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Well, today I just decided to try uploading a photo to see what happened. Still in my Safari browser. Didn’t add any new plugins or try uploading to the uploads folder via FTP. Just went back to Media/Library/Upload. Annnnnnd it worked. Inexplicably, I can now upload images just fine. I didn’t get a notice that WP had updated or done any kind of bug fix, so I am just as clueless as when I started trying to get around this issue two days ago.

Bizarre. I am sorely tempted to move platforms at this point, because WP has become so hit and miss lately. ??

I’m having the same issue, but it only started today (last time I updated my site was about a week ago, and I was able to add images just fine). Disabling Elementor hasn’t fixed it. Using the “BIG” threshold plugin recommended in this thread didn’t fix it, either. I’ve also tried logging out, logging back in; using another browser; going to Media and choosing “add new.” Nope. No joy.

Any other things I should try? I’d really like to get back to blogging, but I’m not going to be able to if I can’t upload images.

Thanks.

Ah ha! That did the trick (though I changed the redirect to tours/blog$1).

THANK YOU! Great to see how this is done and finish it up.

Cheers,
Jennie

Hmmm…. Back again. I added the rewrite rule to my .htaccess file, but the redirect doesn’t work. In Safari, I get a blank white page when I load https://sensibility.com/englandblog. In Firefox, I get a “Sorry, this site no longer exists.” I’ve flushed my cache, and that’s still what I get.

Here’s where I put the redirect:

# Use PHP54 Single php.ini as default
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php54s .php

# BEGIN www. Prefix Removal
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\. [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^sensibility\.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://sensibility.com/$1 [R=301,NC,L]
</IfModule>
# END www. Prefix Removal

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

#uploaded files
RewriteRule ^(.*/)?files/$ index.php [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !.*wp-content/plugins.*
RewriteRule ^(.*/)?files/(.*) wp-includes/ms-files.php?file=$2 [L]

# add a trailing slash to /wp-admin
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^.*/wp-admin$
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ $1/ [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule . - [L]
RewriteRule  ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(wp-.*) $2 [L]
RewriteRule  ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(.*\.php)$ $2 [L]
RewriteRule . index.php [L]
RewriteRule ^englandblog(.*) tours$1 [R=301,L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress

It’s there at the end. Did I put it in the wrong spot?

Thanks,
Jennie

Many thanks. That’s hugely helpful, and I’ll get the .htaccess file updated now.

One more quick question. When I revamped my website two years ago, I accidentally changed my permalink structure without realizing it. This broke a ton of incoming links to my site (but I didn’t realize it for over a year), and I’m wondering if a redirect would help to correct those? I can’t change the permalink back the way it was, or I’ll lose newer incoming links (boy, I wish I’d known to double-check the permalink structure when I redid the site!).

My old links looked like this: https://sensibility.com/patterns/the-elegant-ladys-closet/

But now that same link is https://sensibility.com/blog/patterns/the-elegant-ladys-closet/

Another post sample: https://sensibility.com/tips/video-tutorial-how-to-understitch-a-seam/

Is now: https://sensibility.com/blog/tips/video-tutorial-how-to-understitch-a-seam/

So, basically, /blog/ got inserted in front of each category. Is there a way to redirect all incoming links that used to omit the /blog/ to include it instead, or will that mess up plain old links to the main site? Would I have to create redirect code for each and every post (shudder)?

Thanks,
Jennie

Well, the images are still there, because clicking the images in the old posts takes me to a blogger page. I’m slowly grabbing all of these and uploading them so I don’t lose them forever!

Now, I’ve deactivated the old blog and am ready to add the .htaccess redirect, but there are so many conflicting redirect codes in the WPMUDEV universe that it’s dizzying! Here’s what I’ve narrowed down to:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^sensibility.com/englandblog
RewriteRule (.*) https://sensibility.com/tours/$1 [R=301,L]

…but I’m not actually sure about bits of that (like the [R=301…] bit at the end). Any help for me?

Thanks,
Jennie

Well, this blog started out in 2006 on Blogger, then moved to WordPress in 2010. Turns out the Blogger images didn’t import originally — they were all just old links back to a deleted blog’s images. I don’t know how the images were actually working with the blog deleted years ago, but they were until recently. I’m now re-uploading all those original images so I have them actually in the WP folder where they belong. For the more recent images that should have exported/imported correctly, I did the search and replace, and that didn’t work, but I still managed to find the images in the Media Library. I have had problems before moving WP sites with the export/import tool, so I should have known better and used a more robust plugin. Oh, well.

Thanks for the .htaccess tips. If I deactivate the old blog from my multi-site admin dashboard, the images, etc. will still be sitting in their subfolder, correct? I’ll just repoint to the new blog and only delete the old folder once I’m sure i have all the images, right?

Thanks,
Jennie

Okay, thanks. I was kind of hoping I wouldn’t have to delete the old blog just yet, as many of my images didn’t move over, and I’ve been fixing those one by one. Once I’m ready, I’ll do the .htaccess redirect.

Cheers,
Jennie

I had over 400 links in various categories that vanished when I upgraded to WP 3.9. If I uninstall and reinstall this plugin, I’ll lose them all, correct? Is there no way to migrate all my links to another plugin or get this plugin working again? It really was incredibly helpful.

Thanks again! I will certainly use this tool again. It’s the best way to move a WP site without losing anything. Nothing else comes remotely close. And FAST support. Fabulous!

IT WORKED! I am seriously happy! Saved me so much time. Where can I donate to you?

Cheers,
Jennie

Thanks. I don’t think the package is too large. It doesn’t take very long to download–just a while to upload via FTP on my slow (African) connection. I’m going to give this another shot once I get the archive uploaded. Do I need to erase and rebuild the SQL database to be safe?

Hmmm… I think the issue may be with Safari. When I downloaded the package, it unzipped instead of downloading a zip file, so I compressed it. I’m going to try redownloading now that I’ve fixed preferences so the file won’t automatically unzip.

What “filters” are you referring to? I can’t filter out anything on the site, as I need everything. There are over 250 media files (but they aren’t huge). It could just be that I have a really slow connection here….

Thanks,
Jennie

I have the exact same problem. Would love to find a solution, as the doubled images have ruined all my slideshows for a client’s website.

I’m in the same boat. My theme allows for left sidebar, no sidebar, and right sidebar. When I create a new product, I can’t choose any of these, but the product page defaults to right sidebar (which is blank, eating up space on the individual product’s page).

I’ve checked through the style.css for this plugin but can’t find anywhere to modify that will allow me to choose full-width or that will default to full-width. Would greatly appreciate assistance!

Thanks,
JC