Working with uploaded files
On most platforms, media files uploaded to a WordPress site are stored in a filesystem local to the site’s web server. On the VIP Platform, media files uploaded or imported to a WordPress environment are stored on the VIP File System, which is an external object store. A WordPress site’s /wp-content/uploads/
directory is mapped to this external object store. This design provides better security and allows VIP’s CDN to more easily scale access to a site’s media.