After import can I delete tmp files

  • Eva Dillner

    (@evadillner)


    4 years, 1 month ago

    I imported blog content to my wordpress.org site (old blogs at wordpress.com)
    When I look in my uploads folder via ftp there are a ton of .tmp files.
    Can I safely delete the .tmp files?

    Second question, I had timeout issues when importing. Supposedly the import tool is intelligent and doesn’t duplicate content. I have quite a lot of duplicates and triplicates now. How do I know which one is in use? I deleted extra posts, but the media is still in the library.

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  • Steven Lin

    (@stevenlinx)

    4 years, 1 month ago

    Hi there,

    By uploads folder, do you mean “/wp-content/uploads/”? This folder generally stores user uploads.

    Assuming you still have a copy of all your site files and DB files backed up in archive files (done before the migration), then yes, it’s generally safe to delete .tmp files as they are files created to store data temporarily (either for a program’s intermediate use or for transfer to a permanent file when complete).

    Thread Starter Eva Dillner

    (@evadillner)

    4 years, 1 month ago

    Yes that’s the folder. I have all the files and even made an extra backup. Thanks for quick answer. Better to ask than be sorry.

    The other issue I have is duplicates and triplicates of the same files
    like
    xxx.jpg
    xxx-1.jpg
    xxx-2.jpg
    how do I sort out which one is active?

    Steven Lin

    (@stevenlinx)

    4 years ago

    Apologies for the late reply. I didn’t notice the subsequent replies.

    Assuming if you’re still onto this problem.

    The other issue I have is duplicates and triplicates of the same files
    like
    xxx.jpg
    xxx-1.jpg
    xxx-2.jpg
    how do I sort out which one is active?

    You can go to WP Admin -> Media and click the magnifier icon to the right to search.

    For the file name “xxx.jpg”, search only “xxx” to see which files in the Media library surface.

    Click on the resultant thumbnail, then click edit, scroll down to the bottom to view the FILE NAME field. The FILE NAME field displays the file name that is active.

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