Title: file hashing
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# file hashing

 *  [DIGGIDY](https://wordpress.org/support/users/diggidy/)
 * (@diggidy)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file-hashing/)
 * suddenly this plugin has become unuseable as it hash’s the files. this makes 
   the uploaded file useless inside wordpress.
 * how can we stop the hashing taking place? I want my files stored as the original
   file names.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/front-end-upload/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/front-end-upload/)

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 *  Thread Starter [DIGGIDY](https://wordpress.org/support/users/diggidy/)
 * (@diggidy)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file-hashing/#post-4873834)
 * Ok, figured out how to get around the hashing.
 * But, I have another question, what is the purpose of setting the transient? I
   don’t see what its trying to achieve ?
 *  [emsie18](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emsie18/)
 * (@emsie18)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file-hashing/#post-4874171)
 * How did you get it working without hashes? Can you please provide some information
   about your solution. Thank you very much!
 * EDIT: I think I found the corresponding line in the file “destination.php”. At
   about Line 205 (maybe it is different at your file, search for `filePathObscured`)
   the files will get a unique name. In order to prevent this, you have to change
   `
   $fileFlag = uniqid( 'FEU' . md5( $fileName ) );` to `$fileFlag = $fileName;`
 *  Thread Starter [DIGGIDY](https://wordpress.org/support/users/diggidy/)
 * (@diggidy)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file-hashing/#post-4874172)
 * I made lots of small changes to get the functionality for my very specific needs,
   there are other solutions out there like [File Away](https://wordpress.org/plugins/file-away/)
   which are far better and properly supported.
 * But if you really want to use this plugin, I can post the source I guess, but
   I need to dig it out later when I’m back home.

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 * Last reply from: [DIGGIDY](https://wordpress.org/support/users/diggidy/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file-hashing/#post-4874172)
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