IO Error Uploading Images in WordPress. When browsing a local drive for a picture to upload, you may encounter the: IO error. An error occurred in the upload. Please try again later. It seems there are a lot of WordPress users, including myself that have encountered this issue. In the following simple solution, I’ll show you what I did to address the problem and get my WordPress Image uploads to stick.
An error occurred in the upload. please try again later
Working around the IO Error uploading Images:
- Click the option to try the Browser uploader instead
- Proceed to Browse to the file on your computer and click Upload
How to fix the WordPress IO Error uploading Images:
- From your Desktop, click Start -> Run and type appwiz.cpl and press Enter
- From the Add or Remove Programs list, select Adobe Flash Player ActiveX and click Remove
- Now, simply Download and reinstall Adobe Flash Player
