Unable to create directory wp-content/uploads/2024/09. Is its parent directory writable by the server?
Symptoms:
Suddenly you can not upload any file in WordPress Media. The error shows: “Unable to create directory wp-content/uploads/2024/09. Is its parent directory writable by the server”.
Diagnosis:
The error indicates that the wordpress system can not create folder in Uploads directory. For more diagnosis run the following code in SSH. (If you do not know how to connect your server through SSH then follow the tutorial: Connect server using SSH)
Cd /home/your-domain/public_html/wp-content/uploads/
Mkdir 08
The following errors occurred:
Fix:
To fix the permission issue run the following code:
sudo chattr -R -i /home/my-domain/public_html/wp-content/uploads/
This code will make the disc immutable. Now check the upload function in wordpress. And it should work fine.
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