After upgrading to WordPress 2.5/WordPress 2.5.1, I couldn’t upload any pictures anymore. When I clicked on Add an Image/Choose File from the editor, a window showed up: From Computer; HTTP error… An error occurred in the upload. Please try again later. See the screenshot below:
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This was so frustrated since I uploaded pictures a lot. After a couple days of searching on the Internet, I finally found a solution to this problem. Hopefully you can be benefited by this too if you have the same problem like this. Just follow the steps below to fix this problem:
- Using FireFTP to download your .htaccess from your WP folder to your PC (Personal Computer). If you don’t have FireFTP, then use whatever FTP you have.
- Edit your .htaccess file by inserting the following codes:
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- See the highlighted portion of the codes that I inserted in my .htaccess file:
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- Make sure you save the .htaccess file
- After you’ve done that, upload .htaccess file back to WP folder
- Log in to your WordPress Dashboard; you should not have problem to upload your images now
Does this tutorial solve your problem? Feel free to talk about in the comment section.
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