{"id":11006,"date":"2026-02-09T10:00:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T16:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infiniteuploads.com\/?post_type=docs&p=11006"},"modified":"2026-03-31T23:54:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T04:54:39","password":"","slug":"default-file-and-folder-exclusions","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/infiniteuploads.com\/docs\/advanced-configuration\/default-file-and-folder-exclusions\/","title":{"rendered":"Default File and Folder Exclusions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Infinite Uploads automatically excludes certain log, error, and temporary<\/strong> files and folders from sync. These items can sometimes be part of your WordPress Media Library and often change constantly, which can slow down syncing and create unnecessary background work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These default exclusions apply even if you haven’t configured any custom exclusions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What’s excluded automatically<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Common log and error locations<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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`\/wc-logs\/<\/code> (commonly used for logs)<\/li>\n\n\n\n`
`\/php-errors\/<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n`
\/logs\/<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\nCommon error\/log files<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\/error_log<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n debug.log<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\nLog file name matching<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n.log<\/code> (substring match)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\nBecause .log<\/code> is a substring match, Infinite Uploads will exclude many filenames that end with<\/strong> .log<\/code> (and also any filename containing .log<\/code> in the name).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Temporary folders<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\/tmp\/<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n \/temp\/<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n Other temp-like locations (folders with similar “temp” naming patterns)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\nHow the matching works<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\nThese exclusions are intended to match paths and filenames found inside your uploads directory<\/strong> (for example, content under wp-content\/uploads\/<\/code>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n Directory exclusions (like \/wc-logs\/<\/code> or \/tmp\/<\/code>) apply to everything inside those folders.<\/li>\n\n\n\n Filename exclusions (like debug.log<\/code> or \/error_log<\/code>) apply wherever those files appear under uploads.<\/li>\n\n\n\n The .log<\/code> rule is broader because it’s a substring match<\/strong>, not an “ends-with only” rule.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\nExamples<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \nwp-content\/uploads\/wc-logs\/…<\/code> → excluded<\/li>\n\n\n\n wp-content\/uploads\/debug.log<\/code> → excluded<\/li>\n\n\n\n wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/something.log<\/code> → excluded (matches .log<\/code>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n wp-content\/uploads\/some-plugin\/logs\/…<\/code> → excluded (matches \/logs\/<\/code>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\nWhy Infinite Uploads excludes these by default<\/h3>\n\n\n\nThese paths are commonly used for:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \nDebug output<\/li>\n\n\n\n Error logs<\/li>\n\n\n\n Temporary processing files created by plugins<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\nThey tend to be high-churn and not media assets you want delivered via CDN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Adding your own exclusions<\/h3>\n\n\n\nIf your site has other plugin-generated cache\/log\/temp folders under uploads\/<\/code>, you can add custom exclusions after your initial sync has completed<\/strong> (custom exclusions are not a “pre-sync ignore list”).<\/p>\n\n\n\n (See: Exclude files and folders from cloud sync<\/strong>.)<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Infinite Uploads automatically excludes certain log, error, and temporary files and folders from sync. These items can sometimes be part of your WordPress Media Library and often change constantly, which can slow down syncing and create unnecessary background work. These default exclusions apply even if you haven’t configured any custom exclusions. What’s excluded automatically Common […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3787,"featured_media":11010,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wds_primary_doc_category":0,"wds_primary_doc_tag":0,"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[168],"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-11006","docs","type-docs","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","doc_category-advanced-configuration"],"acf":[],"year_month":"2026-04","word_count":292,"total_views":"202","reactions":{"happy":"0","normal":"0","sad":"0"},"author_info":{"name":"Blake Whittle","author_nicename":"blakew","author_url":"https:\/\/infiniteuploads.com\/blog\/author\/blakew\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"Advanced Configuration","term_url":"https:\/\/infiniteuploads.com\/docs-category\/advanced-configuration\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"knowledge_base_info":[],"knowledge_base_slug":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infiniteuploads.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/docs\/11006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infiniteuploads.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infiniteuploads.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infiniteuploads.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/3787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/infiniteuploads.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/docs\/11006\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infiniteuploads.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/11010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infiniteuploads.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infiniteuploads.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=11006"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infiniteuploads.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=11006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}