Title: localhost multisite issue Last modified: January 17, 2023 --- # localhost multisite issue * Resolved [itsfrancisnadal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/itsfrancisnadal/) * (@itsfrancisnadal) * [3 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-multisite-issue/) * to preface: we have a client that has a live multisite, they want to remove images that are no longer used. i set the multisite in my local, wanted to use the plugin to remove the images and delete also the image files. they have a base site which I will call base-site.eu and other 9 sites (with a .be, .fr, .de , .nl, .com. uk, etc). * here’s the issue: for testing, when i upload an image in the base site, the image is available to all other sites, but if I upload from one of the other site, it wont be available to others. i think this is the default behavior of wp multisite. the uploads from base site go to normal upload directory, but for the other sites, they are supposed to go to uploads/sites/ and the sites have their own directory but in my local, they still go to normal upload directory. * when i installed the plugin, it is working fine. to test if I can use and purchase the plugin, i upload a photo in media library and do not use it. I then go to cleaner and do a scan, and as expected, it shows. the problem is, if I upload the image in base site, scan, and delete the image, it moves the image files from uploads folder to wpmc-trash which is correct. but when i empty the trash, the image files moved to trash are brought back to uploads folder. and when i test the other sites, i upload the test image but instead of going to /uploads/ sites, it goes to the normal uploads directory. after the upload, i do the scan, trash the test image, but the image file are not being moved to wpmc-trash, it even shows a broken image link. and if I permanently delete the trashed image, the files are also not deleted. * We really want to make this plugin work and purchase it, but maybe anyone encounter this and we hope can give some insight to our issue. Thanks. Viewing 2 replies - 1 through 2 (of 2 total) * Plugin Author [Jordy Meow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tigroumeow/) * (@tigroumeow) * [3 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-multisite-issue/#post-16380368) * Hi, * I am sorry, that’s impossible to do. In fact, officially and technically, each site has its own database, with its own table of the attachments. Also, it has its own /uploads folder. * Uploading image on one site, and using on another, will work in practice, but in theory, it will break every process related to images. I don’t recommend you to do that, even though I know it’s tempting to have a common database or source for all your images. * The only way would be to use a remote server for your images but I don’t recommend do this neither as it’s not built in WordPress yet, and it will not behave nicely in every situation with every plugin. * Thread Starter [itsfrancisnadal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/itsfrancisnadal/) * (@itsfrancisnadal) * [3 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-multisite-issue/#post-16380560) * Hi [@tigroumeow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tigroumeow/) * Thank you for replying, actually I’m okay with each site having their own media cleaner instance, and I’m okay with deleting images in each site. What I just want to understand is, why the images in subsites are not being moved to wpmc- trash. So for example: the subsite with .de domain, I uploaded an image without using it. I initiate the scan, and media cleaner picks up the image which is great. But when I trash the image, it was not moved to the trash folder. I’m honestly confused here, because for subsites, they have their own upload folder(/ uploads/sites/4/ <- the upload content of the subsite). wpmc also creates a trash folder inside this directory. * When I deleted the test image of the subsite, I checked the logs. It gave me this error: “The file /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/project/wp-content/uploads/sites/ 4/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/project/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/SCR-20230113-kf5. png actually does not exist.” It’s weird that the “/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/ project/wp-content/uploads/” repeated, and I guess the reason is because I’m on localhost setup. The image is deleted from the “Issues” and is currently in“ Trash” but file wasn’t moved. * Have you ever been asked with a similar issue? - This reply was modified 3 years, 2 months ago by [itsfrancisnadal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/itsfrancisnadal/). 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