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Need help: I can't add media (images etc) to my site through Wordpress site dashboard

Posted on November 11, 2013

Every time I do that, it cause the site to go down just like in this video I recorded: http://goo.gl/pFd1yn

The problem is after about 2 minutes, the site is up again, but you can’t upload media to your site, because that would cause it to go down again.

Can someone take a look at it and tell me how to fix it?

Thanks.



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I followed DO tutorial installing Wordpress but I got the same error as semanticfield. <br> <br>My htaccess is working because permalinks are working… and image is not over 2mb it actually has 380kb

@jntslvdrt: Which tutorial did you follow? Try uploading a tiny image, something as small as possible, just to rule it out. If that works, you might just need to increase the “max_execution_time” setting in /etc/php5/cgi/php.ini

I’ve tried with 0.3kb. I think it’s about apache conf (allow override etc). Now I’m able to upload images BUT just because I gave 777 permissions… but I know it’s very dangerous… Already set back to 755… <br> <br>The strangest thing is that plugins are working as well with 755 permission. :S <br> <br>I already using the very .htacess that Wordpress demands itself when its setting permalinks… <br> <br>I followed this tuto https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-install-wordpress-on-ubuntu-14-04 <br> <br>Anybody has any idea of my “problem”?

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