Title: Absolute or Relative Paths
Last modified: November 13, 2020

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# Absolute or Relative Paths

 *  [NL_Derek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nl_derek/)
 * (@nl_derek)
 * [5 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/absolute-or-relative-paths/)
 * When I add an image WP creates an absolute link like: `https://www.mysite.com/
   wp-content/blah/blah/mypicture.jpg`. If a user does a search for `mysite` every
   page with an image will be found. A similar problem occurs with links to another
   page. Since my site name (`binnenstadduurzaam`) comprises the (Dutch) words for“
   city-center” and “sustainable”, such a search is quite likely.
 * My workaround is to manually edit the links to be relative thus: `../wp-content/
   blah/blah/mypicture.jpg`. This is time-consuming and error-prone, so I am looking
   for a better solution.
 * I found several plugins which offer conversion from absolute to relative paths,
   but all but one are several years old and “untested for your version”. The plugin“
   Make Paths Relative” seems to be up-to-date but does not work on my test site(
   preview pictures in the Media Library are not displayed). The test site is (something
   like) `https://private.mysite.com/wp-test/`; possibly the use of a different 
   subdomain causes problems. Obviously I daren’t test it on my live site `https://
   www.mysite.com`.
 * Is there an up-to-date plugin which does what I want? or does the lack of plugins
   indicate that there is a WP option which I haven’t found? Or is there a better
   workaround? The problem exists with themes 2020 and Neve.

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 *  [mrtom414](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrtom414/)
 * (@mrtom414)
 * [5 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/absolute-or-relative-paths/#post-13661515)
 * WordPress has functions to manage the paths. Are you creating a html file or 
   using WordPress templates ? You can try using functions like [get_template_directory_uri](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_template_directory_uri/).
   If you are using a block ,plugin, or theme short codes, They should do the heavy
   lifting for you. it should take care of the paths after you upload the image.
   You can’t really use a relative path because the developer of the theme would
   have no ideal how your sites has been uploaded. The URL that are used in WordPress
   are generated permalinks. Their is no physical page! All pages are generated 
   using the same templates. If you placing a link to an html page you coded, the
   link would be relative to your page. But, It would not reside as part of WordPress.
   If you want WordPress to manage the paths you will need to create a plugin, theme
   Template.
 *  Thread Starter [NL_Derek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nl_derek/)
 * (@nl_derek)
 * [5 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/absolute-or-relative-paths/#post-13663344)
 * Thanks for your reply mrtom414. I use WP as a CMS for a simple website, and use
   the Gutenberg block-editor as much as possible.
 * If I understand correctly the answer to my question is: no, there is no general
   solution. Creating a plugin or theme variant is (way) over my pay grade!
 * So I shall continue diving into the HTML and editing the paths (fortunately my
   site is not very big or image-heavy).

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