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.
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
Set-up and reference
- 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_uploaddirectory into thewp-content/pluginsdirectory of your site yourself. - Activate the plugin from the Plugins section of your Dashboard.
- 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. - 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.
- Open the page in your browser and you will see the upload form, or the list of files.
- View what has arrived from the Uploaded Files item in the Dashboard menu.
- 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.
- 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.
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.
- 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.
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.

The other problem I am having is that it keeps overwriting the Email Subject and Email Body with %username% and the Upload Role.
And one last question I have is how do I enable multiple file uploads? I do not see a place to set this to “True”. Maybe I was given the wrong link and got the light version instead of Pro?
Thanks,
Mike
Can you please be more specific about the “The other problem I am having is that it keeps overwriting the Email Subject and Email Body with %username% and the Upload Role.”??? Can you give me an example?
You can set multiple=”true” in the shortcode. It is also inside the Shortcode Composer of the Dashboard, in General Tab under section “Basic Functionalities”. If you don’t see it, then you probably have the free version!!! How did you download the plugin?
More on the other problem I am having about it overwriting the Email Subject and Email Body. I set it up with the following:
The original contents of Email Subject was:
%username% has uploaded a file.
The original contents of Email Body was:
Dear Recipient,
This is an automatic delivery message to notify you that a new file has been uploaded by %username% to %filepath%.
Best Regards
After I go out of that tab, say to another page in the admin panel and then come back, I find that it has substituted the following:
Email Subject:
administrator,subscriber0
Email Body:
administrator,subscriber1
As for the ability to set multiple file uploads, in my General tab under “Basic Functionalities”, I have the following three options:
Plugin ID
Single Button Operation
Upload Path
I downloaded the plugin from the link I got in my confirmation email. It had the following:
WordPress File Upload Pro
Download: wordpress-file-upload-2.3.1.zip
I thought it was strange that the plugin wasn’t named Pro, but I recognized that it was different than the wp-file-upload-2.3.1.zip name that I downloaded as the free one. Did I get the right file?
Thanks,
Mike
Just an update: I set multiple=”true” in the shortcode, but it made no difference.
Thanks,
Mike
Hi there! I love your plugin, it’s light, simple and easy. Anyway, I have a question: how do I increase the distance between the lines? The boxes are vertically too close together. Thanks a lot for your time and help. 🙂
There is a height attribute that you can use (for syntax use the Shortcode Composer inside plugin’s Dashboard Settings). In case this does not solve your problem, then you will have to use custom css code. For the moment there is no custom css option in the plugin, so you will have to use your theme’s custom css section. The new version of the plugin will have a custom css attribute. If you don’t know how to use css, let me know so that I can help you.
Nickolas
I’ve tried half a day to get it running with
WordPress 3.8.2, Twenty Ten and a few plugins. Finally wp-typography turned out to be the grinch:
When activated: just page title is diplayed.
When deactivated: WordPress File Upload works as described.
Thanks for the excellent plugin.
Best regards
Wolfgang