After 4.6.0 version, WordPress File Upload plugin supports Google Drive uploads. Administrators can choose to transfer the files uploaded by their website visitors to a Google Drive account.
To enable Google Drive uploads, we first need to define a Google Drive account and allow the plugin to have access to it. We do this very easily by going to the plugin’s Settings in Dashboard:
There is a Google Drive Uploads option there which shows that Google Drive Uploads are not activated and prompts to press the “Press here” button. By pressing this button, a new page (or tab) appears first asking to select a Google account and then informing that “WordPress File Upload Plugin wants additional access to your Google Account” as shown below:
After pressing Continue button the page will close, approval process will complete and you will see the “Activated” text, as shown below:
Notice: In case the page does not close when you press Continue button, but you see a page like this:
then close the window and repeat the activation process by pressing again “Press here” button. Then it should work.
Now you are ready to enable Google Drive uploads to your WordPress File Upload plugin instances, by adding manually the attribute gdrive=”true” inside the plugin’s shortcode. If you wish to use the Shortcode Composer, then go to Interoperability tab and enable the option “Upload to Google Drive”, as shown below:
Another 4 Google Drive options are provided:
- The ability to define the destination directory at the Google Drive account by setting gdrivepath attribute into the shortcode, or by setting Google Drive Path option using the Shortcode Composer. If this directory does not exist, it will be created when a file is transferred to the Google Drive account. If no destination path is set, files will be transferred to the root of Google Drive account.
- The ability to add the submitted userdata, if the upload form contain userdata, to the Google Drive file by setting gdriveuserdata attribute into the shortcode, or by setting Include Userdata option using the Shortcode Composer. Google Drive allows to add a description for each file, so the submitted userdata are added in file’s description, as shown below:
- The ability to determine if the local file will be deleted or not, by setting the value “delete” or “keep” in gdrivelocal attribute into the shortcode, or by setting Local File Action option using the Shortcode Composer.
- The ability to trash any files in Google Drive destination folder having the same filename as the uploaded file, by setting gdriveduplicates attribute into the shortcode, or by setting Trash Duplicates option using the Shortcode Composer. It is noted that Google Drive allows files and subfolders with identical names to exist in the same folder, so this attribute ensures that only one file with the same name exists, overwriting any previous files.
After enabling Google Drive uploads, files that uploaded through the WordPress File Upload plugin will be transferred to the Google Drive account that we have set.
For any questions, problems or suggestions, please contact us.
The Iptanus team
after having uploaded, I found my file in the uploads section with a link to “Send to Google Drive”
as that was clearly my intention can, I get it to automate this, and send it straight after upload?
Yes you can configure the plugin so that uploaded files are transferred to Google Drive automatically. Here is the link with instructions.
Regards
Nickolas
Our company is interested in buying your PRO version, however we have some questions.
1. Is there a file upload max size?
2. Can we bypass uploading to our media folder? We would just like the file that is uploaded go straight to a google drive folder and not reside on our server. Thanks.
Hi, here are answers:
1. Yes there is a setting to define max upload size.
2. Files are first uploaded to the website and they are then transferred automatically by the plugin to the google drive folder. However there is an option to delete the local file (in the website) after transfer is complete.
Regards
Nickolas
Hi,
I am testing the Google Drive upload function in the pro version and need some guidance. I created a folder called “mtest” under the root of my google drive, and then under the Plugin Settings I entered “mtest” as the Google Drive Default Path. I also went to the Interoperability tab and set the Google Drive Path there to testsite/%userdata1%. When I did the upload, there were no errors, but the mtest folder in the root of my google drive was empty. It did however create a new root folder called “testsiteBen Mannino” with the file contained inside. So I guess the issue here is how to properly represent a Google Drive path when typing it into these plugin fields. I tried entering “\mtest” as the default folder with no luck. I believe I also experimented with using “\” and “/” and neither seemed to work. Any ideas?
Hello.
Great plugin!
Q: How can I get list of folders of Google Drive to choose by the user before sending a file?
Regards!
Adrian
Hi Adrian. Unfortunately this is not supported. Is the list of folders fixed or dynamic?
