Tensor Ray

<p>“<a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/linked-media-without-import" rel="ugc">Linked Media Without Import</a>” allows you to use images from external URLs in your media library without actually downloading them to your server.<br />
This approach significantly reduces your server’s storage consumption and lessens its load, as it doesn’t have to process the images (like creating thumbnails).<br />
By linking to media instead of importing, you can improve your website’s overall performance, especially if your site uses many large images.</p>
<p><strong>Other resources</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Check out my other plugin, “<a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/post-flow/" rel="ugc">Post Flow</a>“, which helps you schedule your website’s content for automatic publishing.</li>
<li>I have also written a beginner’s guide, “<a href="https://sitebillion.com/posts/wp-react-plugin" rel="nofollow ugc">A Tutorial on Developing WordPress Plugins with React</a>“, to help you get started with plugin development.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Get in Touch</strong></p>
<p>If you have specific needs for a WordPress theme or plugin, feel free to contact me. I will collect user requests and may develop new themes or plugins to address common problems and needs.</p>


Linked Media Without Import

Link to media from other servers without importing them, saving your server's storage and improving performance.

Aaron Edwards

Infinite Uploads

jdailey

<p><strong>Infinite Uploads is your all-in-one media solution with video hosting, encoding, and streaming, and a cloud storage and CDN delivery provider for your WordPress media library. It allows you to easily connect an unlimited number of sites to your Infinite Uploads cloud account for offloading your files, handling massive video uploads and encoding them, lowering hosting costs, improving site performance, and serving files faster to your visitors.</strong></p>
<span class="embed-youtube" style="text-align:center; display: block;"><iframe loading="lazy" class="youtube-player" width="750" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wanINaK0u5M?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe></span>
<h3>NEW: Simple, Unbranded, GDPR-compliant Video Hosting!</h3>
<p>Introducing the ultimate solution for all your video storage and streaming needs. You can now <strong>upload any size video directly to our cloud from your WordPress dashboard</strong> and have it encoded into multiple resolutions for seamless streaming on your site. Our built-in cloud storage and global CDN ensures that your videos are available to your audience anytime, anywhere, without any buffering or lag.</p>
<p>Our new video feature offers more than just infinitely scalable video hosting. We give you a fully customizable, unbranded video player that seamlessly integrates with WordPress, giving you complete control over the look and feel of your videos! With Infinite Uploads, you don’t have to worry about unwanted ads or tracking, as it is fully GDPR compliant and secure. Manage your videos with ease and stream them confidently, knowing that your audience’s privacy is protected.</p>
<h3>Cloud Storage and CDN</h3>
<p>Paying high overage fees or running out of storage or bandwidth with your hosting provider? Upgrading to a new plan just for more storage can be expensive. Moving your media uploads and other large files to the cloud is more affordable and scales infinitely as your site grows.</p>
<p>Upload directly to your Infinite Uploads cloud storage and manage your files right from the WordPress Media Library. Eliminate the need for an FTP file manager and skip confusing Amazon S3, Google Cloud, Azure, or other account setup, API integration, or expensive 3rd-party connect plugins. Use the Infinite Uploads plugin to connect all your sites and only pay for your total storage and bandwidth.</p>
<h3>Infinite Uploads – Smart Cloud Plugin Features</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Unlimited files</strong> – no limits to the number of files you can add each month</li>
<li><strong>Unlimited sites</strong> – you can connect just one site, hundreds, or thousands…no extra license costs</li>
<li><strong>Video upload, encoding, and streaming</strong> – upload any size video and have it encoded into multiple resolutions for fast streaming via our customizable video player</li>
<li><strong>Cloud video library</strong> – manage, upload, and embed videos from our custom WordPress Media Library</li>
<li><strong>Video statistics</strong> – track video views, storage, and bandwidth usage</li>
<li><strong>Video thumbnail</strong> – choose from a selection of auto-generated thumbnail images or upload your own</li>
<li><strong>Video block</strong> – easily upload, customize, and embed videos from your cloud library into your posts and pages with our Gutenberg block</li>
<li><strong>Media storage analyzer</strong> – For both your local and cloud-connected media files located in the Media Library</li>
