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The Uploaded File Could not be Moved to wp-content

By | October 13, 2015

Symptom: When attempting to add media to a WordPress post, the image is rejected and the following error message appears: Cause: The WordPress uploads directory (typically located at /var/www/html/wordpress/wp-content/uploads) on the web server does not have write permission enabled and/or the web user (likely www-data) is not a member of the group which the uploads… Read More »