Ismail

This plugin will help you add file upload feature to your site, set maximum upload size, allowed file extensions, and much more through a simple shortcode or a custom function.
Totally AJAX, your uploads will be processed faster and an elegant way. All you need to do is to add the shortcode to your content, or call the plugin’s custom function whithin your code and that’s it.
You can either use <code>[ajax-file-upload /*settings as attributes*/]</code> shortcode to display the quick media upload buttons in the front-end, or use <code>do_shortcode('[ajax-file-upload ..]')</code> in your PHP templates, or the built-in function <code>ajax_file_upload( $args )</code> for which you should set the settings as an array in the 1 function parameter (those act like shortcode attributes, in case of confusion).
Some featues:
<ul>
<li>
Upload any type of media as long as your settings allow, nice and easy
</li>
<li>
Set file extensions to let limit the uploads to only custom extensions, like for instance images (jpg,png,gif,bmp..)
</li>
<li>
Set maximum upload size and when a user tries to upload a larger file, they will get a notice (which you can totally customize)
</li>
<li>
Custom permission to upload, you can choose to allow uploads to certain user role, or logged-in users only, or everyone!
</li>
<li>
Fully extensible, and creates custom JavaScript events which you can hook into to get the upload data settings, response, file, and much more (view docs)
</li>
</ul>
You can always switch between settings from a shortcode to another, you are not obliged to use the same settings, but when a shortcode’s settings are empty or the unique identifier attribute is not set then in this case, the default settings (you can change them in the admin) will be used.
Also, supports child theme. You can copy the entire plugin folder to your child theme and there modify the JavaScript, CSS, and even the shortcode template and other files. Basically any file except the main loader file.
This is totally free and open source plugin. You can contribute to it, fork it on Github, include it in your project and much more and always feel free to do so. Licensed under GNU GPL, just like major WordPress plugins and WordPress itself.
If you liked it, please leave us a useful review here on WordPress, share around the social media and star the Github repository. Thank you in advance!
More useful documentation can be found on Github https://github.com/elhardoum/AJAX-File-Upload and you can contact me anytime from this contact form: <a href="http://samelh.com/contact" rel="nofollow ugc"></a>http://samelh.com/contact/

AJAX File Upload

Works great, you can implement this the way you want..



Works great

I would like to thank the developer for taking the time to create a well thought out and very customizable plugin. There are many hooks and actions from which you can expand on to create a more advanced plugin that is feature rich. This is definitely a time saver for anyone looking to add upload functionality to their site.

Very Nicely Done

First of all, I do want to say the plugin is a great start. However, I have already found 2 ways to improve it. First of all, you don't mention all of the hooks available in the documentation. I found some hooks in the source code that I was able to use to add my own email functionality. 

//Add Custom Email to AJAX File Upload for Purchase Orders
add_action('afu_after_upload_done', 'ajax_po_after_upload', 99);

function ajax_po_after_upload($args){
	$message = $args["url"];
	wp_mail($message);
}

It would be nice to add this email option as a parameter as well. Something like: send_email="email@email.com". By default, it would just send some very basic email with a link to the file. That way people don't have to go digging through the uploads directory to try and find the file. 

Also, it would be really nice if you included a shortcode parameter for "single_file" upload. Basically the idea here is that instead of having to click the upload button after the selection of the file, it would just auto upload the file immediately after selection - thus assuming there is only going to be a single file uploaded. Therefore, once that single file is selected, the need for the upload button is gone. Just select file -> click OK -> file is uploaded immediately. So, in this case, there would be no need to even display the upload or delete buttons at all. If you are willing to use this idea, I am willing to write the code for you as long as you include it in the plugin so it will always be there in future updates. Deal? 

Good - but room for improvement

Awesome!

Fast and easy front-end WordPress file uploader with shortcodes fully extensible

Sparanoid

Media Auto Hash Rename will rename any file (specific files can be ignored by file extension) during upload, with unique, low collision hashes. Hash characters and length can be configured for even lower collision rate.
More information please visit my <a href="https://sparanoid.com/work/media-auto-hash-rename/" rel="nofollow ugc">site</a>.
This plugin provides no configuration GUI to make it more easier to maintain with the future WordPress updates.
Currently there’re 3 constants you can configure in your <code>wp-config.php</code>, I recommend WP-CLI for maintaining these constants.
<ul>
<li><code>MAHR_LENGTH</code>: length of the random hashes, (default to <code>8</code>), longer can help reduce collision. Hashes at the length of 8 can be collision-free at the scale of 50,000 images).</li>
<li><code>MAHR_CHARS</code>: Characters used in hashes, default to <code>0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz_</code>, You can add more characters like uppercased alphabelts to dramatically reduce the collision without increasing the length of your filenames. But please note that this option can be dangerous if you’re not familer with general URI encoding. So if you don’t know what characters are allowed in a filename, just keep it untouched and use the default option.</li>
<li><code>MAHR_IGNORE</code>: File extensions to be ignored, default to <code>pdf, zip</code>, you can define a comma delimited list of file extensions to bypass renaming process of this plugin. All files that has the file extension you defined in the list will be ignored. Please note that:
<ul>
<li>File extensions must be defined without the leading peroid, for example: <code>'pdf, 7z, bmp'</code> works, <code>'.pdf, .7z, .bmp'</code> does not.</li>
<li>With (<code>'pdf, zip'</code>) or without (<code>'pdf,zip'</code>) space both work.</li>
<li>If you define your own ignore list, default ignore list will be discarded. For example, if you define <code>'7z'</code>, then <code>'pdf, zip'</code> will be processed during upload. You need to reapply these extensions with your own: <code>'7z, pdf, zip'</code>.</li>
<li>If you don’t need to ignore any files by its extension. define an empty array <code>[]</code> (without quotes) to this option: <code>define( 'MAR_IGNORE', [] );</code> to force process PDF and ZIP files.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>

Media Auto Hash Rename

Rename media filename during upload with unique hash.

AJAX File Upload vs Media Auto Hash Rename