Title: changing an attachment’s parent
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# changing an attachment’s parent

 *  [ktdreyer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ktdreyer/)
 * (@ktdreyer)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-an-attachments-parent/)
 * When I upload an image to a page, WordPress seems to store the page as that image’s“
   parent”. When I look in the Media Library, this is the “attached to” field. How
   can I change this value (i.e. reassign an image to another page)?

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 *  [figaro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/figaro/)
 * (@figaro)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-an-attachments-parent/#post-969862)
 * Of course, you know you can add the image to as many posts/pages as you want 
   by selecting the Media Library, but I don’t see an option in the WP admin to 
   change the post/page the image is attached to…you would probably need to do that
   directly in the database.
 *  [mkormendy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mkormendy/)
 * (@mkormendy)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-an-attachments-parent/#post-970279)
 * I am thinking of creating a plugin for this, as I too have just came across this
   requirement of re-assigning and deleting assignments of Media attachments with
   posts.
 *  [romanzmykulova](https://wordpress.org/support/users/romanzmykulova/)
 * (@romanzmykulova)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-an-attachments-parent/#post-970288)
 * Hi! it seem there is one simple plugin, which gives you ability to change image“
   parent” : [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/change-attachment-parent/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/change-attachment-parent/)

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 * [attachment](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/attachment/)
 * [parent](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/parent/)

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 * Last reply from: [romanzmykulova](https://wordpress.org/support/users/romanzmykulova/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-an-attachments-parent/#post-970288)
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