Title: Image folder
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Image folder

 *  Anonymous
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-folder/)
 * Searched in the forum but I couldn’t find an answer for my perhaps silly question.
   I use WP for several months and there are many images in the image folder. I 
   thought it would be useful to sort the images in folders, by year for example.
   When I change the location now from images to images_2004 will WP still find 
   the images for the older entries? Or can I use several folders at the same time?

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 *  [Bryan Villarin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/btvillarin/)
 * (@btvillarin)
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-folder/#post-99734)
 * I think you’d have to edit all the previous posts to reflect if you move the 
   images. If you’re continuously using pictures on a regular basis, perhaps you
   should consider [Gallery](http://gallery.sourceforge.net/)? I think that’s what
   [Matt](http://www.photomatt.net) uses.
    – Bryan
 *  [Beel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beel/)
 * (@beel)
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-folder/#post-99735)
 * You will have to go back and edit the posts to link to the new image locations.
   I anticipated just such a “problem” so I create new subdirectories as I go.
 *  [Bryan Villarin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/btvillarin/)
 * (@btvillarin)
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-folder/#post-99739)
 * Thinking it through further, I don’t post images too often so I’m probably going
   to do the same thing so things don’t get [out of control](http://www.lyred.com/lyrics/Hoobastank/The+Reason/Out+of+Control/).
   Thanks for pointing it out!
    In the ACP, under Options > Miscellaneous, just 
   add the directory and change the path for the first two fields so you upload 
   to the current year. It’ll make it easier to differentiate, I’m sure. (Watch,
   I’ll finally figure out how to “integrate” Gallery into WP, then totally dump
   this.)
 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-folder/#post-99740)
 * I was wondering about this too …
    All my images have an absolute url, and this
   is determined on upload when wp gives me the code. Surely that info is actually
   part of the entry ? So come 2005, when I start a new image directory, surely 
   it shouldn’t matter ? Then again, I could go play with stuff and find out couldn’t
   I ? 🙂
 *  [Bryan Villarin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/btvillarin/)
 * (@btvillarin)
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-folder/#post-99749)
 * You both got it…it’ll work fine leaving the previous posts untouched. (By the
   way, anonymous, [check this out](http://wordpress.org/support/index.php?action=registernew).)
   😉
 *  [joachimott](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joachimott/)
 * (@joachimott)
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-folder/#post-100039)
 * A lot of answers, and helpful too. And you are right, Bryan: Registration is 
   a good thing. Now I took the time for that.

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