Title: some problems with WordPress Flash Uploader plugin
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# some problems with WordPress Flash Uploader plugin

 *  Resolved [deborah64554](https://wordpress.org/support/users/deborah64554/)
 * (@deborah64554)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/some-problems-with-wordpress-flash-uploader-plugin/)
 * Hi –
 *  I followed all the directions and used the settings interface to set up the 
   plugin.
 *  However, when I went to look at media files that had already been added and 
   had been visible in the library previous to installation of the plugin…
    - the plugin interface could only recognize pdfs (no gifs, jpgs, pngs were visible
      any longer)
    - when I tried to “add” the files in the sync tab, it was very confusing to 
      look at the list because instead of just showing “example.png”, it saw and
      showed all of the svn markup as well
    - after adding the files anyway, the filenames _did_ show in the regular media
      library tab list with a “friendly” filename (“example.png”)… **BUT** all of
      the thumbnails were missing, so you could not see an image preview to help
      you select
    - after deactivating and deleting the plugin, ALL of the images and files (including
      pdfs) that had been in the uploads folder were gone. To restore them, the 
      uploads directory AND the database had to be restored.
 * Kind of wish I hadn’t touched this one.
    Deborah
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-flash-uploader/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-flash-uploader/)

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 *  Plugin Author [mdempfle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mdempfle/)
 * (@mdempfle)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/some-problems-with-wordpress-flash-uploader-plugin/#post-2888029)
 * Hi,
 * 1. Which view do you mean? The Uploader shows the extensions you configure. So
   if you only allow pdf then only pdf is shown.
 * 2. All files in the media library are listed by default. If you only like certain
   files to be take into account please configure the extensions in the administration.
 * 3. Do the thumbnails exist in the upload folder?
 * 4. The sync plugin has no delete command. So if something was deleted then by
   the internal functions of WordPress which are used. Which version of WordPress
   do you use?
 * Best, Michael
 *  Thread Starter [deborah64554](https://wordpress.org/support/users/deborah64554/)
 * (@deborah64554)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/some-problems-with-wordpress-flash-uploader-plugin/#post-2888030)
 * Hi Michael,
 * 1. I left the uploader file selections at the “all” default, and did not set 
   or exclude any. So, it should have been able to show the .gifs, .pngs and .jpgs
   that existed in the media library.
 * 2. I did not touch the wordpress-flash-uploader default “all” settings for files
   to show. Also when I checked, the default was set to “all”. So, it should have
   seen more than pdfs.
 * 3. The thumbnails were never stored in the uploads folder. I am not sure where
   they were stored, but the wordpress-flash-uploader showed broken images where
   previously there had been thumbnails.
 * 4. I am using WordPress 3.4.1. I didn’t delete the images through the WordPress
   admin, although I was using the wordpress-flash-uploader tab in the media library.
 * Deborah
 *  Plugin Author [mdempfle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mdempfle/)
 * (@mdempfle)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/some-problems-with-wordpress-flash-uploader-plugin/#post-2888092)
 * There seems something really broken on your system.
 * 1. all should show all files in the folder. Are you sure your are in the right
   folder?
    2. you only see pdf. Because this is not a default extension. So if 
   you go to the directory with a file explorer you see the other files? 3. Are 
   there maybe some write restrictions on the folder? The files should be generated
   by a wordpress function. So no “non worpress” code is generating them. 4. 3.4.1
   is the one I test right now. I don’t understand what you mean the the 2nd sentence.
 * Michael

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