Change all occurances of

Databases
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I have had to move my wordpress to a different directory. Trouble is now all the images are not showing as they are still pointing to the old directory.

Would I be able to enter some code to change all occurances of http://www.mysite.com/olddirectory/wp-content/uploads to http://www.mysite.com/wp-content/uploads ??

I would presume this would then only change the beginning of the image place holder link?

TIA
Jill

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Actually, I’d suggest using a symbolic link. It will point all request of olddirectory/wp-content-uploads to /wp-content/uploads

ln -s [path]/wp-content/uploads [path]/olddirectory/wp-content/uploads

Above command will create a symbolic link to the folder you want.

[path] is your full server path. /var/www/vhosts/ etc etc…Ask your host tech support if you dont know what it is.

I do this through command line through ssh access (I am unsure if there are any FTP programs that do this for you). If you dont have such access, I’d suggest asking your host tech support to help you out.

I hope this helps (and I’m right).

edit: so, basically…you a enot altering the database, but asking the server to re-route the requests.

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hmm, thank you my precious, you’re mine, you’re all MINE! :rofl:

I shall look into that, not sure at the moment how it works but will put my thinking cap on!!!

Cheers
Jill