Title: Difference between File URL and Permalink
Last modified: October 31, 2017

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# Difference between File URL and Permalink

 *  [gregsgraphics](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gregsgraphics/)
 * (@gregsgraphics)
 * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/difference-between-file-url-and-permalink/)
 * When I go into the images in the Library, I’ve noticed that the image’s URL can
   be different than the permalink. I guess this is where I’m confused about permalinks,
   specifically for images. How can the “File URL” be different from the “permalink”?
 * Forgive me if this has been answered before… just trying to understand this part
   of WordPress better.
 * Thanks in advance.
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fdifference-between-file-url-and-permalink%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/difference-between-file-url-and-permalink/#post-9637791)
 * “Permalinks are the permanent URLs to your individual weblog posts, as well as
   categories and other lists of weblog postings. A permalink is what another weblogger
   will use to link to your article (or section), or how you might send a link to
   your story in an e-mail message. The URL to each post should be permanent, and
   never change — hence permalink.”
    — [https://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks](https://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks)
 *  [Peter Hardy-vanDoorn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/petervandoorn/)
 * (@petervandoorn)
 * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/difference-between-file-url-and-permalink/#post-9644976)
 * When you upload an image in WordPress, either in a post or directly to the media
   library, WordPress will also create a special media post that can be used to 
   display it.
 * The permalink is the URL for that media post, whilst the File URL is the URL 
   for the actual image file.
 * I think that makes sense 🙂

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 * [image](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/image/)
 * [permalink](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/permalink/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [Peter Hardy-vanDoorn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/petervandoorn/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/difference-between-file-url-and-permalink/#post-9644976)
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