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

Posted on April 21, 2013

does anyone have any idea how to solve it . i am running arch with nignx.

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jb5531

March 4, 2014

Hmm… this isn’t working for me for some reason. Here is what I get with ps -elf | grep nginx: $ ps -elf | grep nginx 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 56:5 S www-data 702 700 0 80 0 - 1659 ep_pol 20:24 ? 00:00:00 nginx: worker process 72:0 S vagrant 874 32356 0 80 0 - 1156 pipe_w 20:33 pts/0 00:00:00 grep --color=auto -in nginx 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!

prasad0889

March 14, 2014

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