Title: Custom upload folder
Last modified: August 16, 2019

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# Custom upload folder

 *  Resolved [janc76](https://wordpress.org/support/users/janciriack/)
 * (@janciriack)
 * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-upload-folder-6/)
 * I saw in an older post that a non-standard uploads folder was not supported about
   a year ago. Has anything changed on that issue?

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 *  Plugin Author [AlanP57](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alanp57/)
 * (@alanp57)
 * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-upload-folder-6/#post-11838831)
 * You can use the UPLOADS define statement
    `define( 'UPLOADS', 'blog/wp-content/
   uploads' );` which is demonstrated in the [Edit wp-config page](https://wordpress.org/support/article/editing-wp-config-php/#moving-uploads-folder),
   to move or rename your site’s uploads folder to a different location. However,
   it must remain under the wp-content folder as Media Library Folders looks for‘
   wp-content’ when it is processing URLs.
    -  This reply was modified 6 years, 11 months ago by [AlanP57](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alanp57/).
 *  Thread Starter [janc76](https://wordpress.org/support/users/janciriack/)
 * (@janciriack)
 * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-upload-folder-6/#post-11839693)
 * Hmm… for me it seems to work even outside the wp-content folder with the define
   statemment of
 * `define( 'UPLOADS', 'media' );`
 * The only thing that doesn’t seem consistent is the name of the root folder still
   beeing ‘uploads’.
 * This restriction is not addressed in the PRO version, is it?
 *  Plugin Author [AlanP57](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alanp57/)
 * (@alanp57)
 * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-upload-folder-6/#post-11839741)
 * Both the free and the Pro work the same with the location of the uploads folder.
   It has not been tested with the uploads folder in that location.
 * Was the new location and name of the uploads folder defined before installing
   Media Library Folders? If not, you should do a database reset with the Media 
   Library Folders Reset plugin.
 *  Thread Starter [janc76](https://wordpress.org/support/users/janciriack/)
 * (@janciriack)
 * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-upload-folder-6/#post-11842207)
 * The new location of the uploads folder was defined after the installation of 
   MLF. Your proposal seems to work but I think I will stick with the default location
   if it is not officially supported.
 *  [aegon10](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aegon10/)
 * (@aegon10)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-upload-folder-6/#post-11975851)
 * Hi, is it possible to have the uploads folder outisde the root installation?
   
   I mean, the website is installed in [http://www.site1.com](http://www.site1.com)
   And i’d like the uploads folder to be in [http://www.site2.com/uploads](http://www.site2.com/uploads)
   Thanks for your answers. Best, By the way, i’m using wp 5.2
 *  Plugin Author [AlanP57](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alanp57/)
 * (@alanp57)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-upload-folder-6/#post-11976056)
 * You should refer to the article, [Editing wp-config.php](https://wordpress.org/support/article/editing-wp-config-php/#moving-uploads-folder).
   It explains how to change the location or name of the uploads folder. If you 
   change the location of uploads, your current media library files will not be 
   moved from their current location. Media Library Folders support changing the
   name or location of the uploads folder as long as it remains under ‘wp-content’,
   though one user reported that is seems to work even if it is not in the ‘wp-content’
   folders, but we have not tested this configuration.

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