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File uploads duplication

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  1. wearesocial
    Member

    We're using Gravity Forms for users to upload blog posts with attached images to our site (which we can then moderate & publish). Some of these photos are quite big, and I've noticed that Gravity Forms will store the photos in a folder such as wp-content/uploads/gravity_forms/1/2010/08 but a copy is also made in the default Wordpress upload folder - e.g. wp-content/2010/08 - and it is this copy that is shown in the blog posts.

    So my question is, is it safe to delete the files in the wp-content/uploads/gravity_forms/... given that they have now been copied over, or could this cause problems to the plugin or the frontend user? I ask as we have a lot of photos uploaded to our site, and keep on running out of diskspace. Thanks!

    Posted 15 years ago on Thursday August 26, 2010 | Permalink

  2. Carl Hancock
    Administrator

    Yes, you can delete what is stored in the wp-content/uploads/gravity_forms folder. This is where all file uploads go, including image uploads. This is what you see when you view the Entry details, the original data as it was entered.

    What happens is the Post Image field then takes this upload and processes it through the WordPress media processor... which creates the various image sizes and places them in the standard location for media uploads.

    So it is save to delete the files located in the gravity_forms folder, it won't impact the posts.

    Posted 15 years ago on Thursday August 26, 2010 | Permalink