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1. jessicaesl
   Member
   Jan 19, 2011, 9:15 AM

   Hello there, I have a blog at http://jessicaesl.wordpress.com

   I've searched the help sections and the forums and for the life of me I can't find an answer to what should surely be a simple enough question:

   How do I change what a file in the Media Library is attached to?

   If I upload a new file, it allows me to attach it to a post or page, but once it's attached there seems to be no option to either detach or re-attach it to a different page or post. I have images attached to a "Photos" page and I wish to change their attachment to a different page so I can add a gallery for it. At present, I can only add the gallery to the Photos page.

   Do I honestly have to delete and re-upload my photos in order to attach them to the page I want?

   The blog I need help with is jessicaesl.wordpress.com.

2. panaghiotisadam
   Member
   Jan 19, 2011, 11:31 AM

   There's an option to attach unattached images but not the other way round. So, yes, to attach an image to a new page you need to re-upload it via the page editor.

   But you can add a gallery of images attached to another page, by adding the ID of that page to the gallery shortcode - see the Support doc on galleries.

3. jessicaesl
   Member
   Jan 20, 2011, 10:34 AM

   Ah, thanks very much. That workaround will save me some time and effort :)

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