WordPress Image Uploader crashes Firefox, how to fix it

Published on May 30, 2009   By Ram  17 Comments  

I am experiencing a Firefox crash when I tried to upload images to WordPress using the built-in WordPress Flash image uploader. In Google Chrome it works fine but Firefox crashes immediately when i try to upload an image.

The issue seems to be caused by the Google Gears extension for Firefox, I am using Google Gears to speed up WordPress on the local machine. If I disable the Google Gears extension the wordpress image uploader works fine. Strangely the problem occurred yesterday for the first time and it is continuing, i don’t remember updating Google Gears addon for Firefox or Firefox itself.

There is an option in Google Gears settings to selectively disable a single site or more, i tried this option also but it is not a solution as Firefox is still crashing. The only option now is to completely disable Google Gears or just use another browser like Google Chrome or Opera.

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17 Responses to “WordPress Image Uploader crashes Firefox, how to fix it”
  1. Ally says:
    May 31, 2009 at 4:32 am

    Same problem with my sites, thanks for your advice.

    Reply
  2. Becca says:
    June 1, 2009 at 1:21 pm

    This problem started for me yesterday, also after no Gears, FF or WP updates I’m aware of. Thanks for the tip!

    Reply
  3. Sha Sha says:
    June 1, 2009 at 6:47 pm

    Thank you for this fix! It was driving me crazy to have to switch to IE just to upload images to my posts. I also don’t remember updating any of Gears, Firefox, or WordPress. Strange.

    Reply
  4. Greekspeedoman says:
    June 1, 2009 at 6:47 pm

    I had the same problem. Uninstalled Gears and it works great now.

    Reply
  5. Ram says:
    June 1, 2009 at 8:30 pm

    @Ally, Becca, Sha Sha, Greekspeedoman
    Glad that it is useful for you all

    Reply
  6. Betsy says:
    June 1, 2009 at 11:05 pm

    Wow, thanks! I disabled Google gears and now the insert function works like a champ. Same scenario all around for me. Really appreciate your troubleshooting this one!

    Reply
  7. Katherine says:
    June 1, 2009 at 11:48 pm

    Thank you, thank you for posting this. I was going insane!

    Reply
  8. ZenKimchi says:
    June 3, 2009 at 1:32 am

    Thanks! That fix worked. Uploading fine now.

    Reply
  9. Vijay says:
    June 4, 2009 at 4:44 pm

    I am not using Google Gears, but sill I facing this issue.

    But this is not consistent. It happens randomly.

    Can anyone show some light?

    Thanks and Regards,
    Vijay

    Reply
  10. Jeff says:
    June 5, 2009 at 7:46 pm

    Same problem ! thanks for helping me finding the plugin causing trouble !

    Reply
  11. jehzlau says:
    June 14, 2009 at 10:29 am

    @iheartwordpress – thanks :D everything’s fine now :)

    Reply
  12. Renato says:
    June 14, 2009 at 7:38 pm

    It seems WP2.8 has fixed the problem… Does anybody confirm that?

    Reply
  13. Ram says:
    June 21, 2009 at 6:40 pm

    @Renato
    Yes you are right, the problem is fixed with WordPress 2.8 upgrade.

    Reply
  14. stan says:
    August 1, 2009 at 3:03 pm

    Hello…

    I’m having firefox crash on my new Toshiba notebook.

    I can’t find google gears anywhere on this computer. What else could be causing the crashes?

    Thanksm
    Stan

    Reply

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