Title: WordPress Attachments problem
Last modified: December 23, 2016

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# WordPress Attachments problem

 *  [kennethrjonesstem](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kennethrjonesstem/)
 * (@kennethrjonesstem)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bug-wordpress-attachments/)
 * I noticed that after doing a quick edit of a post, and changing the publish date,
   any attachments for that post are not updated. They aren’t moved to the new (
   correct) directory, they still remain in the old directory.
 * So if a post is published on 12/22/2016, the attachments go into that directory.
   If I do a quick edit and change the publish date to 1/15/2011, the post is updated,
   but the attachments aren’t moved to a Jan. 2011 directory. They still remain 
   in the old Dec. 2016 directory.
    -  This topic was modified 9 years, 4 months ago by [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/).

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 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bug-wordpress-attachments/#post-8583402)
 * Yup, they stay where they were created. It’s not a bug, it’s a WAD. Consider 
   the case where you used the same image in another post. When you changed the 
   date on one post, it would break the link in ther other one.
 *  Thread Starter [kennethrjonesstem](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kennethrjonesstem/)
 * (@kennethrjonesstem)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bug-wordpress-attachments/#post-8585755)
 * So when I change the date on a post, it’s going to lose all its attachments?
 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bug-wordpress-attachments/#post-8586436)
 * I did not say that. I said that that would be an issue with the suggestion you
   made.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 3 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bug-wordpress-attachments/#post-8586436)
 * Status: not resolved

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