Title: WP_Filesystem_Base::move
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: April 28, 2025

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# WP_Filesystem_Base::move( string $source, string $destination, bool $overwrite = false ): bool

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_base/move/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_base/move/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_base/move/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_base/move/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Moves a file.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_base/move/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$source`stringrequired

Path to the source file.

`$destination`stringrequired

Path to the destination file.

`$overwrite`booloptional

Whether to overwrite the destination file if it exists.

Default:`false`

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_base/move/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 bool True on success, false on failure.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_base/move/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    public function move( $source, $destination, $overwrite = false ) {
    	return false;
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-base.php/)
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[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-base.php#L647-L649)

## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_base/move/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [2.5.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/2.5.0/) | Introduced. |

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