Where is my media stored for WordPress

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Where is my media stored for WordPress

Colin Léger 1

I'm having issues with media uploads and I can't wrap my head around it.

An image was uploaded and I can see it on the site (ex. /wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2021/02/reynolds.jpg)

Where is this file stored?
It is not in the AppService Backup file (scary), I can’t find it in the Kudu CMD (Home, Site Root, or System Drive), I connect to the FTP site and I can’t find it there either, it’s not in the database.

I'm also having a plugin issue and would like to know how to navigate to it to investigate.

Colin Léger 1 Reputation point

2021-02-11T13:57:24.297+00:00

I didn't expect this to be a hard question that nobody could answer.

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Colin Léger 1 Reputation point

2021-02-11T13:57:24.297+00:00

I didn't expect this to be a hard question that nobody could answer.

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Ryan Hill 30,281 Microsoft Employee Moderator

Hi @Colin Léger ,

Sincerest apologies with regards to the delayed response. If you created your WordPress site using the following marketplace template, then your folder content /wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2021/02/reynolds.jpg will be a relative path under your wwwroot. I also confirmed that this folder is included inside an App Service backup.

If you used a different method in creating your WordPress site, please comment down below the steps you took. With regards to your plugin issue, can you further elaborate down below?

Colin Léger 1 Reputation point

2021-02-16T17:24:11.753+00:00

@Ryan Hill , Yes, the WordPress (WP) installation is the vanilla WP from the Marketplace. I then converted that to a WordPress Multisite.

I would expect my file to be in that folder you indicated for a regular WP site. The default upload file path for a Multisite is the upload/sites/xx folder.
In my example, site #16 contains a file uploaded this month.
/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2021/02/reynolds.jpg
But it is not in the expected location.
Ryan Hill 30,281 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2021-02-16T21:51:30.177+00:00

It does seem more of a WordPress issue @Colin Léger . App Service won't dictate where the files are stored. That's the responsibility of WordPress. I haven't been able to create my own multisite yet (there's some step I'm doing wrong). In checking the setup doc, I'm thinking the issue might be a rewrite rule. If you're able to see it the image on the site, have you observed the Network traffic to see where the image is being loaded from? Perhaps the relative path is slightly different?

Did you upgrade your WordPress Site since the template installs version 5.2.9? Which move method did you use?

Regards,
Ryan
Ryan Hill 30,281 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2021-02-17T01:06:02.767+00:00

@Colin Léger , I used the following gist to correct the dashboard for the second site not rendering. I uploaded media from that dashboard and could see that it uploaded correctly to the wp-content folder. I suggest double checking your rewrite rules because the one on the WordPress blog post didn't work for me.

Regards,
Ryan

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