{"id":227,"date":"2011-11-04T14:42:13","date_gmt":"2011-11-04T13:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uk-cheapest.co.uk\/support\/?p=227"},"modified":"2011-11-15T22:28:05","modified_gmt":"2011-11-15T21:28:05","slug":"wordpress-error-unable-to-create-directory-wp-contentuploads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uk-cheapest.co.uk\/support\/wordpress-error-unable-to-create-directory-wp-contentuploads\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress Error: Unable to create directory \/wp-content\/uploads\/"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Re:\u00a0Wordpress Error: Unable to create directory \/wp-content\/uploads\/<\/p>\n<p>To resolve errors uploading to WordPress eg. new themes, please try the following steps:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In WordPress Settings\/Media (or Settings\/Miscellaneus depending on your version) change upload folder from &#8220;\/wp-content\/uploads&#8221; to &#8220;wp-content\/uploads&#8221; &#8211; ie. remove the leading forward slash.<\/li>\n<li>Set wp-content to 775<\/li>\n<li>Set wp-content\/uploads to 777<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That should solve the problem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Re:\u00a0Wordpress Error: Unable to create directory \/wp-content\/uploads\/ To resolve errors uploading to WordPress eg. new themes, please try the following steps: In WordPress Settings\/Media (or Settings\/Miscellaneus depending on your version) change upload folder from &#8220;\/wp-content\/uploads&#8221; to &#8220;wp-content\/uploads&#8221; &#8211; ie. remove the leading forward slash. 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