Store Each User's Uploads in Their Own Folder
Saves uploads into a folder named after the uploader, such as uploads/users/jane/2025/03/, which keeps multi-author and client sites tidy and makes per-person cleanups easy.
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$wpide_user_folder = function ( $dirs ) {
$user = wp_get_current_user();
if ( ! $user->exists() ) {
return $dirs;
}
$folder = '/users/' . sanitize_file_name( $user->user_nicename );
if ( 0 === strpos( $dirs['subdir'], $folder ) ) {
return $dirs;
}
$dirs['subdir'] = $folder . $dirs['subdir'];
$dirs['path'] = $dirs['basedir'] . $dirs['subdir'];
$dirs['url'] = $dirs['baseurl'] . $dirs['subdir'];
return $dirs;
};
// Only change the folder while a file is being uploaded.
$wpide_user_folder_on = function ( $file ) use ( $wpide_user_folder ) {
add_filter( 'upload_dir', $wpide_user_folder );
return $file;
};
$wpide_user_folder_off = function ( $upload ) use ( $wpide_user_folder ) {
remove_filter( 'upload_dir', $wpide_user_folder );
return $upload;
};
add_filter( 'wp_handle_upload_prefilter', $wpide_user_folder_on );
add_filter( 'wp_handle_sideload_prefilter', $wpide_user_folder_on );
add_filter( 'wp_handle_upload', $wpide_user_folder_off );
add_filter( 'wp_handle_sideload', $wpide_user_folder_off );Notes
Only affects new uploads; existing files stay where they are. Uses the user's nicename, never their email.
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