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wordpress' media library UI

I uploaded the uploads directory for wordpress…

scp -r /Users/localuser/Desktop/uploads/2019 root@remoteip:/var/www/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019

then , on remote, was assigned to root. so I…

chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019

then….

sudo service apache2 restart

still unable to see images in wordpress' media library UI

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I haven't used WP for a long time but, IMHO, when you upload media this way, no tracks about it are left in the database. That's why you don't see it. You need to upload media using some official, sanctioned method (like whatever plugin you're using to manage your media library).

-- sw

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