WordPress is Cool - But Can Be VERY Annoying

I really like WordPress. I do. It's easy to install, it has many uses and designs and it helps a lot of people to create blogs and sites. It has a lovely support and development community. It's free. It's cool.

That said, WordPress can really annoy the hell out of you. I started my way with the 2.5 version, and for many days I have battled with a persistent problem - image uploading.

It started with an HTTP Error - every time I tried uploading an image to a post - the upload bar would fill, but the process ended with a message: "Http Error. An error occurred in the upload. Please try again later".

I managed to find a fix for that. Apparently you have to edit your .htaccess file. There's a very good explanation here.

It worked well for a few days, but today I couldn't upload images once again. This time there was no HTTP Error, but something completely different. The image uploaded fine, but when I clicked "Insert to Post" - I got a 404 message - page was not found. Other users reported simply blank pages. The image, of course was not inserted into the post. However - the images WAS uploaded, it WAS present in the Uploads folder, and if you wanted - you could link to it. Still, it was very annoying, and it also caused problems the NextGen plugin .

I use FireFox, by the way, but apparently the problem persists across browsers, OS and servers.

Here is what I tried to no avail:

1. Updated Flash.
2. Cleared the cache.
3. Upgraded to WordPress 2.5.1.
   
4. Created another user with an Editor permission.
5. Opened the WordPress as a single window, with no other tabs open.
6. Edited the media.php file as suggested here.
7. Installed the No-Flash Plugin and changed some files for it to work.
8. CHMOD'ed (changed permission) of the default upload folder (wp-content/uploads).
9. Created a new uploads folder under wp-content, unticked the "Organize my uploads into month- and year-based folders" option and stated a direct URL to the folder.

After some very long hours, pissed as hell, I found a solution that worked, for some unknown reason:

I created a new uploads folder, this time on the server's ROOT. I CHMOD'ed it to 777. Unticked the "Organize my uploads into month- and year-based folders". Stated the direct URL to the folder. And it worked. WHY? I don't know. Will it work for you? I don't know. Will there be a bug fix for it? I don't know.

Many people are struggling with this. I hope some can use my stupid solution. I know my way around some code and general problems, but I don't envy people who installed WordPress because they heard it's really easy to use. I guess it's easy to use if there are no bugs.

So, I am annoyed with WordPress today. Never had such problems with Drupal, or even the highly bashed Blogger system. Woof. Now I can get back to work. Until the next bug.