[Hidden-tech] How can I add a picture when WordPress Add Media button doesn't work?

[Jeff Brand]

Hi Shel,
**
Fixing the current use of the images directory:**
**Make sure that capitalization in the URL matches the filename 
/exactly/. It matters on Linux/Unix servers. There are other causes, but 
that one comes to mind..
*
Fixing the "normal" WordPress operations:**
*There's a good chance that the cause is a script error caused by a 
plugin that was designed to work with the older editor.

While the best resolution may be to find the culprit and 
disable/update/replace/patch it, here's a possible workaround. These 
steps may not work either, depending on the offending code.

In the WordPress Admin:
1. Go to Media -> Add New and upload the image.
2. Edit the uploaded image and look for the URL (right side). Copy it to 
be used in the post.
3. Edit the page and paste the URL in the src attribute.

*Fixing the dual personality of your domain names:**
*1. If the sites are truly hosted in different locations (paths within 
the hosting directory, database tables) but have identical content and 
should continue to do so, consolidate your DNS/hosting options to point 
to the "primary" domain with the second domain as an alias. This keeps 
existing links alive while allowing you to maintain one copy. You'll 
also be able to reduce hosting capacity.

2. After making a backup of your database, use a tool such as Search and 
Replace <https://wordpress.org/plugins/search-and-replace/> replace the 
old domain with the new one. This may not get all entries but should 
take care of links within pages, menu items, and more.

3. Use some of the built-in diagnostic tools in modern browsers to look 
for occurrences of the old URL. Firefox and Chrome will let you view 
connections. Sort by domain/URL and look for the hyphened version. View 
page source to identify exactly where it's being output and do what you 
can to track it down to the cause. After completing step 1 this isn't a 
big necessary but will prevent problems if you ever discontinue the 
hyphened version.

4. Verify that the steps above redefine the <link rel="canonical"> tag 
in your page output. This should happen by default if not overridden by 
some SEO plugin. This tag tells search engines the "real" URL of the 
page. No matter how much you promote the non-hyphened link, Google will 
provide the version in the canonical tag in its results.

*Fixing administrative access:*
The siteurl and home_url options control most of the link generation, 
administrative redirects, etc. If they are not set correctly, doing so 
will help immensely.

This section 
<http://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#WordPress_address_.28URL.29> 
in the WordPress Codex will provide some options to quickly force the 
configuration to be correct.

Hope this small manual helps! ;-)

On 2/15/2015 5:19 PM, Shel Horowitz wrote:
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>
>
> Some of my sites haven't worked properly since upgrading from 
> WordPress 3.9 to 4.0. Some of them have fixed themselves with 
> subsequent updates, but some have not.
>
> One that has not is makinggreensexy.com <http://makinggreensexy.com>, 
> currently running WordPress 4.1. I cannot edit in visual mode (it 
> shows zero words in the edit window) and I also can't get any response 
> at all when pressing the Add Media button.
>
> I am trying to add a picture to one of the pages on that site. I 
> thought a good workaround would be to create an images folder and add 
> the image to it, then use this code:
>
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> However, the picture isn't showing.
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> The other images on the site were installed before the conversion to 
> 4.0, and wee ported over from the older site that this mirrors, at 
> making-green-sexy.com <http://making-green-sexy.com>. I have also 
> added the same graphic in that site's image folder; however, I can't 
> access that site except through CPanel, because it redirects to the 
> no-hyphen version.
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
>
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