samimhakim87

I am currently using FTP client to upload .docx files. If you are on GoDaddy, the solution provided by @lindaschneider should help you.

Hi, thank you for your work on this. I just found, it is Godaddy’s issue with their shared hosting plan on Linux platform. They became more agressive on apache mod_security2 module. .htaccess directives are disabled in mod_security2, so we cannot do anything from our side.

The only solution is to use FTP.

Yah, that would be easy for me. But my client is not that much professional, he just clicks on “Insert Media” button on the posts and add the document. In fact, I tried to add some FTP plugins inside WordPress, but again the same result, it says “connection aborted”. I wonder why this happens with this site only, I have so many other wordpress sites, none of them has the same problem.

Ok, I will search for such plugins, but I really want the files to be in word format, as it is template for clients.
I don’t want word files to be embedded on a page, I only want them to be uploaded on the upload folder and then I can make link to them on a page.

I am using add media.

Also when I rename a docx extension to another file format (for example I rename test.docx to test.doc), it doesn’t accept the file and when the upload reaches to 100% it gives the same HTTP error.

Thanks for reply kmessinger. Yes, I also did that, but still the same problem. One thing else I should mention, is that when I rename a file extension to docx (for example I rename Book1.xlsx to Book1.docx), it accepts the file, but when the file is saved by Microsoft Word in docx format, it gives HTTP error. There is no problem saving the file in .doc format.

Just to mention, I also tried to disable FastCGI, but it didn’t work.
I tried some other plugins like File Manager, and some uploader plugins, but it doesn’t work. File manager say “Connection Aborted” when I upload .docx file. I also enable its MIME type, but no luck.

I upgraded my webserver and now I am using PHP 5.4, it works fine. I just loved it.

Thanks Yani, I am using xampp which runs apache.