WordPress allow you to put uploads in year- and month-based folders. Custom Upload Dir is more flexible. You can construct paths from variables like post title, category, post author, post date and many more. I created Custom Upload Dir ensure my file system is always mirroring the site structure. This ensures I can always find files manually when needed. It also simplifies backups and platform migrations. The screenshots might help explain. If you value my plugins, there’s several ways you can help me out; Help me out by Flattr-ing them or sign up to Microsoft OneDrive using my referral link – we both get 0.5GB extra for free! or sign up to RealPlayer Cloud using my referral link – we both get 1GB extra for free! get me anything from my Amazon whislisth (used items are OK!) Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks! //Ulf Benjaminsson Changelog v. 3.4.2 (2015-03-16) Added filter ‘cud_generate_path’ so you can easily adjust the path with any variable you want. Added %mime_type% to sort files by mime type Added %author_role% to sort files by author role. Coming: support for per-post-type settings. Eg: every post type can have their own rules for where to place uploads. Currently missing the admin interface. If you feel like helping out, let me know. Changelog v. 3.4 (2013-02-09) Added %file_ext% to sort by file type Added tentative support for uploads from WordPress apps. Removed setting for “Base upload folder” as WP core no longer exposes this Cleared out some PHP error on the admin page Fixed leaking CSS on admin page Changelog v. 3.3 (2011-12-18) Support for WordPress 3.3 Support for tags and categories Support for custom taxonomies Added %current_user%, %permalink% Added all permalink tags Added test-function to admin page Older changelogs moved here. Copyright (C) 2007-2015 Ulf Benjaminsson (my first name at ulfben dot com). This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA