How to create URLs as a place holder for a file?

  • Hi,

    I’m posting some pdf files on my WordPress page, which I will share with my partners. They will receive the URLs to those files.

    But I’m also expecting to update new versions to those files, resulting in new filenames. For example products_rev1.pdf will become products_rev2.pdf. When I do that my partners will be needs to be updated with new URLs.

    How can set up URLs so that the public always see the same URLs, regardless of what they actually point to? For example, “www.abc.com/content/products” which servers file products_rev1.pdf or products.revX.pdf depending on my wordpress internal settings?

    • This topic was modified 5 years, 3 months ago by theod44.
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  • Each file in the Media Library has its own generic URL already.
    If you don’t want to keep both files on your site, you can use the Enable Media Replace plugin.

    But even if the URL is the same, their browser could cache the file, and they won’t see the new version. This can be controlled with Expiry headers in the .htaccess file, or a parameter in the URL like a date or version number.

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