Title: Change upload folder
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# Change upload folder

 *  Resolved [Clei](https://wordpress.org/support/users/juanki/)
 * (@juanki)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-upload-folder/)
 * Great plugin!
    I have a small question though: Is it possible to change de upload
   folder? I’m not using wp default upload folder. Thanks in advanced!
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/ajax-file-upload/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ajax-file-upload/)

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 *  anonymized-13749270
 * (@anonymized-13749270)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-upload-folder/#post-7515885)
 * Hello,
 * Thank you. Yes that is possible with the following code to your child theme’s
   functions file:
 *     ```
       function afu_filter_upload_dir( $dir ) {
           return array(
               'path'   => ABSPATH . '/my_uploads_folder', // or $dir['basedir'] . folder
               'url'    => home_url() . '/my_uploads_folder', // or $dir['basedir'] . folder
               'subdir' => '/afu',
           ) + $dir;
       }
   
       function afu_do_filter_upload_dir() {
           if ( ! empty( $_REQUEST['action'] ) ) {
               if ( 'ajax_file_upload' == $_REQUEST['action'] ) {
                   add_filter( 'upload_dir', 'afu_filter_upload_dir' );
               }
           }
       }
       add_action( 'init', 'afu_do_filter_upload_dir', 999 );
       ```
   
 * Make sure to set the appropriate folder path and url, and the subdir (sub directory)
   if needed and please test it out.
 * Let me know how it goes.
 * Thank you!
    Samuel
 *  Thread Starter [Clei](https://wordpress.org/support/users/juanki/)
 * (@juanki)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-upload-folder/#post-7515906)
 * Great!
    Thanks a lot!

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 * Last reply from: [Clei](https://wordpress.org/support/users/juanki/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-upload-folder/#post-7515906)
 * Status: resolved