HTTP Error and images dissapeared in Media

  • Hello!

    I have just done a migration from one server to another. I have done this same thing before with the exact same site with no problems.

    The only issue that I have found and is an annoying one – is that I get an HTTP error when I try and upload any larger images. Smaller images seem to be okay. My Media Library also appears blank on the first page but has images on the second and there after. It is missing images though. When viewing the website live there are no issues with images and they all appear to be in the uploads folder.

    I have read a few forums and everyone issues seem slightly different. I have tried deactivating plug ins and changing to my theme to Twenty11 with no luck. Prior to migration everything was OK.
    Would it have something to do with my new server or database? I am not quite sure what to look for.

    Thanks!

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  • Your file upload settings in PHP are probably less than your old server. Ask your host if you can modify any of these:

    * session.gc_maxlifetime
    * max_input_time
    * max_execution_time
    * upload_max_filesize
    * post_max_size

    Are all the missing images (in the Media folder) displaying on the live site?

    Could be as simple as a permissions issue on a specific folder for some of those “missing” images in the admin (I’m leaning this is not the case but worth checking).

    Thread Starter Katty2009

    (@katty2009)

    I have re-duplicated the site to new directory in fear that some of my files hadnt copied across correctly the first time. Everyone seemed to appear ok from the back end with the new duplicated site. I could see all my images in the media library. I thought I had fixed it.

    Then again I tried to upload a large image. After trying again to upload the large image 2500px x 2093px my wordpress started to play up again and I got the HTTP error. Then images appeared to be missing from the media library and even some of the user interface of my theme is missing (it was there before I tried to load the large image). So I’m not sure what it is doing when I try to load a big image but it definitely messing stuff up.

    My permissions seem okay. And yes everything is appearing fine to the live site.

    If the upload settings are the problem – would that be messing up other things when I try to upload images that are too big? I find it strange that the back end of the wordpress site changed / things disappeared when I tried to upload the large image.

    Thread Starter Katty2009

    (@katty2009)

    I just tried to contact my hosting company (Melbourne IT) and they advised they cannot help me at all with what you suggested. They said everything looks ok on the server. They were very unhelpful!

    Thread Starter Katty2009

    (@katty2009)

    I removed the image via my FTP and everything seemed to go back to normal. Very strange. I can load the image back up via FTP and but the wordpress CMS does not seem to recognise it.

    So at this stage it looks like I cannot load up any large photos. At least I got my CMS looking back to normal ??

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