We’ve run into another error with the latest Wordpress, version 2.5. This one occurs when trying to upload new images to a post using the new media features. The error “Specified file failed upload test” is displayed after clicking upload.

Hopefully the Wordpress developers will release an official fix for this, but here is what worked for us after we researched a few forum posts.

1. Add the code outlined in our previous post to your .htaccess file in the website root directory.

2. Make the corrections to 2 source code files as outlined at http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/7573.

3. Make sure the image upload directory is set correctly in your Settings -> Miscellanous section and chmod the directory permissions to at least 755.

4. Clear your browser cache and try again.

This worked successfully for us. If anyone has different results or alternative solutions, please comment.

I’ve run into this error on several new Wordpress upgrades to version 2.5. I originally thought it might be a directory persmissions issue for uploading media or images, but that didn’t fix anything. After a bit of digging around on Google, I uncovered a fix that worked:

Add the following code to the .htaccess file in the /wp-admin/ directory. For me, the .htaccess file did not previously exist, so I just created it with only the following code:


<ifmodule mod_security.c>
SecFilterEngine Off
</ifmodule>


Hopefully that helps others having the same problem. If there are other fixes, please feel free to contribute them below.

This is one of the coolest WordPress plugins I’ve run across in a while. I’m sure you’ve seen other blogs where they offer a long list of RSS subscribe buttons that provide the viewer with a slew of choices to grab their RSS/XML feed. Well now, instead of cutting and pasting the code for each site such as Bloglines, FeedBurner, My Yahoo, Google, and Feedster, and then manually saving and uploading each subscribe button, you can just install this plugin, add your RSS feed URL and voila, it automatically generates the feeds in the correct format for each subscription service.

You can see the results of the auto-generated buttons on our RSS Syndication page.

To grab the WordPress plugin, visit http://www.twistermc.com/shake/wordpress-chicklet.php.

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Most of the sites that we host here at Pezland.net are Blogs. You can see a partial list of our clients in the right side-bar under “Blogs”. We’ve used several different blogging software platforms over the past year or so including Movable Type, WordPress, and Blogger.com and have narrowed down our favorite choice to WordPress. Among the top reasons is ease of installation and server compatibility. WordPress is also a snap to maintain for the end-user who really just wants to roll up their sleeves and get down to blogging. The WordPress community also has a huge user-base and has a ton of templates and plugins that make it easy to get up-and-running and customize your blog to look and perform exactly how you want.

We’ve intalled many WordPress blogs and we’re proficient at quickly getting your MySQL database created and your blog running smooth.

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Just signup for a plan, complete the setup process, select Yearly as your billing cycle and then once your domain DNS servers have been updated and your site is live across the internet, just contact us and let us know you want your blog setup. We’ll setup your new WordPress blog that same day, usually within an hour or two. The blog will be installed under your account and your domain and it’s yours to keep.

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