Title: Adding File URL by default when adding media?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Adding File URL by default when adding media?

 *  [ben_allison](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ben_allison/)
 * (@ben_allison)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-file-url-by-default-when-adding-media/)
 * I think it’s kinda lame that the user needs to select None | File URL | Post 
   URL, and I’d like to have the File URL by default in future installs.
 * Any ideas how this is possible? What do I need to change in media.php to allow
   this to happen?
 * Thanks!

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 *  Thread Starter [ben_allison](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ben_allison/)
 * (@ben_allison)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-file-url-by-default-when-adding-media/#post-1124792)
 * Monday morning bump.
 *  Thread Starter [ben_allison](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ben_allison/)
 * (@ben_allison)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-file-url-by-default-when-adding-media/#post-1124977)
 * No ideas?
 *  Thread Starter [ben_allison](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ben_allison/)
 * (@ben_allison)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-file-url-by-default-when-adding-media/#post-1125022)
 * Friday bump!
 *  Thread Starter [ben_allison](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ben_allison/)
 * (@ben_allison)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-file-url-by-default-when-adding-media/#post-1125071)
 * Anyone?
 *  Thread Starter [ben_allison](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ben_allison/)
 * (@ben_allison)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-file-url-by-default-when-adding-media/#post-1125084)
 * Not resolved!
 * Bueller?
 *  [rawarrior](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rawarrior/)
 * (@rawarrior)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-file-url-by-default-when-adding-media/#post-1125123)
 * I’ve looked hi and lo ~
    Anyone know how to change images from “post URL” to “
   file URL” _after _they’ve been uploaded? I need to convert a lot of them and 
   re-loading is not going to be easy…
 * ben_allison: We laughed. Big fans of Ben Stein.
 *  [rawarrior](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rawarrior/)
 * (@rawarrior)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-file-url-by-default-when-adding-media/#post-1125124)
 * forgot my url just in case:
    [http://rawarrior.com](http://rawarrior.com)

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 * [default](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/default/)
 * [file-url](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/file-url/)
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 * [media.php](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/media-php/)

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 * Last activity: [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-file-url-by-default-when-adding-media/#post-1125124)
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