Title: Auto-insert file upload/attachment
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Auto-insert file upload/attachment

 *  [iammk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iammk/)
 * (@iammk)
 * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/auto-insert-file-uploadattachment/)
 * I’m wondering if there’s a modification or plugin that I can use so that when
   files are uploaded, they are automatically inserted into the entry, bypassing
   the need to click on the thumbnail and select “send to editor?”

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 *  [Ryan Fitzer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ryanfitzer/)
 * (@ryanfitzer)
 * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/auto-insert-file-uploadattachment/#post-473257)
 * I have yet to see something like that.
 *  Thread Starter [iammk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iammk/)
 * (@iammk)
 * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/auto-insert-file-uploadattachment/#post-473334)
 * Phooey. We’re using WordPress in a work situation and it seems like lots of people
   are having problems completing the “send to editor” step. We were hoping to make
   it work a little more like Lotus Notes (eww) where, when you select an attachment,
   it just inserts the icon/link wherever your cursor was. Perhaps we ought to create
   a better tutorial then…thanks.
 *  Thread Starter [iammk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iammk/)
 * (@iammk)
 * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/auto-insert-file-uploadattachment/#post-473670)
 * Having done further investigation, what I’m looking for is something like Gordon
   Knoppe’s attachfiles plugin which, unfortunately, doesn’t seem to work in 2.0
   and he appears to have disappeared. Anyone know of anything similar? (In short,
   it provides a browse box and simply adds an attachment link at the bottom of 
   a post with a little paper clip icon next to it.)
 * Barring that, the filosofo old-style upload plugin may suffice for now but I 
   don’t know how to add it to the tinymce (or Editor Monkey) group of icons that
   display above the post. Any help there?
 *  [jjordan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jjordan/)
 * (@jjordan)
 * [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/auto-insert-file-uploadattachment/#post-473733)
 * I am really new to wordpress and having a lot of trouble finding info on uploading
   file attachements such as PDF and PPS files using the wordpress editor. I have
   downloaded and turned on the AutoLink Attachment with Descriptions 1.02d plugin.
   But so far all I can do is drag and drop a file from my desktop to a firefox 
   browser editor. Even then it is just a local link (to my desktop) that is embedded
   into the page – this is not an attachment.
 * When I look into my wp-content/upload/2007/01 folder there is no PDF file.
 * Alledgedly, there is a file upload manager in the editor. Image file upload I
   see; general attachment file uploads I do not see. Or am I looking right at it
   and not seeing it?
 * Some kind person please please help….
 *  [nethinim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nethinim/)
 * (@nethinim)
 * [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/auto-insert-file-uploadattachment/#post-473735)
 * See if this helps
    go to your site Admin and choose manage, pages, create new
   page. Notice your browser address window shows that you are now at _YourSiteName_.
   com/blog/wp-admin/page-new.php
 * Skip the first area that says Write Page and scroll down to the Upload area.
 * Click browse to find the file on your computer that you want to upload and select
   it (in XP I had to choose “open”. The browse window closes leaving the file field
   filled in with a URL to the file you just chose.
 * Fill in the title (which will become a clickable text link to your file).
 * Click Upload.
 * Now click on the name of the file that appears in the upload area- notice the
   drop down menu which says:
    _Linked to File Using Title Send to Editor Delete
   Close Options Click on Send to Editor – see how the link appears up in the Write
   Page section.
 * Give the page a title and click Create Page.
 * To see the results of your work go to Admin, manage, pages .

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 * 5 replies
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 * Last reply from: [nethinim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nethinim/)
 * Last activity: [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/auto-insert-file-uploadattachment/#post-473735)
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