missing pictures

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  rmckee62 · Member · Dec 30, 2014 at 10:55 pm

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  Hello. Perhaps I didn’t realize, but several pictures are missing from my earlier blog posts. I didn’t intentionally delete them from the posts. Do media files delete automatically from older posts if I delete the original file from my own computer? I always assumed that once I uploaded them to a post, the images would be safe, regardless if I deleted the original from my computer. Does this make sense? Did this have something to do with a lack of memory? I just upgraded memory space. Thanks for your help! Rick

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  gracejiyoung · Member · Dec 30, 2014 at 11:30 pm

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  Hi Rick,

  Are the missing images in your Media > Library page? If they are removed from there, they will be removed from their attached posts. I see that quite a few images were deleted one month ago from your Media Library. In order to get those images back you will have to reupload and reattach them.

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  rmckee62 · Member · Dec 30, 2014 at 11:33 pm

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  Thanks so much for getting back, Grace. I am reuploading (is that a clunky word or what!) even now. That must have been the case. So, the bottom line: Once I upload a media file to WordPress, it remains there regardless of what I do to the original on my own computer? Again, I really appreciate the feedback. Happy New Year!

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  gracejiyoung · Member · Dec 30, 2014 at 11:35 pm

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  Hi Rick,

  So, the bottom line: Once I upload a media file to WordPress, it remains there regardless of what I do to the original on my own computer?

  Yes. As long as they are not deleted from your Media > Library page, you will be set!