Move the uploads folder in Wordpress
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Published on 2010-05-05T08:35:19Z
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Currently, my Wordpress' upload folder is located in \wp-content\uploads
.
Initially there was no structure so all files were put there. After a while it was changed to upload the files in \wp-content\uploads\YEAR\MONTH
. Now that folder contains a mix of files (those starting with +
are folders) like:
+wp-content
| +2010
| | +02
| | | File-1
| | | File-2
| | | ..
| | | File-n
| | +01
| | | File-1
| | | File-2
| | | ..
| | | File-n
| +2009
| | +12
| | | File-1
| | | File-2
| | | ..
| | | File-n
| | +11
| | | File-1
| | | File-2
| | | ..
| | | File-n
| +..
| | | ..
| Unstructured-file-1
| Unstructured-file-2
| ...
| Unstructured-file-n
Based on the dates of the unstructured files, I would like to move them in a structured hierarchy (based on date, move it to a folder \wp-content\uploads\YEAR\MONTH
).
Now, my questions are:
- Where do I write and execute a script to the movement (I don't have full access to the server, just to a cPanel and to the Wordpress Admin page)?
- What must be updated so that the links in posts, that reference the unstructured files, point to the new location of those files?
- Not fully related to the previous description: is it alright to move the whole uploads folder to another location, like
\uploads
?
PS: Moving the files/updating the database manually is not an option :)
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