Title: Change Default Upload Directory
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Change Default Upload Directory

 *  [Billiam001](https://wordpress.org/support/users/billiam001/)
 * (@billiam001)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-default-upload-directory-1/)
 * Hello,
 * I was wondering how I might be able to change the default upload directory from“
   uploads” to something else. Any help on this would be much appreciated.
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/frontend-uploader/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/frontend-uploader/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Rinat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rinatkhaziev/)
 * (@rinatkhaziev)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-default-upload-directory-1/#post-4183558)
 * [http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-change-the-default-media-upload-location-in-wordpress-3-5/](http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-change-the-default-media-upload-location-in-wordpress-3-5/)
 *  Thread Starter [Billiam001](https://wordpress.org/support/users/billiam001/)
 * (@billiam001)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-default-upload-directory-1/#post-4183805)
 * Thank you for the link. However I do not need to change the entire upload directory
   for WordPress, instead I just need to change the directory for the frontend uploader
   plugin so that the uploaded files are separate from those uploaded by wordpress
   media library.
 * Is there an easy method to do this? If not, I am comfortable editing the php 
   itself if you could point me to the right files.
 *  Thread Starter [Billiam001](https://wordpress.org/support/users/billiam001/)
 * (@billiam001)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-default-upload-directory-1/#post-4183811)
 * I still need help on this. I figured it would be best to use an after upload 
   method as indicated in the FAQ to move said files to another upload directory.
   However I cannot seem to locate any documentation on how to copy a file from 
   one location to another, given only an attachement_id. If anyone could help with
   this it would be greatly appreciated.
 *  [chavalu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chavalu/)
 * (@chavalu)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-default-upload-directory-1/#post-4183842)
 * I’d be interested to know this also.
    Could the attachments uploaded with the
   FrontEnd Uploader be put into their own special folder? Thanks!

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 * Last activity: [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-default-upload-directory-1/#post-4183842)
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