WordPress: Update PDFs without losing links

Question

I have uploaded a couple of pdf files to my WordPress website according to the directions you have provided on this site. My question is, how can I update my pdf’s without having to go through all those steps? Is there a way that I can upload my new pdf’s to overwrite the old ones?

Answer

If you update your PDFs frequently you have a couple of choices:

• Upload your files via FTP and overwrite the old files in the process naming them exactly the same. WordPress accesses the files by name, so your links will still work.
• Using the media area in WordPress, delete the PDFs first and then re-upload them using the same names. This would have the same result.