Support » Fixing WordPress » "uploads" folder

  • This is a very easy query.

    Firstly I want to say that my question does not refer to any problem experienced, it is simply a “precautionary” question.

    About a month ago, I realized I could change the default folder where the image files, pdfs, etc. are stored. This folder is, as you know very well, “wp-content/uploads”.

    This folder contained all the files I have uploaded until then. But I decided to simplify the structure of the subfolders (uploads/2011/11 etc). So I decided from then on that the folder where the files are uploaded would be out of the “wp-content” folder is, that is to say, on the root directory. I called the new uploads folder “files”. After creating this new folder, I uploaded to the “files” folder all the files in the default “wp-content/uploads” folder.

    Obviously, now the same files were in two different folders (the “uploads” default folder and the new “files” folder), so I decided to completely delete the “uploads” folder, that no longer exists.

    This has not caused any problem, that I know. What I wanted to ask is if you can safely delete the default “uploads” folder in this case that, I repeat, I have no detected any problem.

    I appreciate your answers and help.

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  • Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist

    This generally doesn’t cause issues (though if you EVER decide to upgrade to Multisite, it will).

    You MAY need to search your database for the old wp-content/uploads location and replace it with the new /files/ location.

    And stop making duplicate posts. You’re not endearing yourself to anyone.

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