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Quick WP question...

by TimothyW
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Ok, I see that I can add media to my theme library (pix, etc.).
Then I can add these pix to my site.
Question is, if I add a pic to my site, can I then delete that pic from my media library? Or will doing that make the place(s) where I added that pic to my site DISAPPEAR?

Please advise.

Thanks!

-- TW
#question #quick
  • Profile picture of the author webss
    If you Upload the picture to the media library and then delete the image from the library say a few days later, than yes the image will no longer show up on the page you put in on.
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    • Profile picture of the author TimothyW
      Originally Posted by webss View Post

      If you Upload the picture to the media library and then delete the image from the library say a few days later, than yes the image will no longer show up on the page you put in on.
      So the pix I put into my pages ("from" the media library) will disappear from the page if I delete that pic from the media library? (just wanna be clear).
      If so, I suppose that's because I am really putting some kind of short code (invisible to me) that refers back to the pic in the media library. I am not actually, literally putting the actual pic on my page, just a short code referencing back to the actual pic that is in the media library ------ correct?

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      • Profile picture of the author webss
        Originally Posted by TimothyW View Post

        So the pix I put into my pages ("from" the media library) will disappear from the page if I delete that pic from the media library? (just wanna be clear).
        -- TW
        Yes if you upload to media library than dellete it after it will than no longer show up.

        When you use the media library to upload a pic, it puts the pic in a folder on your wp site. Kind of the same if you upload a photo directly to the site than turn back around months later and delete the file, than again, no image.

        Hope that makes sense
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        • Profile picture of the author NatesMarketing
          It's not really a "shortcode" it's HTML. If you look at the text version of your post, you'll see how it references the image.

          It will be something like:
          Code:
          www.yoursite.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/your-image.png
          As you can see, when you add the image to your Media, it's added to your server and stored in that location. That location is then referenced to display your image.

          So, removing the file from your Media, will remove the file from your server and it will not longer be displayed on your post.
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