Unable to create directory wp-content/uploads/2013/04. Is its parent directory writable by the server?

@prasad0889: What’s the output of <pre>sudo ps wwaux | grep php</pre>?

Hi, <br> <br>System : I have centos 6 with nginx. I have installed ghost and wordpress on the server. <br> <br>I have tried the above methods but it doesnt help. <br>I have restarted nginx, mysql, php-fpm and also rebooted the server, but it still shows me the error “Cant create directory”. <br> <br> <br>Please help me.

@Jason: Try running <pre>sudo chmod -R g+w /var/www/wordpress/wp-content <br>sudo chgrp www-data /var/www/wordpress/wp-content</pre>

Hmm… this isn’t working for me for some reason. Here is what I get with ps -elf | grep nginx: <br>$ ps -elf | grep nginx <br>55:1 S root 700 1 0 80 0 - 1501 rt_sig 20:24 ? 00:00:00 nginx: master process /usr/sbin/nginx -c /etc/nginx/nginx.conf <br>56:5 S www-data 702 700 0 80 0 - 1659 ep_pol 20:24 ? 00:00:00 nginx: worker process <br>72:0 S vagrant 874 32356 0 80 0 - 1156 pipe_w 20:33 pts/0 00:00:00 grep --color=auto -in nginx <br> <br>I’ve tried everything - changing permissions and ownership so I can upload plugins and images to my WordPress install. I’m really not understanding why it’s not working. Really frustrating! <br> <br>

Also use this command to find out what user owns the nginx worker processes <br> <br>ps -elf | grep nginx <br> <br>In my above comment “nginx” was the name of the user who owned the process.

I’m by far from an expert but this worked for me <br> <br>chgrp nginx /var/www/wordpress/wp-content <br>sudo chown nginx /var/www/wordpress/wp-content

not nginx expert but i think same as apache www-data <br>chmod your directory and you should be fine

Which user is nginx running under? Which group owns wp-content/uploads? What are the chmod permissions on wp-content/uploads?