Missing Media Library – install date dependant?

  • I have an online site, and all is working well. This was set up in May. (You’ll see the relevance in a moment)

    And yesterday -June 30th – I copied it to an offline site. All WAS going well … till I found today it cannot see the files within wp-content/uploads/2015/05 and 06. Yet when I add a new image to the library … it stores it in a new 07 folder!!

    I’m wondering if it “ignores” folders in media older than its installation date.

    Research suggests this bug has been going on for at least three years, so has anyone found a definative cure yet? Some entries say change the “Store” entry in Settings / media … but that field isn’t showing, or has been removed in more recent updates.

    Also, EVERY entry in EVERY imported post has been changed! Rather than “<img src=’wp-content/uploads/2015/05/aromatherapy/name_of_product.png’> it now reads “<img src=’aromatherapy/name_of_product.png’>”

    ** I have just spent 5 mins deleting all 600 posts, doing a search and replace of the data prior to import, and changing the URL, and re-importing the 3x <2mb files. Guess what? Same result. The media folder is not visible, and – in its infinite wisdom – WordPress script has removed every “wp-content/uploads/2015/05/” in every file because according to it, the path doesn’t exist!

    Can anyone offer any advice?

    And checking the SQL database, it has also removed both old AND new URL from the GUID. Instead of “https://eco-rainbo.com/?p=x&#8221; it now reads “https://x&#8221;. OK, so a search and replace on SQL could change that … but why doesn’t the importer do the job correctly in the first place?

    UPDATE wp_posts SET guid = replace(guid, ‘https://&#8217;,’https://www.eco-rainbo.com/?p=&#8217;);

    Signed: Rather miffed from Essex UK

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  • Thread Starter cristofayre

    (@cristofayre)

    OH DEAR, OH DEAR, OH DEAR …

    I developed an online site (on the wrong domain) and then had to port it to new domain. Taken a few days to import files, settings etc. All the posts are OK, all plugins are OK – guess what’s coming – ALL IMAGES ARE MISSING DUE TO THE MEDIA LIBRARY BEING INVISIBLE TO PROGRAM

    Since it uploaded an image to “07” folder, I copied ALL 600 images to that folder … and none of them show either.

    So the moral is … if use the media library YOU’RE IN TROUBLE if you ever move to another domain / server; you will have to reupload every image AGAIN via the library, and then change EVERY link in EVERY POST to recognise the new folder. Which in all honesty IS A JOKE.

    Only way I can see of getting this working is to change EVERY link in the pre-uploaded data, and make them point to an external image folder on server.

    Moderator Jan Dembowski

    (@jdembowski)

    Forum Moderator and Brute Squad

    if you ever move to another domain / server

    If you ever move to another domain or server I hope you give this a read first.

    https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Moving_WordPress#Changing_Your_Domain_Name_and_URLs

    Modifying your database entries on the new location does work.

    EUREKA! EUREKA!

    To all those of you struggling with missing old images from your media library, just type this in your browser and log in with your details.

    “https://yourdomain.files.wordpress.com&#8221;

    where your domain should be the name of your site/domain. You will be redirected to “https://yourdomain.wordpress.com/wp-admin/upload.php&#8221;

    It works like a charm for me. Hope it helps you out.
    Have a good one

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