Title: Changing directory
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Changing directory

 *  [Szucsyyy1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/szucsyyy1/)
 * (@szucsyyy1)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-directory-7/)
 * Hello everyone.
 * I need some help. I want to change the links to pictures on my website to it 
   doesn’t go all the way back, it starts from a specific point.
 * For example:
    I want to change:
 * > <img src=”[http://website.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/31.jpg&#8221](http://website.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/31.jpg&#8221);
   > alt=”” />
 * To:
 * > <img src=””uploads/2014/04/31.jpg” alt=”” />
 * So basically, instead of it asking for the file from the websites, it asks for
   it from the wp-content directory if that makes sense.
 * Thankyou for your help!

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 *  [kjodle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kjodle/)
 * (@kjodle)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-directory-7/#post-4954397)
 * > if that makes sense
 * Not really. Is there a reason you want to use relative links, rather than absolute
   links?
 *  Thread Starter [Szucsyyy1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/szucsyyy1/)
 * (@szucsyyy1)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-directory-7/#post-4954449)
 * The reason is that then I don’t have to change it every time I install it somewhere
   else, it would make my life a lot easier. Basically what I’m trying to say is
   that I want it to start from wp-contects or the template directory. The template
   directory would be better.
 *  [Riversatile](https://wordpress.org/support/users/riversatile/)
 * (@riversatile)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-directory-7/#post-4954450)
 * This could make sense, especially if you plan to change your website domain name
   in the future!
 *  [kjodle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kjodle/)
 * (@kjodle)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-directory-7/#post-4954470)
 * > The reason is that then I don’t have to change it every time I install it somewhere
   > else, it would make my life a lot easier.
 * Each install of WordPress is different. If you are backing up a site from one
   domain to another, this shouldn’t be an issue. You just need to edit the appropriate
   entry in your WordPress database.
 * There’s an article in the Codex somewhere about this (I think), but I forget 
   where it is. Take a look for it and I will as well when I get more time.

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