Title: Duplicate Uploads
Last modified: March 1, 2026

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# Duplicate Uploads

 *  Resolved [Haris Nadeem](https://wordpress.org/support/users/monst3r/)
 * (@monst3r)
 * [1 month, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicate-uploads/)
 * Hello, every time I save a draft when editing, all the images are uploaded all
   over again. This is filling up my server storage. Is there a way to stop that?
   
   P.S. I’m publishing posts / drafting them using the WordPress REST API, not directly
   from the editor.

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 *  Plugin Author [Burhan Nasir](https://wordpress.org/support/users/burhandodhy/)
 * (@burhandodhy)
 * [1 month, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicate-uploads/#post-18839215)
 * Hi [@monst3r](https://wordpress.org/support/users/monst3r/),
 * Thank you for reaching out. I was not able to recreate the issue on my end.
   The
   plugin has a function `handle_existing_image` that checks whether an image already
   exists before importing it. This works in both cases, whether the post is saved
   via the editor or through the API. My guess is that there may be an edge case
   where the function returns an incorrect response based. Would it be possible 
   for you to share the few image URLs that the plugin is re-importing on every 
   save?Regards,Burhan
 *  Plugin Author [Burhan Nasir](https://wordpress.org/support/users/burhandodhy/)
 * (@burhandodhy)
 * [3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicate-uploads/#post-18858900)
 * Hi Haris,
   Since I haven’t heard anything from you, I’m marking this as solved.

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 * Last reply from: [Burhan Nasir](https://wordpress.org/support/users/burhandodhy/)
 * Last activity: [3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicate-uploads/#post-18858900)
 * Status: resolved