Regards
Nickolas
If Google Drive is blocked on the visitor’s country like China, will this still work? Does your uploadered directly upload to Google Drive or does it get uploaded to my website first before moving to Google Drive?
Hi, files are first uploaded to the website and then transferred to Google Drive. So, if your website is in China I am not sure if it will work.
Regards
Nickolas
Where do you store the data which shows up on the page “List of Uploaded Files” ? I would like to clear that data occasionally.
There is Clear Log button in Maintenance Actions Dashboard page of the plugin that clears data based on a selected period.
Regards
Nickolas
I have configured it to directly upload the file to Google drive. Although the file get uploaded to the wordpress server, it does NOT get uploaded to google drive. Its showing status : “File is being transferred to google drive:root” on the “List of Uploaded Files” page.
When I did first setup the plugin, the files where successfully uploading to gdrive. But when I checked after a day, it has stopped uploading any new files.
Can you please help …
I tried unlinking the google drive and relinking it. But now the “Press Here” button is not opening the google drive login page.
Below is the error I get when I click on “Google Drive Uploads: Press Here” button.
20200523T171436: http://www.xyz.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
PHP Warning: file_get_contents(https://iptanusservices.appspot.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php): failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found
in /hermes/bosnacweb02/bosnacweb02bg/b1720/sl.mysite/public_html/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-file-upload-pro/lib/wfu_functions.php on line 7751
PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to a member function createAuthUrl() on null in /hermes/bosnacweb02/bosnacweb02bg/b1720/sl.mysite/public_html/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-file-upload-pro/extensio
Hi, I just tested it in my environment. I cannot reproduce your problem. Set Post Method option in Settings to cURL. Then try to connect to Google Drive again. Does it work?
Nickolas
Below is the error with cUrl switched on:
20200525T121002: http://www.banc-online.org/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to a member function createAuthUrl() on null in /hermes/bosnacweb02/bosnacweb02bg/b1720/sl.ncbongs/public_html/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-file-upload-pro/extensions/wfu_gdrive/_wfu_gdrive.php:9
Stack trace:
#0 /hermes/bosnacweb02/bosnacweb02bg/b1720/sl.ncbongs/public_html/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-file-upload-pro/extensions/wfu_gdrive/wfu_gdrive_ajaxactions.php(22): wfu_gdrive_authorize_app_start()
#1 /hermes/bosnacweb02/bosnacweb02bg/b1720/sl.ncbongs/public_html/
20200525T121006: http://www.banc-online.org/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to a member function createAuthUrl() on null in /hermes/bosnacweb02/bosnacweb02bg/b1720/sl.ncbongs/public_html/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-file-upload-pro/extensions/wfu_gdrive/_wfu_gdrive.php:9
Stack trace:
#0 /hermes/bosnacweb02/bosnacweb02bg/b1720/sl.ncbongs/public_html/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-file-upload-pro/extensions/wfu_gdrive/wfu_gdrive_ajaxactions.php(22): wfu_gdrive_authorize_app_start()
#1 /hermes/bosnacweb02/bosnacweb02bg/b1720/sl.ncbongs/public_html/
Can you please remove the website url from the earlier post/reply before making the past active.
what do you mean?
Nickolas
1. uninstalled the plugin
2. Deleted all the entries from wp-options for this plugin.
3. Re-installed the plugin.
4. Configured everything from scratch. But still the google drive signup popup page is not opening. Although I was able to link to a dropbox account successfully.
Do you know how to enable DEBUG mode in your website? Maybe there is something logged there.
Nickolas
We are looking to upload files on a specific FTP path on the wordpress server to a folder in GDrive. The files should be uploaded (synced) to the GDrive but never removed by the plugin on GDrive.
The upload will only be for specific folders on the server and not all media ect. Is there away to do this?
Hi, let me understand correctly. The source files are located in an FTP path?
Regards
Nickolas
Hola, he realizado todo el proceso para vincular a Google Drive, está todo ok, pero no llegan los archivos a Google Drive, ¿esto por que puede estar sucediendo? Gracias.
