Weird i do not have this problem with uploading image. but i wish to have multiple image upload rather than just one by one upload. Thanks for sharing this tips!

Thanks very much for putting it in such an easy, simple to follow way with pictures for the terminally stupid like me. It was a big help.

Good guide although this fix doesn’t seem to work for every configuration – I found another guide which did the trick for me – http://nineteenhundredandyesterday.com/?p=103

You’re a LIFESAVER. This problem has been bugging me since I tried out the first RC of WP 2.5 and was actually the reason I downgraded to 2.3.3 again. I mean, what’s the point of an image gallery if you can’t upload?

Thanks a LOT! :)

what’s the reason behind this error?

Thanks for this fix! It was so frustrating.

THANK YOU for this, I was wondering what the heck was going on.

Thanx, it helped, though only for Mozilla Firefox.

Thank you for this guide. I experienced this problem and because of your help, everything is now ok .Thanks again.

Ouch. I got a problem after entering that script. Every link in my blog is error.. PLease help :D

Ow. I already fixed it.. sorry for over commenting.. i’m not a spammer.. :D i’m just in panic :D

Thanks for the fix. :-)

Thank you mate.. i got image uploading problem but now it solves after i found your tip.

Thank you!!!!!!!!

Thanks for the tip, it helped

I am trying to install a new theme in word press 2.0 but any theme i chose it comes up with an error “Broken Theme” and “style.css is unreadable”.
Any comments much appreciated.

i cant activated plugin..fatal error..how i can do it ?

I tried this and it did not work until I upgraded my “Bad Behavior” plug in. Now images upload without a problem.

Thanks for the fix, this has been a major pain to try to deal with.

This method does not work for me. I am working with an upgrade. But that seemed to go smoothly overall. How could this glaring problem exist?

I think I did this correctly, but it still fails. Would someone be willing to see if I have the .htaccess code correct, if I were to send it? I am adding the revised code using Notepad ++

Steve

Thank you! works perfect.
I’m on a hostgator reseller server, running wp2.5

;)

it fixed my problem! hongkiat.com rocks!! Thanks!

you are the best!

Yo MAN !!this fix rulezzz:D:D:D: 10x a lot

hey does anyone know whats wrong with mine? whenever i try to upload it always say specified file failed upload. Ive tried everything from resizing to changing the format.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!

Thanks for the tip. Very helpful!

Thank you so much for this fix. I just got my blog up and running today and when I tried to upload my pictures, I got this same error message and my heart sank. Your fix worked like a charm and now things are running smoothly. Thanks again. :)

Thanks for the fix – this worked really well in under 3 minutes!!!

When I upload a picture it only fills in the picture name in the BOX; but not the picture URL.

I’ve tried the above but it seems the uploader is not picking up Picture URL.

Any ideas what this might be?

mandy

Got it fix now….

Thanks man…

This was a huge help, thanks!

Thanks a ton.. worked for me

Does not work for me.

Thanks so much for this. It’s been a frustrating night!

Super frustrating! Thank you.

THANK YOU :)

This trick worked for me, thanks.

Great tips, worked a treat. Thanks very much!

It works! Easy and simple tip to solve a big problem. Thanks :)

This didn’t work at all. I followed all the instructions too. Thanks anyway though. I appreciate the effort. WP 2.5 is just nothing but problems if you ask me. I was quite happy 2.3.1 to be honest. At least I could upload a simple picture for crying out loud. My 2.5 blogs didn’t even have an .htaccess file. I had to create one for all them. How messed up is that?

Again…thanks for your efforts.

Worked like a charm! Thanks a lot.

Yay, it worked! Thanks!

Worked perfectly! Good work!

Brilliant! I was banging my head on the desk over this one. Now working fine. Thanks.

I spent 3 days trying combinations of plug-ins to try and solve this problem as it doesn’t work on my main blog, but a blog hosted in a sub-domain does.

Thanks for the 1-2-3 steps, exceptionally done. What a relief!

Ok, I did this and now I get the following error:

The precondition on the request for the URL evaluated to false

I used the fix and it word when I went back to my .htaccess file the inserted text you created was gone. I have done this multiple times and it will not save in the .htaccess file. It is weird. I put your text in save it go back to wordpress and it lets me upload. BUt when i go back to the .htaccess file your text is gone. Any ideas??

Worked for me. Thanks.

Your solution work brilliantly for me as I am also having the same problem using WP2.5.1.

Thank you :-)

excellent! works like a charm! thx!

Thank god someone explained this, i have been looking for a solution for a month now… thank you

the WP support is so lame these days

been waiting for some time for an official help. I’m not sure at first to test your solution, but I’m glad I decided to go for it. That’s a great help you’ve helped me with. Thanx.

Thanks — that fixed the problem immediately!

Thanks! It worked! I finally have images on our blog!

i have a problem, i inser the cod in .httaccess, and the upload work but after some time, don t work again and the cod from .httacces disappears. Why?

Thanks

Thanks a lot mate. I was pulling my hair out with the problem. I though it has something to do with my ISP or chmod setting. Glad that I found this blog.
Thanks a ton.

Perfect, worked for me. Many thanks.

