Title: WordPress keeps adding a subfolder and breaking
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# WordPress keeps adding a subfolder and breaking

 *  Resolved [Dave](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ccsm/)
 * (@ccsm)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-keeps-adding-a-subfolder-and-breaking/)
 * I have a unique set up for my wordpress. The files are located in the root directory,
   but I have the front page set in the General settings to display at [http://www.mysite.com/blog/](http://www.mysite.com/blog/).
 * Unfortunately, WordPress keeps automatically creating a subfolder named “blog”
   and when it does this is breaks the site. The subfolder is empty, so when people
   visit mysite.com/blog they find a “nothing found” error.
 * Why is WordPress creating this folder and how can I stop it from doing this?

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 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-keeps-adding-a-subfolder-and-breaking/#post-969884)
 * What plugins do you have?
 * You could make a symlink from ‘blog’ back to root, but it’s rather backwards 
   to me. Most people want to go ‘My blog is in ‘blog’, but I want it to act like
   it’s in root.’
 *  Thread Starter [Dave](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ccsm/)
 * (@ccsm)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-keeps-adding-a-subfolder-and-breaking/#post-969919)
 * Yeah, it’s a weird set-up, I agree. It’s an old domain that has gone through 
   several incarnations over the years. A URL with baggage, I guess you could say.
 * I made the /blog/ directory, stuffed it with an index.php file that has a PHP
   redirect script that redirects to the root. That seems to work, but the site 
   no long shows up at [http://www.mysite.com/blog/](http://www.mysite.com/blog/).
   With this method I might as well just leave that redirect and change the general
   settings to display the blog at the root. It negates my master plan.
 * Do you think that’ll matter to google and SEO, etc.? I’ve heard Google penalizes
   for redirects, but sometimes it’s hard to know what Google advice is good and
   what’s jive.
 *  Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/)
 * (@otto42)
 * WordPress.org Admin
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-keeps-adding-a-subfolder-and-breaking/#post-969920)
 * WordPress should not be creating any sort of “blog” folder. How are you making
   it do that?
 *  Thread Starter [Dave](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ccsm/)
 * (@ccsm)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-keeps-adding-a-subfolder-and-breaking/#post-969923)
 * It seems to do it whenever I upload a photo or sometimes even when I don’t. It
   creates a /blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/file.jpg subdirectory. Seems really
   odd to me too.
 * My plugins are:
    Akismet All in one SEO Audio Player Custom Query String Reloaded
   Redirection
 * Can I change permissions somewhere to fix this?
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-keeps-adding-a-subfolder-and-breaking/#post-969939)
 * Ah, on your admin panel, go to Settings and click on Miscellaneous .
 * Change ‘Store uploads in this folder to `/wp-content/uploads/`
 *  Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/)
 * (@otto42)
 * WordPress.org Admin
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-keeps-adding-a-subfolder-and-breaking/#post-969968)
 * Leave off the leading slash. Make it “wp-content/uploads”.
 *  Thread Starter [Dave](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ccsm/)
 * (@ccsm)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-keeps-adding-a-subfolder-and-breaking/#post-969976)
 * Ah! I think that’ll do it. That’s much, that’s great help.
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-keeps-adding-a-subfolder-and-breaking/#post-969981)
 * Whoops, good catch, Otto!

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