Problem WP automatically change image filenames after upload

Hi,

1. Please install new WordPress setup / update to WP 5.5.1 & then test the file uploads.

2. Deactivate all plugins and check the upload functionality.

You could check more details here

https://core.trac.www.ads-software.com/ticket/48974

Thanks,

Hello Sundar, yes I have latest WP 5.5.1 installed and it is not a matter caused by a plugin, as I read from the link you posted here that this is a new feature added by WP i is not caused by a plugin conflict.

They suggested that “But if you need to override that behavior, since WP 4.5.0 there has been the wp_unique_filename filter which you can use in a custom plugin.”

but I don’t know how to use this code in a plugin and I don’t know how to make a plugin!

ca you help show me how?

Pls. help thx

Hi,

You can create plugin by override that behavior using the following code.

To create a custom plugin, all you need to do is create a folder and then create a single file with lines of content. Navigate to the wp-content/plugins folder, and create a new folder named “customuniquefile”. Inside this new folder, create a file named uniquefilename.php. Open the file in a text editor, and paste the following code & save it:

<?php
/*
   Plugin Name: Custom Unique File Name
   Plugin URI: --
   description: A plugin to keep actual image filenames after upload
   Version: 1.0
   License: GPL2
 */

add_filter( 'wp_unique_filename', 'my_ununique_filename', 10, 4 );

function my_ununique_filename( $filename, $ext, $dir, $unique_filename_callback ) {
        $esc_ext = preg_quote( $ext );

        if ( 1 === preg_match( "/\d+x\d+-\d{$esc_ext}\$/", $filename ) ) {
                if ( ! file_exists( "{$dir}/{$filename}" ) ) {
                        $filename = preg_replace( "/-\d{$esc_ext}\$/", $ext, $filename );
                }
        }

        return $filename;
} ?>

After that, you can go into the WordPress admin back end to activate your plugin.

Thanks!

Hello Sundar,
I did exactly what you told me here above, and I activated the plugin in my admin dashboard then uploaded the images but unfortunately still have same problem the images name change automatically and adds “-1” , “-2” , “-3″… etc. to the end of the filename of some image files every time I delete the images from my media library then re-upload the number increase by (1) like for example if I uploaded image name (x) first time then deleted it, when I try to upload same image again with name (s), WP change automatically the name to (x-1), then if I deleted the image (x-1) and try to upload the original image (x) again, the second time I upload the name change automatically to (x-2), then if I repeat third time the name change to (x-3) even though I am deleting the image from my media library!!

Pls. help me if you can,
Thank you

Sorry, typing mistake in line-8
Mistake: with name (s), WP change automatically…
Correction: with name (x), WP change automatically

Hello,

I have checked file uploads in different local environment WP setup and it works fine ( I don’t have file name issues ).

Please take a backup copy, reset your WordPress setup using https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/wp-reset/ plugin and then check the file uploads.

Also you can try rename options & features for media uploads
https://wp-dd.com/how-to-rename-images-and-media-files-in-wordpress/

Thanks.

Hello Sundar,

Pls. note that image file name (for example image file name “x”) only change to x-1 or x-2 or x-3… depends on how many times you reload the same image file name only happen when you reload the same image file name in different date, for example:

if you uploaded image “x” in one day then you deleted it and try to reload the same image x in different day (different date) the image file name change automatically to x-1.

But if you uploaded image “x” in one day then you deleted it and try to reload the same image x in the same day (the same date) the image file name won’t change automatically to x-1.

Please. try it and check yourself and you will notice that.

Pls. help me if possible.
Thanks.

• This reply was modified 4 years, 5 months ago by dragongate.
• This reply was modified 4 years, 5 months ago by dragongate.