Best place to put ‘uploads’ folder?

  • jayjerome

    (@jayjerome)


    19 years ago

    I’ve installed WordPress at a new server, and would appreciate advice about the best place to put uploaded graphic and audio files on the server tree.

    I want to be sure the uploaded data is safe for future installed versions of WordPress and/or new themes, and doesn’t get overwritten when I upgrade. But also, I’d like to keep the urls as short as possible.

    I think the present default is:

    /public_html/wp-content/uploads/

    but would it be OK to put the ‘uploads’ folder, and/or other folders above /wp-content, like this:

    /public_html/uploads/ or
    /public_html/myphotos/

    etc?

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  • MichaelH

    (@michaelh)

    19 years ago

    Either of these would work assuming the wp-content folder is in the public_html folder:
    /public_html/uploads/ or
    /public_html/myphotos/

    Also remember the setting “Organize my uploads into month- and year-based folders” in Administration > Options > Miscellaneous as that will create subfolders under the upload folder you designate.

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