[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #41947: upload_path wrong after server move

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#41947: upload_path wrong after server move
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 Reporter:  steevithak    |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Upload        |     Version:  4.8.2
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  close         |     Focuses:
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Comment (by dd32):

 Turns out that once upon a time, WordPress did auto-set `upload_path` to
 `ABSPATH/wp-content/uploads` (so it's not always user set). We seem to
 have stopped doing that somewhere between 2.7 and 3.7 (I can't find where
 exactly).

 Unfortunately it's not possible to detect when the value was set by the
 user vs set automatically, so it's hard to know when it should be auto-
 updated.
 WordPress could simply null out the option when it equals the default
 location, but that has the slight possibility of breaking scenario's where
 it's been set deliberately and WordPress is being used in a scenario with
 multiple servers with a shared uploads directory.

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