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WordPress

Upload Error

When I drag images to my WordPress text-area it show this type of error "Unable to create directory wp-content/uploads/2017/12. Is its parent directory writable by the server?"

1 Answer

Dave StSomeWhere
Dave StSomeWhere
19,870 Points

Sounds like a permissions issue.

Have you gone through the setup docs, you should go through the following Hardening WordPress including the Core Directories / Files section.