Storage & destinations
Where uploaded files end up — cloud accounts, FTP and custom paths.
10 articles, in the order most people need them
Cloud storage overview
Which cloud services the plugin can transfer uploads to, and how a file moves from your site to each of them.
Google Drive
Connect a Google Drive account once, then have uploads transferred to it, with the local copy kept or removed.
Google Drive: new activation
Google retired the out-of-band OAuth flow in 2022. What changed in 4.16.5, and how to reconnect an account.
Dropbox
Link a Dropbox account and send uploads there, choosing the destination folder and what to do with duplicates.
Microsoft OneDrive
Connect a OneDrive account and transfer uploads to it, setting the folder and whether the local copy stays.
Amazon S3
Transfer uploads to an S3 bucket, with control over the destination path and what happens to the local file.
Amazon S3: configuration
The AWS side: creating an IAM user, generating access keys, and setting the bucket permissions the plugin needs.
FTP & SFTP
Store uploads on another server, or on this one where PHP has no write permission, over FTP or SFTP.
Custom upload path
Set the folder with the uploadpath attribute, or build it per user at upload time with a filter.
Remote files
Find uploads whose remote copy still exists but whose local file has gone, and tidy them up.
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