Title: upload vs upLoad folder
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# upload vs upLoad folder

 *  [alanmcf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alanmcf/)
 * (@alanmcf)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-vs-upload-folder/)
 * I have both an wp-content/upload and wp-content/upLoad folder (note the capitalization),
   and some images are in the root (as I want it) and some are in sub year/date 
   folders. Which folder is right “upload” or “upLoad” and how can I clean it up?
   Thanks, Alan

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 *  [Darin Kotter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dkotter/)
 * (@dkotter)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-vs-upload-folder/#post-2464381)
 * The default folder WordPress comes with is wp-content/uploads, and then it is
   arranged by year and date folders.
 * If you want to use a different folder or not arrange by date/year, you can go
   to Settings > Media and enter the name of a different folder to use and then 
   uncheck the box that says Organize my uploads into month- and year-based folders.
 * So I’m assuming that at one point someone must have created a different folder
   and chosen not to use the organization, since you shouldn’t have two upload folders.
 *  Thread Starter [alanmcf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alanmcf/)
 * (@alanmcf)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-vs-upload-folder/#post-2464384)
 * Thanks dkotter, that helps. Interesting going to Settings/General under “Store
   uploads in this folder” it says “Default is wp-content/upLoads”. Could this have
   just changed with a recent update? Alan
 *  [Darin Kotter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dkotter/)
 * (@dkotter)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-vs-upload-folder/#post-2464398)
 * As far as I know it’s always been wp-content/uploads by default. So either someone
   changed it or a plugin or theme changed it. I know of a few themes that change
   the upload file location when the theme is activated.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 3 replies
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 * Last reply from: [Darin Kotter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dkotter/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-vs-upload-folder/#post-2464398)
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