How to replace an image by ftp?

Hello @richbitl,

Thanks for your message.

1. Why do you want to do that? Just start converting all images by selecting “Force the conversion of all images again”. This is the simplest solution.

2. If you uninstall a plugin via the WordPress Admin Dashboard, using the “Delete” button in the plugins list, the plugin will delete all files one by one.

Best,
Mateusz

Thanks lots for your quick reply.

1. As mentioned, the plugin was uninstalled some time ago. I need to replace an advertising image that appears about 100 times on the website. I replaced the jpg version of the image using ftp into the regular upload folder but that didnt work, i think because its actually serving webp images from the uploads-webpc folder. So i’d like to know if i replace the image in there, do you think it will ipdate the images across my site?

2. The plugin is already uninstalled but the webp folder (uploads-webpc) is still there. Do you think i can manually delete the folder using ftp?

Thanks

Thanks for your answer @richbitl,

1. If you disabled the plugin, the rules in the .htaccess file were also removed, so the plugin does not work.

2. How did you remove the plugin? Via the WordPress panel or via FTP? It is best if you remove the /uploads-webpc directory. Also clear the contents of the .htaccess files in the /wp-content and /wp-content/uploads directory.

Best,
Mateusz

TBH I’ve no idea how or when the plugin was removed!

So i’ll remove the uploads-webpc directory as you suggest. Here’s the entries in the .htaccess files. Sorry, I’ve never edited these before – do i literally just delete the obvious WebP converter entries (WHERE I’VE MARKED IN CAPS) and save the empty files out?

In wp-content/uploads folder:

DELETE FROM HERE>>
# BEGIN WebP Converter
# ! — DO NOT EDIT PREVIOUS LINE — !
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_ACCEPT} image/webp
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/wp-content/uploads-webpc/uploads/$1.jpg.webp -f
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}@@%{HTTP_REFERER} ^([^@]*)@@https?://\1/.*
RewriteRule (.+)\.jpg$ /wp-content/uploads-webpc/uploads/$1.jpg.webp [NC,T=image/webp,L]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_ACCEPT} image/webp
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/wp-content/uploads-webpc/uploads/$1.jpeg.webp -f
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}@@%{HTTP_REFERER} ^([^@]*)@@https?://\1/.*
RewriteRule (.+)\.jpeg$ /wp-content/uploads-webpc/uploads/$1.jpeg.webp [NC,T=image/webp,L]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_ACCEPT} image/webp
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/wp-content/uploads-webpc/uploads/$1.png.webp -f
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}@@%{HTTP_REFERER} ^([^@]*)@@https?://\1/.*
RewriteRule (.+)\.png$ /wp-content/uploads-webpc/uploads/$1.png.webp [NC,T=image/webp,L]
</IfModule>
<IfModule mod_headers.c>
Header always set Cache-Control “private”
</IfModule>
# ! — DO NOT EDIT NEXT LINE — !
# END WebP Converter <<DELETE TO HERE

<Files *.php>
deny from all
</Files>

# BEGIN Wordfence code execution protection
<IfModule mod_php5.c>
php_flag engine 0
</IfModule>
<IfModule mod_php7.c>
php_flag engine 0
</IfModule>

AddHandler cgi-script .php .phtml .php3 .pl .py .jsp .asp .htm .shtml .sh .cgi
Options -ExecCGI
# END Wordfence code execution protection`

in wp-content folder:

ALSO DELETE FROM HERE>>`# BEGIN WebP Converter
# ! — DO NOT EDIT PREVIOUS LINE — !
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_ACCEPT} image/webp
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/wp-content/uploads-webpc/$1.jpg.webp -f
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}@@%{HTTP_REFERER} ^([^@]*)@@https?://\1/.*
RewriteRule (.+)\.jpg$ /wp-content/uploads-webpc/$1.jpg.webp [NC,T=image/webp,L]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_ACCEPT} image/webp
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/wp-content/uploads-webpc/$1.jpeg.webp -f
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}@@%{HTTP_REFERER} ^([^@]*)@@https?://\1/.*
RewriteRule (.+)\.jpeg$ /wp-content/uploads-webpc/$1.jpeg.webp [NC,T=image/webp,L]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_ACCEPT} image/webp
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/wp-content/uploads-webpc/$1.png.webp -f
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}@@%{HTTP_REFERER} ^([^@]*)@@https?://\1/.*
RewriteRule (.+)\.png$ /wp-content/uploads-webpc/$1.png.webp [NC,T=image/webp,L]
</IfModule>
# ! — DO NOT EDIT NEXT LINE — !
# END WebP Converter<<DELETE TO HERE

<Files *.php>
deny from all
</Files>
# BEGIN All_404_marker_comment_image
# END All_404_marker_comment_image`

@richbitl Yes, that’s right. You should remove these items.