Title: Cannot retrieve submitted files
Last modified: April 11, 2023

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# Cannot retrieve submitted files

 *  Resolved [koki1205](https://wordpress.org/support/users/koki1205/)
 * (@koki1205)
 * [3 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-retrieve-submitted-files/)
 * Thank you for the great plugin.
 * I am implementing the ability to process files uploaded to the media library,
   but I am unable to process files submitted using CF7 and this plugin.
 * The files in question could not even be found on the media library, although 
   the files were uploaded in the upload directory.
 * Is there any way to retrieve the URL of the submitted file?

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 *  Plugin Author [Aurovrata Venet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aurovrata/)
 * (@aurovrata)
 * [3 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-retrieve-submitted-files/#post-16654977)
 * Only files mapped to the thumbnail/feature image of a post are actually inserted
   into media library as an attachment post.
 * File fields mapped to a custom Meta field are saved in the uploads folder and
   the url stored in the meta field.
 * Alternatively you could also map a file field to a custom filter hook and programmatically
   handle your uploads.

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 * Last activity: [3 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-retrieve-submitted-files/#post-16654977)
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