solutions include changing your PHP version, changing the PHP limits and changing the folder permissions of your WordPress’s “uploads” directory.

• PHP Version: follow this tutorial to learn how to change your PHP version in cPanel.
  

• PHP Limits: follow this tutorial to learn how to change your PHP limits in cPanel.
  

• File Permissions: To change the folder permissions of your WordPress “uploads” folder, navigate to your WordPress installation directory in File Manager > open the “wp-content” directory which contains the “uploads” directory.
  Set the permissions of the “uploads” directory to 755.
  Follow this tutorial to learn how to change file and folder permissions.
  
  

If none of these solutions were helpful then please reach out to our priority Technical Support department for assistance via your Client Portal.

Here are some other tutorials you may find useful:

• Accessing Your Client Portal
• Accessing Your cPanel Account
• Changing Your WordPress Upload Limit
• Changing Your PHP Upload/Memory Limits in cPanel
• Changing Your PHP Version in cPanel
• Increasing Your PHP Max Input Vars in cPanel
• Changing File & Folder Permissions in cPanel