Posted: November 10th, 2009    By: Devin Walker   

WordPress Upload ButtonI recently built this site in a subdirectory in preparation for going live once everything was built and working appropriatly.  After I launched the site and tried to add images to a new article Wordpress was still trying to upload the images to the old directory.  Luckily, there is a very easy solution to this problem.

Follow along through these steps to remedy the problem.  If the problem persists, please leave a comment or contact me.

Note: The default upload path is wp-content/uploads

  1. Log into your WordPress Admin backend
    Wordpress Admin Login Window
  2. Click on Settings
    Wordpress Settings
  3. Click Miscellaneous
    wordpress miscellaneous button
  4. Modify the  Store uploads in this directory field to reflect the appropriate path/to/ your images
    Modify WordPress Media Upload Path
  5. Click Save Changes
    Wordpress Save Changes

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  • http://www.mischiefbaking.com Caitlin

    Thank you thank you thank you. This problem has been plaguing me for a while and I thought it was a directory write permission issue…but then I fixed that and it was still wonky. Argh, total lifesaver.

  • http:/www.dlocc.com Devin Walker

    Glad to help you out, it’s a simple fix that’s not widely known! :]

  • http://wahrsagen-online-kostenlos.com/ Occapycle

    What WordPress template are you using?

  • http:/www.dlocc.com Devin Walker

    I created it out of the Journalist one

  • Vlad

    I have made necessary changes but I have the same problem.

    Unable to create directory /article/wp-content/uploads/2010/03. Is its parent directory writable by the server?

    Please help me.
    Thanks.

  • http://www.farzadkohanart.com Steve

    I’m having the same problem as Vlad. Thanks in advance for any help you might have or suggest.

  • http:/www.dlocc.com Devin Walker

    Hey you probably have to FTP to that directory and chmod it to 664 or 666

  • http://portland.citypicksgroup.com sam

    I have wp 3.1.1,
    The option of “settings> miscellaneous ” is not available.

    I see
    …
    .discussion
    .media
    .privacy
    …
    but no miscellaneous.
    Has the verbiage changed?