This didn’t do it for me. I’ve tried every trick there is out there, but nothing does it for me :(

Awesome fix! Thanks a lot!

thanks for that fix. great help!

Wow thanks! You’re a Lifesaver! :)
Got this image uploading problem after I changed my server. Now it’s working great. Thanks again!

I get the same error as #71 above. The image now “crunches,” but when I try to insert into a post, the error message is:

Precondition Failed
The precondition on the request for the URL /blog/wp-admin/media-upload.php evaluated to false.

Apache/1.3.37 Server at alancordle.com Port 80

I’d appreciate any ideas.

Thanks.

Worked like a charm! Thanks!

I was worried i had done something wrong with the upgrade, glad to know it wasn’t just me :).

Oh mai goodness! Thanks so much this worked like a friggin charm.

Works for me! Thanks!!

Thank you SO MUCH!!! I’ve been very frustrated and now my images upload perfectly.

CHMOD to 777

My host doesn’t allow me to turn off mod security in .htaccess and commented it out. So I am still fucked with IE. But when I use Firefox, I can upload pictures. Strange.

Worked like a charm. Thanks a bunch!

Now i have the same precondition failed error as posters 46 and 63 when i try to ‘insert into post’.

Does anyone have a solution for this? please!!!

Found a fix for the precondition failed error…
Just type this in your .htaccess file:

SecFilterEngine Off
SecFilterScanPOST Off

sorry, the last post didn’t show up correctly…

just remove the “files async-upload.php” and “/files” tags and it should fix it.

Interesting to see so many success stories yet for a few, including myself there is no joy.

In my case the file appears to upload successfully with no http error yet the upload box then displays the WordPress login screent?! No ability to add title, description etc; and the photo does not appear in the gallery. Go figure?

Many Thanks

For those who get the Wordpress login, you may want to look what is the name of the website you used during configuration. I.e. did you use http://www.yourdomain.tld or yourdomain.tld you can find this by going to your admin interface, click on settings under general you will find the: WordPress address URL ; you should logout of your admin area, and login at the EXACT url given in that field.

This also has to do with some protections on a server; while it is a pain, it might even be worse if these security settings are not in place. Hope this helps!

This bugs is only happen if you use IE browser. Default wordpress 2.5 configuration works very fine with Firefox.
Aside by putting your head to the wall adding the code to .htaccess file and so, why not change your browser to firefox? Much more easy and you can upload your images file without any problem!

http://www.centrinads.com/wordpress/wordpress-25-images-uploaded-error-with-ie/

I love you!!

why on earth WP’s official DOC didn’t mention this thing ??? heck.. i search around its site.. they just ask me to CHMOD wp-content,upload folder to 777. it didn’t help …

your snippet code is awesome..
wondering .. is it safe putting that in our .htaccess ?

Pour moi ça marche très bien (version 2.5.1) MERCI!!!!

I have a few blogs and they are of different WP versions as I dare not update them until the latest version is more stable… not apparent bugs.

Since the htaccess is in the main directory, if I change it, will it affects my older WP versions blogs?

This is driving me nuts! :|

Thanks so much for tips to fix those error..

Regards,

Aria

Did you put the link to the uploaded picture into the custom field called thumbnail? If you don’t know what this is about, read the comments on the site where you got the theme.
1 you have the create a custom field called thumbnail
2 with every post you have to select the thumbnail field and put a link into this field which leads to a uploaded image file.
So first you need to have one or more uploaded images and select the link to one of them in the media library.
This link you put in the thumbnail field of your posting.

I’m a different bert, not the guy above. What are the odds of that happening???

Thanks for the fix. Got to you from Google. Thanks for the easy to understand help.

I have the same problem and I dont have the .htaccess file in the root folder.

why i can’t import my WP http://www.infoterbaik.com from http://www.thebestinfotech.blogspot.com , i think has been right install and all procedure, please help me. thx a lot before.

Good job. This is a quick fix. :)

hm, i think im a bum or something worst, but IT IS NOT WORKING FOR ME! I wrote a lots of forums, posts comments, try those solutions, but its a piece of sh*t.

WHYYY???

This meight alos help you out
http://zoolo.net/2008/09/wordpress-images-upload-fixed/

I have this problem when I switch my server. ( Exabytes ).
I copy and paste all the code stated by hong kiat and it didnt solve my problem. Than I try another way and I found the solution. Hong Kiat code is correct, is just that some of your original .htaccess code is messing with it. If you already have this file, please add in only this code : SecFilterScanPOST Off , at the last 2nd line. ( before # END WordPress ). This is the complete code I use for my wordpress.

# BEGIN WordPress

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
SecFilterScanPOST Off
# END WordPress

Really thank you, thanks a lot..
you have saved my time..

hi there,
myabe i’m stupid, but i don’t know how to open the htacess file and add the code you’ve listed.
i got into my ftp program and found the htaccess , but i don’t know how to go from there.
do i right click on it?
when i right click on it, i don’t get the option to open it with a text editor.

any advice would be grealty appreciated.

michele

ya thts true while i was seraching another problem

Thanks a lot for your fix – just solved my issue with it :)

Tal