Title: long image names
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# long image names

 *  [Ron5](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ron5/)
 * (@ron5)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/long-image-names/)
 * The Nextgen Gallery plugin generates sometimes very long names for some pictures
   that are taken up into a gallery. For instance, where the original name is 10
   characters long, it becomnes a 100 characters long for an image in a gallery.
   Taking a backup is no longer possible because of the long names.
 * How to avoid long names for images in a gallery?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/nextgen-gallery/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/nextgen-gallery/)

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 *  Plugin Contributor [photocrati](https://wordpress.org/support/users/photocrati/)
 * (@photocrati)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/long-image-names/#post-7301578)
 * [@ron5](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ron5/) – This may be a limitation
   in your back-up application as a 100 character path length is well within standard
   limits for most any environment.
 * Have you tried different back-up methods?
 * – Cais.
 *  Thread Starter [Ron5](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ron5/)
 * (@ron5)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/long-image-names/#post-7301579)
 * I use the BackWPup plugin. A backup with zip compression just gets blocked.
    
   A backup with tar compression results in the error message: “the following names….
   are too long to backup.” I have not tried any other plugin yet. Can you recommend
   me another free one?
 *  Plugin Contributor [photocrati](https://wordpress.org/support/users/photocrati/)
 * (@photocrati)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/long-image-names/#post-7301607)
 * [@ron5](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ron5/) – We do offer this article
   related to creating back-ups … [https://www.imagely.com/docs/how-do-i-create-a-full-backup-of-my-site/](https://www.imagely.com/docs/how-do-i-create-a-full-backup-of-my-site/)…
   it may be of use for you to consider the methods there.
 * I would also suggest contacting your web hosting service to see why they are 
   blocking methods that use zip compression.
 * Thanks!
 * – Cais.

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