Hi
I have the pro version. I have followed the instructions to set upload files to Google Drive. Google drive uploads “Activate.” The file sits in Pending File Transfer and does not upload to my Google Drive. gdrive=”true” gdriveuserdata=”true”
Please can you help
Hi, what is the shortcode of the upload form?
Regards
Nickolas
Hi Nickolas
The full code
[wordpress_file_upload uploadpath=”” captcha=”true” forcefilename=”true” duplicatespolicy=”maintain both” uniquepattern=”datetimestamp” placements=”userdata/captcha/title/filename/selectbutton/uploadbutton/subfolders/filelist/message” requiredlabel=”(*)” notify=”true” notifyrecipients=”%userdata2%” notifymessage=”Dear Friend%n%%n%This is an automatic delivery message to notify you that your file has been uploaded.%n%%n%We will contact you shortly.%n%%n%Best Regards%n%%n%SJ” userdata=”true” userdatalabel=”Your Name:|t:text|s:left|r:1|a:0|p:none|d:/Email|t:email|s:left|r:1|a:0|v:1|p:none|d:|g:0/Phone Number (+00)|t:number|s:left|r:0|a:0|v:1|h:0|p:none|d:|f:d/Comments|t:multitext|s:left|r:0|p:none” gdrive=”true” gdriveuserdata=”true”]
Hi, I see so problems. What is your server? 32 or 64bit? and your PHP version? you can see these in plugin’s Main page in Dashboard.
Nickolas
Hi Nickolas
Please see the details below.
Status
Edition Professional
Version 4.14.4 You have the latest version.
Server Environment 64bit (Your server supports files up to 1 Exabyte, practically unlimited)
PHP Version 7.4.10
Hi,
When using the pro version to upload files to Google Drive, when a user uploads a file does it go directly to Google Drive, or is it uploaded to WordPress then copied to Google drive?
I’m looking for a solution where the uploads go directly to Google drive and are not stored in wordpress.
Hi, there is an option in the shortcode to delete the local file when it is transferred to Google Drive. So files will only be kept to Google Drive.
Regards
Nickolas
Thanks for your reply Nickolas.
How would you say the delay is between a file being submitted through the upload button, and the file being uploaded to Google Drive?
My concern is that the file will be submitted to the website and the automated email will arrive notifying of the upload before the file is uploaded to the cloud.
Also is the functionality the same with OneDrive?
Thanks
Yes what you say might happen, because of the way the plugin transfers the files to Google Drive. A file is first uploaded to the website. Then the plugin transfers it automatically to Google Drive. The transfer is done as a background process and it may time time. The time is not fixed (because web servers do not have a reliable scheduling mechanism). It might take a few seconds, or hours. Usually it takes some seconds.
However this delay means that the user will get the notification email about the file being uploaded to the cloud, but the file will not be there yet.
There are some workarounds:
1. Activate ModSecurity Restrictions option in plugin’s Settings. This makes transfer process to start immediately after the file is uploaded. It will work reliably (in combination with the notification email) for small files (e.g. less than 10MB). For larger files it may cause lags to the website. Nevertheless, you can try it.
2. Make the plugin send the email right after the file is finally transferred to Google Drive. This will make sure that the file is there when the user receives the file. However it requires customization of the plugin.
The same happens with OneDrive and Dropbox also.
Regards
Nickolas
Hi,
I’m interested in your plugin. But I want to ask if It also list the form submitters’ information in Google Sheets or if the form record submitted has a hyperlink to the uploaded images or videos.
Looking forward to your response.
Hi, the plugin keeps in the database metadata about each uploaded file (who uploaded it, when, path of the uploaded file etc.). So this information exists.
However, I do not quite understand what you want to do. Can you explain in more details?
Regards
Nickolas
Hi,
Have the WordPress File Upload the option to be integrated in form build plugins? Thanks.
Hi, not really, because you cannot have a form inside another form. However the plugin allows to add custom fields on the upload form, so it can substitute any other form plugin.
Regards
Nickolas
I cannot get this plugin to upload to Google Drive, nor can I get it to load to OneDrive. I’ve followed all of your instructions thoroughly. It always uploads to the uploads folder on my wordpress installation on the server. Can you help me make this work? I sent an email to support but don’t see a response yet.