Since version 3.5.0, the Iptanus File Upload plugin can send uploads to Dropbox. Files that your visitors upload are transferred to a Dropbox account of your choosing.
Connecting a Dropbox account
First you need to name the account and give the plugin access to it. Open the plugin’s Settings in the Dashboard:
The Dropbox Uploads option shows as not activated, with a Press here button beside it. Pressing it opens a new page telling you that “Iptanus File Upload Plugin would like access to the files and folders in your Dropbox“. If you are not signed in to Dropbox, you are asked to sign in first.
Press Allow. The next screen shows a code:
Copy that code into the text box of the Dropbox Uploads option in the plugin’s Settings:
Press Finish. The option now reads “Activated”:
Sending a form’s uploads to Dropbox
Add the attribute dropbox=”true” to the plugin’s shortcode. If you prefer the Shortcode Composer, open the Interoperability tab and switch on Upload to Dropbox:
The two further options
- The destination folder — the dropboxpath attribute, or Dropbox Path in the composer. A folder that does not exist yet is created when the first file arrives. With no path set, files go to the root of the account.
- The local copy — the dropboxlocal attribute, set to “delete” or “keep”, or Local File Action in the composer. It decides whether the file stays on your own server once it has been transferred.
Once Dropbox uploads are switched on, every file uploaded through the plugin is transferred to the account you connected.
If you have questions, problems or suggestions, please contact us.
The Iptanus team
When your server environment is 32-bit and you don’t plan on uploading anything larger than 2Gb, you can make this work by editing the RequestUtil.php file in plugins/wordpress/file-upload-pro/vendor/dropbox/. Look for “if (strlen((string) PHP_INT_MAX) < 19) {" on line 19. Change the 19 into 9, and you will get the link-to-Dropbox popup as described on this page. You can connect and you can upload; I've tested with 300Mb files and it works.
Of course, THIS STOPS WORKING as soon as the plugin gets an update and any changes are reverted.
I am having the same issue. Just bought the plugin today and have spent ages configuring. Now I want to connect it to Dropbox and I cant.
Its a 64bit server and there are no other dropbox plugins. The ‘Press Here’ does nothing. I have tried Chrome and IE.
Any ideas?
Hi, when you open the main page of the plugin in Dashboard, you see the version of the plugin. Do you see next to the version number a message saying “You have the latest version” or something like this?
It says 3.9.5
Looking deeper into the console I am getting a Server 500 error on ajax-admin.php
There are 2 possible reasons for this problem:
a. Memory problems. Please try to increase the memory of your WordPress website.
b. Your host rejects ajax-admin.php requests for some reason. You need to get in contact with them and ask them.
Regards
Nickolas