NextGEN Gallery – solution for the issue with republishing

September 22, 2013 6 comments

With NextGEN Gallery 2.0.27 you will encounter the following error when attempting to re-publish an existing image: Failed to move image ...

If you are tired of waiting for Photocrati to fix the issue with image republishing in NextGEN Gallery 2.0.x (to this day, the problem exists even in version 2.0.27), here is a solution. You would need to modify the xmlrpc.php script in the NextGEN Gallery's installation folder on your server, so be very careful.

Disclaimer: I will be not responsible for any damage caused by the following instructions in this post.

Here it goes...

The xmlrpc.php file you want to modify is located in <WORDPRESS ROOT FOLDER>/wp-content/plugins/nextgen-gallery/products/photocrati_nextgen/modules/ngglegacy/lib/.

Save a copy of this file as xmlrpc.php.save, just in case something goes wrong and you need to roll back your changes.

Next, edit the xmlrpc.php script and replace the entire uploadImage function with the following code and save your changes. Now you should be able to repubilish your images.

Keep in mind, if you install another NGG update, your changes to the xmlrpc.php file will be lost and unless this is finally fixed in the plugin's code, you would need to re-apply this remedy.

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#1 | Written by Jochen about 11 years ago. Reply

Thanks for the code. Hopefully the error in the next update of the Nextgen Gallery is resolved. There appear almost every day new.
#2 | Written by eddy about 11 years ago. Reply

Just uploaded the fixed file to nextgen plugin 2.0.30 and it works like a charm! I edited file with text editor on laptop and upladed fixed file to designated folder with ftp program Filezilla.

Thanks!!
#3 | Written by adriling about 11 years ago. Reply

v 2.0.31 still not fixed 🙁
#4 | Written by Mark Kosinski about 11 years ago. Reply

I have 2.0.33 installed and can not find an xmlrpc.php file in /wp-content/plugins/nextgen-gallery/products/photocrati_nextgen/modules/ngglegacy/lib. I can't seem to get the plugin working. Could it be the NextGen WordPress plugin install is messed up?
- #5 | Written by Vlad about 11 years ago. Reply
  
  With NGG 2.0.33 you may no longer need to apply the patch. I am going to double-check within a day or two, but the issue with republishing should have been resolved by Photocrati in this update.
#6 | Written by Vlad about 11 years ago. Reply

Confirmed – with 2.0.33 you no longer need the patch. Although now you can't create new albums. See my recent post regarding the new issue discovered in 2.0.33.