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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:
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Upload any type of media as long as your settings allow, nice and easy
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Set file extensions to let limit the uploads to only custom extensions, like for instance images (jpg,png,gif,bmp..)
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Set maximum upload size and when a user tries to upload a larger file, they will get a notice (which you can totally customize)
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Custom permission to upload, you can choose to allow uploads to certain user role, or logged-in users only, or everyone!
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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)
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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

Jordy Meow

Media Cleaner is a powerful plugin that helps you clean up your WordPress media library by deleting unused media entries and files, as well as fixing broken entries. With an internal trash feature, you can preview and confirm changes before permanently deleting anything. Plus, Media Cleaner uses smart analysis to ensure compatibility with specific plugins and themes.
Use it alongside <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/database-cleaner/" rel="ugc">Database Cleaner</a> for the ultimate clean-up experience.
Media Cleaner is like a ninja assassin for your Media Library – it’ll stealthily take out all the unnecessary media and broken entries that are cluttering up the place. Just make sure you have a solid backup plan in place before you let this bad boy loose.
To learn more about compatibility, features, and the Pro version, check out the <a href="https://meowapps.com/media-cleaner/tutorial/" rel="nofollow ugc">tutorial</a> on the <a href="https://meowapps.com/media-cleaner/" rel="nofollow ugc">official website</a>.
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<h3>COMPATIBILITY</h3>
This plugin is compatible with all media types, including retina and WebP versions. It has been tested on a wide range of WordPress versions, including the latest version with Gutenberg, as well as on various themes with a large community of users. It also supports WooCommerce. For users with more complex plugins for handling website content, the Pro version may be necessary for optimal compatibility. We are constantly working to increase compatibility with other plugins.
<h3>PRO VERSION</h3>
<a href="https://meowapps.com/media-cleaner/" rel="nofollow ugc">Media Cleaner Pro</a> adds extra features to the free version of Media Cleaner:
<ul>
<li>Filesystem Analysis: Scans your physical /uploads directory and matches it against the Media Library.</li>
<li>Extra support for complex plugins, such as ACF, Metabox, Divi Builder, Fusion Builder (Avada), WPBakery Page Builder, Visual Composer, Elementor, Beaver Builder, Brizy Builder, Oxygen Builder, Slider Revolution, Justified Image Grid, Avia Framework, and many more!</li>
<li>Live Site Scan: Analyzes the online version of your website, potentially improving accuracy in some cases.</li>
<li>WP-CLI support: Allows you to run the plugin at a higher speed or automatically with direct server access (via SSH).</li>
</ul>

Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress!

It certainly did help me clean up my media library!

Great plugin!

This plugin works great. I love the ability to trash images, run a broken link check to verify, and restore any images still needed, or permanently delete. I used Screaming Frog to run a broken link check after trashing the unused images with Media Cleaner, and no false positives were found. I was then able to confidentially delete all the unused images. The site's storage was reduced from 7 GB to 2.91 GB - which is a huge help when the hosting plan has a 10GB storage limit. I'm using it on another site today, and will continue to recommend it to clients who have out of control Media Libraries.

Update: I used Media Cleaner on another site and it found 14GB of unused media which took the site storage from 15GB to 1GB.

Totally worked - reduced site storage size from 7 GB to 2.91 GB


Much of my work in my consultancy is to take in new clients and help fix up any mess or configuration issues.



Many websites, particularly e-commerce shops gets a ton of products in and out and after a few years the media library can get pretty massive.



Using this media cleaner plugin has helped me clean up gigabytes of unused media files on many websites.



This helps to make backups much faster, and my customers have an easier time finding the right images. Thank you.


Huge timesaver


It works perfectly. Thank you so much. 


Nice plugin

Are you looking to clean up 85000 images after you removed 50000 posts from a website?
This is the solution, it will just take a while, but it is something that there are no options, :-)

The best solution


This plugin is full of little popups begging you not to give it a bad review if it just happens to not be very good at what it's supposed to do. Well sorry guys, but this is a terrible plugin. It's a nice idea to scan media you're using and media you're not and delete the latter, but the problem is there are so many ways you can be using media that it's just not sensitive to, and so it's a hard to imaging a single site where it won't throw the baby out with the bathwater, with disastrous effects, deleting lots of media that you're using or linking to. For example, it deletes PDFs links via custom fields. It deletes images when they are the background of an element. Of course you need to backup before you use it - and it rightly warns you to do so - but you shouldn't have to assume a plugin will destroy your site and be making plans for when it inevitably does. Backups are meant for emergencies. The work involved in fixing a site afterwards is intense.


They beg you not to give a bad review


A unused media feature is something that has greatly been needed in the WordPress core for a long time now. The unattached is pretty useless and ends up deleted used media throughout the WordPress installation. Jordy and his team have so far been super responsive and we're very impressed in the code of the plugin being WordPress plugin developers ourselves. This is a tool that we're glad to add to our toolkit while building sites for clients. Great work and we're excited to see what new features you bring in the future. 


Filling a much needed gap in WordPress

Clean your WordPress! Eliminate unused and broken media files. For a faster, and better website.

AJAX File Upload vs Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress!