Title: Document Storage Location
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Document Storage Location

 *  [rjbur](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rjbur/)
 * (@rjbur)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/document-storage-location/)
 * It seems that all the documents end up in the WordPress “uploads” directory with
   a random scrambled name. I just uploaded a document it ended up at:
 * …./wordpress/wp-content/uploads/
 * With the name 9a358c2256f2ad1804a82dfe5e75d510.pdf
 * The link however says, [http://mysiteulrhere.com/documents/2016/01/myuploadedfile.pdf](http://mysiteulrhere.com/documents/2016/01/myuploadedfile.pdf)
 * I would have expected to see it in the following location:
 * …./wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/
 * I’ll keep searching, but why did it end up in a location not associated with 
   its URL?
 * Thanks
    Rich
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-document-revisions/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-document-revisions/)

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 *  Thread Starter [rjbur](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rjbur/)
 * (@rjbur)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/document-storage-location/#post-6943817)
 * PING…..
 * Anyone know about the location question I have??
 * Were should the actually location on my server be and why does it not match the
   link URL??
 * Thanks,
    Rich
 *  [John Sundberg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bhwebworks/)
 * (@bhwebworks)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/document-storage-location/#post-6943863)
 * You can change this in Settings > Media.
 * I usually create a directory in my public_html directory called “documents” or“
   docs” and use that for the Documents upload directory. That helps to keep them
   separate from your other media uploads.
 * WPDR scrambles the file name for security purposes.
 *  [Aurovrata Venet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aurovrata/)
 * (@aurovrata)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/document-storage-location/#post-6943897)
 * Read the plugin [documentation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-document-revisions/)(
   section labelled ‘Access Control’), it says clearly that the folders are hidden
   for security reasons. If it was in the place the URL points to
 * > …./wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/
 *  it would be available publicly for all to see and you therefore would not be
   able to secure its access to specific users.

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 * 3 replies
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 * Last reply from: [Aurovrata Venet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aurovrata/)
 * Last activity: [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/document-storage-location/#post-6943897)
 * Status: not resolved