WordPress “Upload.php Error” Fix

Software

• WordPress 2.3.3  

Server Environment

• Windows 2003 Server
• IIS 6
• PHP 5.2.5
• MySQL 5.0.51a

Problem Description

• Symptom: Clicking on Manage > Uploads kicks users back to admin dashboard
• Cause: All of the links within the upload.php do not reference the file upload.php
  » http://www.domain.com/wp-admin/?query=string&for=upload&is=here

Solution

1. Open /wp-admin/upload.php file in your favourite editor
2. Around line 90 find the following code:
   $_href = clean_url( $href);
3. Replace it with following code:
   // begin GamaFX.com upload.php Fix
     //ORIGINAL CODE: $_href = clean_url( $href);
     $BH_temp = explode(“?”, clean_url( $href ));
     $href = ‘upload.php?’ . $BH_temp[1];
     $_href = $href;
   // end GamaFX.com upload.php Fix
4. Around line 104 find the following code:
   ‘base’ => add_query_arg( ‘paged’, ‘%#%’ ),
5. Replace it with following code:
   // begin GamaFX.com upload.php Fix
     //ORIGINAL CODE: ‘base’ => add_query_arg( ‘paged’, ‘%#%’ ),
     ‘base’ => ‘upload.php?style=inline&tab=browse-all&paged=%#%’,
   // end GamaFX.com upload.php Fix