backup file and just delete it from server.
that should do the trick 🙂
(then test the site and if everything is ok than you don’t need it)
Sorry Tony, you;re missing the second part: “and update your server rewrite rules to use wp-includes/ms-files.php instead”
If you do not do this all your uploaded images will disappear.
AlexV – in Cpanel, when you first go to the file manager, check the box to show hidden files. In the same root where the wp-config.php file is (usually public_html) there’s a file called .htaccess. It has the dot in front, that means it’s usually hidden. This is where the rewrite rules are.
Find this:
RewriteRule ^(.*/)?files/(.*) wp-content/blogs.php?file=$2 [L]
Change it to:
RewriteRule ^(.*/)?files/(.*) wp-includes/ms-files.php?file=$2 [L]
Deleting the old blogs.php file doesn’t even matter if you change the rewrite rules first.
Hi, I did this, but am still seeing the message “The wp-content/blogs.php file is deprecated…” I rechecked the .htaccess a number of times, and the new “RewriteRule ^(.*/)?files/(.*) wp-includes/ms-files.php?file=$2 [L]” is in the code.
Any suggestions?
I already deleted “wp-content/blogs.php” Do you mean some other file?
I should add that I started a new site after having crashing my old site trying to upgrade, so all current images are ones I uploaded after making the recommended changes. I need to try to import my old database if I can, but that is another problem.
Everything seems to be working fine, but I am still getting the message in my dashboard:
“The wp-content/blogs.php file is deprecated…”
This after deleting wp-content/blogs.php file and adding:
RewriteRule ^(.*/)?files/(.*) wp-includes/ms-files.php?file=$2 [L]
to the .htaccess file
As I say everything seems to work fine. Should I be concerned about the continued “file is deprecated” message?
Thanks!
Nat
in your htaccess file find below code
RewriteRule ^(.*/)?files/(.*) wp-content/blogs.php?file=$2 [L]
and replace with
RewriteRule ^(.*/)?files/(.*) wp-includes/ms-files.php?file=$2 [L]
you all done.
