How to Change the Default Media Upload Location in WordPress

In WordPress, it is sometimes handy to know where to change the default location of the media library. Especially if you are moving a site out of themMultisite environment. In multisite, the Media Library path is different from a single site install environment.

In a default WordPress install, the uploads usually live in:

http://yourdomain.com/wp-content/uploads/

To change the default upload location you will need to edit the wp-config.php file located in the root of the WordPress install.

 define( 'UPLOADS', 'wp-content/'.'files' ); 

If you want the upload path to be outside of the default wp-content folder, you can do this slightly differently:

define( 'UPLOADS', ''.'files' );