{"id":36,"date":"2014-06-20T14:54:27","date_gmt":"2014-06-20T18:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/diananichols.wpengine.com\/?p=36"},"modified":"2016-09-22T06:49:57","modified_gmt":"2016-09-22T10:49:57","slug":"upload-rename-file","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpwhatnot.com\/upload-rename-file\/","title":{"rendered":"Upload and Rename a File"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have a couple of applications where users need to upload files regularly, and have them renamed and placed into a specific directory. 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