WordPress allow you to put uploads in year- and month-based folders. Custom Upload Dir is somewhat smarter. You can construct paths from variables like post title,
category, post author, post date and many more.
I created Custom Upload Dir ensure my file system is always mirroring the site structure. This ensures I can always find files manually when needed. It also simplifies backups and plattform migrations.
The screenshots might help explain.
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//Ulf Benjaminsson
Changelog v. 3.3.2 (2011-12-29)
- Updated init to use WordPress API properly
- Removed dead code
Changelog v. 3.3.1 (2011-12-27)
- Fixed poor sanitization of post slugs (%post_name%)
- Added %post_parent%
- Fixed settings not always initializing
Changelog v. 3.3 (2011-12-18)
- Support for WordPress 3.3
- Support for tags and categories
- Support for custom taxonomies
- Added %current_user%, %permalink%
- Added all permalink tags
- Added test-function to admin page
Changelog v. 3.0.3 (2011-08-04)
- Logic cleanup
Changelog v. 3.0.2 (2011-07-29)
- Fix for post_author not working
- Fix timestamps from the media uploader (thanks; alx359)
Changelog v. 3.0.1 (2010-11-01)
- Fix for "undefined function get_userdata()" (thanks somatic!)
Changelog v. 3.0 (2010-10-21)
- Rewrote entire plugin for WordPress 3
- A slew of new placeholders for building paths with
- A new interface to allow arbitrary strings in path
- Error messages when uploading to un-named or un-dated posts
- Added translation support
Older changelogs moved here.