Iptanus File Upload

Front-end file uploads for WordPress

Let visitors upload files from any page, post or sidebar widget — into your Media library, or straight to Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, Amazon S3 or an FTP server.

Iptanus File Upload

What it does

A form on any page

One shortcode, or a Gutenberg block. Add your own fields, filter by size, extension or user role, and run several forms in the same post.

Files go where you need

The Media library, a NextGEN gallery, an FTP server or a cloud account. Large files upload in chunks, past the server’s own limit.

You see what arrives

A file browser and activity log in the dashboard, email notifications on upload, and a viewer your logged-in users can see too.

What it looks like

The upload form, as a visitor sees it
The Iptanus File Upload form as a visitor sees it: a file field with Select Files and Upload Files buttons, a subfolder chooser, a consent question, and a progress bar
The default form. Fields, buttons, labels and colours are all configurable.

Set-up and reference

Install it
  1. Install the plugin with the WordPress auto-installer, or download the .zip file from wordpress.org and install it from the Plugins section of your Dashboard.Or copy the wordpress_file_upload directory into the wp-content/plugins directory of your site yourself.
  2. Activate the plugin from the Plugins section of your Dashboard.
Put it on a page
  1. For an upload form, go to Dashboard / Settings / Iptanus File Upload and follow the instructions in Uploader Instances.[wordpress_file_upload]Or put the shortcode straight into the contents of any page.
  2. For a list of uploaded files, follow the instructions in Uploaded File List Instances instead.[wordpress_file_upload_browser]Or put the shortcode straight into the contents of any page.
Once it is running
  1. Open the page in your browser and you will see the upload form, or the list of files.
  2. View what has arrived from the Uploaded Files item in the Dashboard menu.
  3. Change the upload directory, or any other setting, from the small edit button at the top-left corner of the upload form.It opens the plugin options in a new window. If nothing appears, allow pop-up windows for your site.
  4. Full documentation of the plugin options is in the Options section below.

A handy Getting Started guide can be found here.

You can download the free version of the plugin by pressing the FREE version button below, or you can go for the professional version that offers multiple file uploads, captcha and much more by pressing the PRO version button. Professional licences are one-off, and their updates never expire.

Free versionPro version

The plugin offers many options for the two shortcodes, so that they can be tailored to any requirements. These options are available in the following links:

From version 2.4.1 filters and actions are supported in order to allow programmers to integrate Iptanus File Upload plugin with other plugins, extend its capabilities or perform advanced operations.

A detailed list of the plugin’s filters and actions can be found in this article.

The plugin is translated in the following languages:

Portuguese
kindly provided by Rui Alao
German
French
kindly provided by Thomas Bastide of omicronn.fr
Serbian
kindly provided by Andrijana Nikolic of webhostinggeeks.com
Dutch
kindly provided by Ruben Heynderycx
Chinese
kindly provided by Yingjun Li
Spanish
kindly provided by Marton
Italian
kindly provided by Enrico Marcolini marcuz.it
Polish
Swedish
kindly provided by Leif Persson marcuz.it
Persian
kindly provided by Shahriyar Modami chabokgroup.com
Greek

Translations in other languages are more than welcome!.

The plugin requires to have Javascript enabled in your browser. For Internet Explorer you also need to have Active-X enabled.

Please note that old desktop browsers or mobile browsers may not support all of the above features. In order to get full functionality use the latest versions of browsers, supporting HTML5, AJAX and CSS3.

You can read the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service of the plugin in the following links:

You can also read the Google Drive Privacy Policy and Terms of Service of the plugin in the following links:

Release notes

153 versions · 847 changes

What changed in each version. Grouped by major release — these entries carry no dates.

