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. Hi, I’m using the pro version and I keep getting errors when trying to upload a file on an iphone. It keeps giving the message “the uploaded file exceeds the file size limit”, but the file size is very small. I can upload the same file on chrome and edge for PC and chrome for Android.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            2. Hello,

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              thank you for this wonderful plugin.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Could you please give an example or a hint how it is possible to sort users in the file browser by the count of uploaded files?

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              I tried to manage how it is possible to get it work through some args to the query but the uploaded files aren’t saved as another post_type that could have been able to select throught the meta_query args and so on …

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Or maybe there is another possibility to have a grouped parent view of the file browser list by users. It would be then perfect to have a extra sortable column with a file count of an user.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Thank you in advance for a short reply.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Kind regards
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Wola

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            3. Hi Nickolas,

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Hope you are doing well. I have been using your WordPress File Upload since Sept 2020. I bought it on your website and installed it on my website. My website provides free complementary education to poor village students in India. We use your plugin for students to upload their submissions, and I would push their uploads to Google Drive using Google Transfer and for teachers to view the submissions. The plugin was working perfectly till Aug 22 2022. Since then around 1500 uploads by students have been stuck in my WordPress site (wp-content folder) with pending state for transfers to Google Drive. This has slowed down my website significantly to a point of not being usable. When I go to the settings for your Plugin on my dashboard and go to File Transfers, I can see all the files there but they are in pending state, and I don’t see the files on Google Drive. I have attached a screenshot of the pending state of transfers since Aug 22 2022. Your help is most appreciated. Do I have to repay your plugin or upgrade it? I am on WordPress 6.0.2.

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