Comments on: WordPress Flash Uploader Fix for the HTTP Error

By: Gonzalo Sanchez

Gonzalo Sanchez — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:34:17 +0000

Everything indicates that the error “HTTP Error” while uploading images is caused by a change in the Apache FastCGI module (mod_fcgid 2.3.6) that limits the value of the parameter MaxRequestLen to 128KB (very low). Previously this limit was 1GB.
Therefore this problem is likely to occur only on servers running PHP in FastCGI mode and only when trying to upload a file larger than 128KB.

The final and stable solution to this problem is well explained in the link that leaves our friend ntarantino.

http://wiki.mediatemple.net/w/(dv)_4.0:Enable_FastCGI

and it works perfectly! :)

but that solution requires access and modify the configuration file of FastCGI. It can be done via SSH or asking the support team of your server to do so.

An intermediate and fast solution I’ve found, for those who need to solve this problem right now and can not modify that file themselves, is as follows:
- Install the plugin WPlupload (nice and efficient plugin that replaces the WP file upload form)
- In the plugin settings indicate 128kb or less in the “Chunk size”
- Enjoy :)

Tell me if this solution works for you.

Gonzalo.

By: Kim Woodbridge

Kim Woodbridge — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 12:27:41 +0000

I’m glad it worked! It doesn’t always fix the problem but sometimes it does.

By: Avinash Arora

Avinash Arora — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 18:16:56 +0000

WOW. I’ve been plagued with this issue so long, and this fix took me all of 30 seconds to implement and it worked exactly as advertised.

I love you.

By: Kim Woodbridge

Kim Woodbridge — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 19:09:10 +0000

Interesting – there are a number of causes for the uploader error which can make it difficult to troubleshoot.

By: Hans Oorschot

Hans Oorschot — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 09:27:26 +0000

I found deactivating the smush.it plugin solved all my problems…
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By: Kim Woodbridge

Kim Woodbridge — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 18:39:54 +0000

Great! I’m glad it helped.

By: Joke

Joke — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 08:56:35 +0000

thanks! this helped me on a WP site I am making (new install of WP 3.1.3)

By: Kim Woodbridge

Kim Woodbridge — Mon, 02 May 2011 16:41:28 +0000

Hi Rob – Great! I’m glad it worked.

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 23:57:20 +0000

It worked on a new install of WordPress 3.1.2 for me. Thank you!

By: Kim Woodbridge

Kim Woodbridge — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:11:39 +0000

It doesn’t fix it for all issues with this but it is one fix – the article is older now and I haven’t tested it with new versions of WordPress.