12 releases · 5.0.0 – 5.1.10 5 carry a security fix
  • Fixed bug where emails could not be sent after the release of the previous version.
  • Verified compatibility with latest 7.0 WordPress version.
  • Added uploadid length check in wfu_ajax_action_send_email_notification().
  • Added wfu_params_*, wfu_gst_* and wfu_userstate_* in periodical cleanup.
  • Added Transient Options section in Maintenance Actions tab.
  • Fixed SQL injection issue CVSS 9.3 from Patchstack.
  • Fixed File Overwrite Race Condition when uploading files with the same filename concurrently.
  • Verified compatibility with latest 6.9 WordPress version.
  • Fixed bug where a file could not be downloaded from Uploaded Files Dashboard menu.
  • Fixed double-escaped HTML code of text when Pro version is deactivated. Pro
  • Added support for FTP over TLS (FTPS) uploads.
  • Fixed bug where the visual editor of the file viewer could not be invoked when there was no upload form on the same page. Pro
  • Fixed bug where alt text and description in NGG image was not stored because NGG modified its API. Pro
  • Fixed bug where the visual editor threw warnings for not finding personaldata when Personal Data were deactivated from the plugin's Settings in Dashboard.
  • Fixed bug where a fatal error was thrown when updating the Pro version of the plugin and the extensions had to be reloaded. Pro
  • Fixed bug where Link and Remotelink columns showed HTML code instead of links, due to excessive escaping. Pro
  • Modified Messenger activation workflow due to withdrawal of Send To Messenger plugin from Meta. Pro
  • Corrected bug where the upload form visual editor was not opening when Material UI theme was active.
  • Corrected bug where notification emails were not sent when Material UI theme was active.
  • Updated vendor libraries.
  • Removal of Post Method setting from free version.
  • Removal of curl_exec, file_get_contents and sockets from wfu_get_request() and wfu_post_request() of free version.
  • Improvements on how AJAX endpoint is provided.
  • Corrections to "Requires at least" value.
  • Replacement of eval() in minification function.
  • Corrected warning where translatable constants where loaded before the plugin textdomain was loaded.
  • Further security improvements for compliance with wordpress.org.
  • Added translation for all backend of the plugin.
  • Modified plugin code so that all echoed variables to HTML are escaped.
  • Modified code so that all input is sanitized, including all $_SERVER, $_COOKIE and $_SESSION input.
  • Plugin name changed to Iptanus File Upload.
80 releases · 4.0.0 – 4.25.3 21 carry a security fix
                                                                                                                                                                  32 releases · 3.0.0 – 3.11.0 4 carry a security fix
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  29 releases · 2.0.1 – 2.7.6 5 carry a security fix

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Every version on one page, without JavaScript: the full changelog.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Free and Pro

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            The free version does not expire and is not a trial. Pro adds nineteen features. The full comparison and the price are on one page.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            894 discussions

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Most recent: October 2025

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Questions answered by Iptanus and other users.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1. RE: Email Notifications

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Is it possible to insert variables from the “Additional Fields” section?

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              The following is not working for Email Recipients:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              myemailaddresss@mydomain.com, %userdata1%

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              As my form is in a general password protected page (not a specific user with a unique email address), I am asking the file uploader to provide their email address and name. Then I am trying to add their email address to the list of recipients so they get an email confirmation that their file was sent.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Thanks.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              1. This has not been implemented yet but I will put it in the next version… in a few days from now… thanks for the feedback….

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            2. Hi, amazing plugin, so far it’s really easy to setup and has some amazing features compared with other plugin. gratz!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              I wanted to know if there is a way to store a file using the userdata value, lets say “email” as a folder (ex.:uploads/%userdata_email%).

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              I need to do this for guest users that don’t have an account.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              1. Hi, no way yet…. userdata values cannot be used inside the uploadpath (didn’t have this kind of request so far)… however this seems to be a good way for users with no account, so I will put it in the next version in a few days from now… thanks for the feedback…

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            3. Thanks for providing the plugin. It comes really handy.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              However, I see several issues when using it:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              (1) File size: Files of up to 10mb are uploaded easily, but no bigger files. (currently the Showstopper for me)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Resetting upload_max_filesize in php ini did not help.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              (2) All input boxes/buttons are too small be default.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              how can userdata input boxes be resized
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              (3) Notify message texts are set, but default english ones are shown nonetheless.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              (4) Button “Select file” is not in line with “Send file” and file input box. Altering the css file, as decribed above, did not work.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              I did spent quite some time on it. When starting with it, I did not expect that much time one has to invest to get a quite simple version to work. I’ll probably try something else as well, as I don’t see how to overcome the described issues.

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