WordPress Image Upload Issue Part 2

By Randy Jensen | Jan 1, 2009

WordPress Is BrokenA while back I wrote about some trouble I was having with WordPress’ flash image uploader in version 2.6. After 2.7 came out, I upgraded and the problem seemed to go away…wrong. This thing just keeps getting weirder.

There are several people reporting that adding some code to a .htaccess file and putting it in your wp-admin folder fixed it. This didn’t work for me. So I kept looking around and found other stories reporting that the issue is OS specific. Since I’m running Ubuntu with XP, Vista and Windows 7 all running virtually, I thought I’d give this theory a shot.

Here are my results:

  • Ubuntu 8.04 and Firefox: I get an ‘HTTP Error’
  • Windows XP and Firefox: Brings up the wp-admin login screen in the lightbox
  • *Windows XP and Internet Explorer 7: Worked
  • Windows XP and Safari: Takes me to a login screen with no css styling
  • Windows Vista and Firefox: Brings up the wp-admin login screen in the lightbox
  • *Windows Vista and Internet Explorer 7: Worked
  • *Windows Vista and Internet Explorer 8: Worked
  • Windows 7 and Firefox: Brings up the wp-admin login screen in the lightbox
  • Windows 7 and Internet Explorer 8: Couldn’t login to WP. IE8 kept crashing

So after all these tests, the only consistent combination that worked correctly was Windows (any version) and Internet Explorer. During my research, I also saw many reports saying people were having the same issues on OSX with Safari and Firefox

So my question is, is this OS specific? Or is it due to poor Flash implementation in browsers other than IE? Is it because of how it’s coded in WP? Is it a limitation of Flash or PHP? Finally, why was the Flash uploader made the default when it clearly is a beta feature at best? I’m looking for answers, but no one from the WordPress camp seems to care about this issue.


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  • Wazabii
    The fix is to simply go into your Wordpress Settings > Miscellaneous > and hit 'Save Changes'. No changes are needed... Just hit save changes and it all should be good.
  • That didn't work, not sure how it would.

    It seems to be an issue with the htaccess file or the server configuration
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