How to change already-uploaded images?

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  gmaletic · Member · Mar 17, 2008 at 2:22 am

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  Whenever I want to update an image on my blog, I try re-uploading the image with the same name. Everything -appears- to work, but I notice that the image doesn’t really update: the old image keeps on displaying in the blog post. I’ve even tried using the “delete” option to get rid of the original, then upload the new image…but that doesn’t work either.

  The only thing that works is to rename the image before uploading, upload the new image under the new name, and change the blog post to reference the new name. This works…but, as you can see, this is a real pain.

  Does anyone know how to update an image without having to go through this hassle?

  Thanks.

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  vivianpaige · Member · Mar 17, 2008 at 2:52 am

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  No. That’s the way it seems to work.

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  wiidude · Member · Mar 17, 2008 at 2:54 am

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  you have to rename this. maybe you can get creative and think of something a little different. then it will work properly.
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  gmaletic · Member · Mar 17, 2008 at 6:33 am

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  As it stands now, it’s a bug. (If you “delete” an image, yet still see it in a blog posting, that’s not right.) Where should WordPress bugs get posted?

  Thanks.

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  isadora · Member · Mar 17, 2008 at 6:48 am

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  You can report bugs to support: http://wordpress.com/contact-support/

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  thesacredpath · Member · Mar 17, 2008 at 6:48 am

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  Images are on mulitple servers and there is a chance, depending on server loads, that it may take a little bit for it to disappear.

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  justjennifer · Member · Mar 17, 2008 at 6:52 am

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  It’s a long standing image caching problem. If it’s really, really important to you to get that deleted image removed, then use the link and contact support during working hours.

  Otherwise, you already have the work around.