How to Change Joomla 4’s Default Temp Folder Path

Every Joomla website has a default temp (temporary) folder located inside its folder structure. This folder contains many files and folders that are used for miscellaneous purposes. While it’s safe to assume that files stored in this directory will likely be deleted or moved to a more permanent location shortly after being put here, it is better to understand what kind types of files does this folder contains, why it’s there, and whether it’s important to your website. Let’s see!

What is the Temp folder in Joomla?

Well, the temp folder is used by the Joomla system during software installation or extension updates. Whenever Joomla performs these operations, the system needs a temporary place to store the files and handle them. Of course, the same goes for Joomla 4 to provide that space to these files. Additionally, when an extension is uploaded in the .zip format, it is stored in the temp directory as well. Then they are extracted into the correct folders. Besides, the temporary files of all other file manipulation tasks are also placed into this temp folder. Therefore, it is very important.

By default, Joomla uses its own temp folder called tmp, and you can find it at the root of your Joomla installation.

Default Temp Folder Path in Joomla 4

For various unpredictable reasons, the folder may not be cleaned automatically by Joomla as it is supposed to be. Therefore it is common practice for Joomla administrators to periodically manually empty the temp folder by leaving only the index.html file inside.

How to change the default temp folder path

Changing the default temp folder path in Joomla 4 is quite easy and can be done through the Global Configuration.

From the Home Dashboard, navigate to System > Global Configuration:

Then on the Server tab, just under the Server section, you’ll see an option called Path to Temp Folder right in the very first field.

As you can see from the screenshot above, I have the default Joomla tmp folder, at the root of the Joomla installation directory.

To change the default temp folder, enter the full path to your new temp folder. Simply change the last part into whatever folder you’d like. Then click Save & Close and you’re done.

* Please do note that if the path here is not configured correctly or the permissions of the temp folder are not right, you will not be able to install extensions. When there is any problem with the folder, you may get an error telling that the archive does not exist.

To make sure the path is correct, you need to log in to your server, find the “tmp” folder and copy its full path. In terms of the permissions, make sure that the temp folder is writable. The preferable permissions are 755.

And that’s it! You now know how to change the default temp folder path in Joomla 4. Hope you enjoyed the article, and don’t hesitate to leave your comments should you have any questions.

Thanks for reading, and stay tuned for more how-tos!

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