Offload Media – Cloud Storage

Offload Media – Cloud Storage copies the files you upload to the WordPress Media Library to cloud storage and serves them from there. Images, videos, PDFs and other attachments load from your Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage, Cloudflare R2 or DigitalOcean Spaces bucket, or from a CDN in front of it.

Serving media from the cloud takes load and disk usage off your web server, and a CDN delivers files from locations closer to your visitors, which can help page speed.

Supported cloud storage providers

• Amazon S3 (including buckets with ACLs disabled)
• Google Cloud Storage (including buckets with uniform bucket-level access)
• Cloudflare R2
• DigitalOcean Spaces

Features

• Automatic offloading: new Media Library uploads are copied to your bucket, including every generated image size and the original image.
• URL rewriting: media URLs in posts, pages, image srcsets and the block editor point to the cloud. Post content keeps local URLs in the database, so your content stays intact if you turn the plugin off.
• CDN support: serve files through a custom CDN or endpoint URL, such as Amazon CloudFront or a Cloudflare domain.
• Pre-signed URLs: serve files through expiring, signed URLs with a configurable lifetime.
• Save disk space: optionally remove local copies once files are in the cloud.
• Folder structure: set a base path and keep WordPress year/month folders.
• Object versioning: add a unique prefix to file paths to avoid stale CDN caches (Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage, DigitalOcean Spaces).
• Stays in sync: edited images and regenerated thumbnails are offloaded again, and deleting media also removes it from your bucket.
• Reliable background uploads: offloading runs in a queue with automatic retries, so busy uploads and temporary provider errors do not leave files behind.
• Guided setup: a configuration wizard verifies your credentials, can create a new bucket, and lets you keep access keys in wp-config.php.
• Offload details: the attachment details screen shows each file’s provider, region and access.
• Works with WooCommerce product images and other themes and plugins that use the standard WordPress media functions.
• Translation-ready.

Pro version

Offload Media – Cloud Storage Pro adds:

• More providers: Wasabi, MinIO and other S3-compatible storage.
• Bulk tools: offload your existing Media Library, remove local copies, or download files back to your server in bulk.
• Media Library tools: an offload status column and per-file actions to sync, remove or download files.
• Image optimization: image compression with original backups, and WebP generation, offloading and delivery.
• WooCommerce: WooCommerce downloadable product files served from your bucket.
• Troubleshooting tools: connection, media and delivery checks, cache clearing, and import of data from earlier versions.

Useful links

• Documentation
• Support
• Upgrade to Pro
• Other Acowebs plugins

External services

This plugin connects to the Acowebs Feedback API (https://audience.acowebs.com), run by Acowebs. Nothing is sent on activation, on page load or in the background: data is sent only after an administrator clicks a button.

• Deactivation feedback: when you deactivate the plugin, a short optional survey opens. Only if you click “Send & deactivate”, the plugin sends your answer and details, your site address, site name and language, the plugin name, edition and version, and your WordPress, WooCommerce and PHP versions. Your name and email are included only while “Acowebs can contact me about this feedback” is ticked. “Skip & deactivate” sends nothing.
• Newsletter signup: a dismissible notice on the Dashboard and the plugin’s settings page invites you to join the Acowebs newsletter. Only if you click “Subscribe”, the plugin sends the email address you entered, your first name and phone number if you filled them in, your site address and site name, and the plugin name and edition. “Not now” hides the notice for good and sends nothing.

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