WordPress.com Forums » Topic: How to rename uploaded files http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-rename-uploaded-files WordPress.com Forums » Topic: How to rename uploaded files en Sun, 26 May 2013 02:29:11 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 raptortech97 on "How to rename uploaded files" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-rename-uploaded-files#post-378327 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 22:22:45 +0000 raptortech97 378327@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ but the link would still be broken

]]> thesacredpath on "How to rename uploaded files" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-rename-uploaded-files#post-378185 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:53:22 +0000 thesacredpath 378185@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You can rename the new file BEFORE uploading it.

]]> wpvstp on "How to rename uploaded files" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-rename-uploaded-files#post-378169 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:39:48 +0000 wpvstp 378169@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You cannot rename uploaded files. designsimply is correct.

]]> enilamalenj on "How to rename uploaded files" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-rename-uploaded-files#post-378167 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:17:25 +0000 enilamalenj 378167@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Sometimes, I think it would be advantageous to be able delete a previously uploaded file, then reupload that same file with the same name and have the same URL. WordPress.com, however, will automatically rename the new file, adding a number to its name. For example, deleting example-image.jpg and then reuploading it will cause it to be renamed as example-image1.jpg. Deleting that image and reuploading it will cause it to be renamed as example-image2.jpg, and so on. This is problematic because it causes broken links, and can be a pain to fix if the file is linked to in multiple locations. As far as I can tell, it occurs with all files: images, PDFs, audio files, and any other file type allowed on WordPress.com

According to designsimply, you won't ever be able to upload a new file with the same URL on WordPress.com.

But, according to Jane Wells, you can change the file URL when you upload a file.

So who's right? (Please let it be Jane Wells!) If you can change a file's URL when you upload it, how do you do it?

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