I am trying to get the uploads directory working as a symlink to an external harddrive that has all of the images in the wp-content/uploads directory that I need to symlink to from within local. When going to the Local sites, I create a symlink and chmod it 777, while the permissions are fine, the …

Can not configure Local to work with uploads directory that is symlinked to an external harddrive

afragen August 2, 2018, 5:15pm 2

You must use the Local Volumes Add-on.

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