<li><strong>Auto-connect</strong> – no confusing cloud account API’s. Simply click to connect</li>
<li><strong>No 3rd-party utility needed</strong> – developed and maintained by the team behind Infinite Uploads</li>
<li><strong>Secure</strong> – move, store, and deliver files with peace-of-mind</li>
<li><strong>Make WordPress a stateless application</strong> – moving media files to the cloud makes your site light, fast, and efficient</li>
<li><strong>Easy File Manager</strong> – Use the WordPress Media Library to manage files in the cloud without an FTP/SFTP manager</li>
<li><strong>Bulk transfer</strong> – move existing media files to or from the cloud with a click or WP CLI command</li>
<li><strong>Simple restore</strong> – no contract and easy to restore all your files to your media library</li>
<li><strong>Universal compatibility</strong> – Works with most well-coded plugins and themes including eCommerce and performance optimization</li>
</ul>
<h3>Better Performance, Less Time, Lower-cost</h3>
<p>If you upload a lot of images, publish video content, share motion graphics, want to add big beautiful video backgrounds, have a podcast, or stream large audio files for sermons or lectures, you will save time, resources, and improve performance by moving your files to Infinite Uploads. Keep your site moving at top-speed with dedicated media delivery that seamlessly integrates with WordPress.</p>
<h3>Simple Cloud Delivery</h3>
<p>The Infinite Uploads plugin makes it so anyone can connect to the cloud without setting up confusing storage provider accounts or paying for expensive third-party utility plugins. Use smart-connect to set up and move your library to the cloud. No more copy and paste API keys or cloud configurations.</p>
<h3>Media File Storage Calculator</h3>
<p>Install the Infinite Uploads plugin, scan your Media Library for a breakdown of your media files by type and size. See how many images, videos, archives, documents, code, and other files (like audio) there are and how much space they’re taking up.</p>
<p>Infinite Uploads helps you identify which files are using the most space on your server and allows you to move all your media files to cloud storage.</p>
<h3>Ecommerce Ready</h3>
<p>Not only is Infinite Uploads great for delivering highquality product images and videos, store and deliver your large digital download files in the cloud. Infinite Uploads works with both Forced Downloads PHP protection and X-Accel-Redirect/X-Sendfile (nginx/apache).</p>
<h3>Widely Compatible</h3>
<p>Infinite Uploads is built with the latest in cloud technology to work flawlessly with the widest variety of your favorite themes and plugins and has been tested with:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce/" rel="ugc">WooCommerce</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/easy-digital-downloads/" rel="ugc">Easy Digital Downloads</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.elegantthemes.com/gallery/divi/" rel="nofollow ugc">Divi Theme and Page Builder</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.learndash.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">LearnDash</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/download-manager/" rel="ugc">WordPress Download Manager</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-smushit/" rel="ugc">WP Smush & Smush Pro</a> (not CDN)</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-retina-2x/" rel="ugc">WP Retina 2x</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/elementor/" rel="ugc">Elementor Page Builder</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wpml.org/" rel="nofollow ugc">WPML</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wp-rocket.me/" rel="nofollow ugc">WP Rocket</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/nextgen-gallery/" rel="ugc">NextGen Gallary</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/filebird/" rel="ugc">FileBird</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-custom-fields/" rel="ugc">ACF</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/ewww-image-optimizer/" rel="ugc">EWWW Image Optimizer</a></li>
<li>And many, many, more!</li>
</ul>
<h3>Fast and Incredibly Secure</h3>
<p>Infinite Uploads uses encrypted SSL to transfer files, is stored in highly resilient and available storage with 99.999999999% (11 x 9s) of durability, and our API was designed from the ground up with with bulletproof security. All API tokens and credentials are hashed, encrypted, segmented per customer and site, and rotated without you having to do a thing. We support multiple 2-factor login methods including phish-proof U2F security keys to protect access to your account and data.</p>
<p>For low latency and legal compliance with laws like GDPR you can choose a USA or Europe (Germany) cloud storage location for each site you connect. And for lightning fast download speeds all files are served from the location closest to your visitors via our world-wide enterprise-class Content Delivery Network (CDN) with 50+ points of presence!</p>
<h3>FTP/SFTP Client-free File Manager</h3>
<p>Keep managing all your files right from inside the WordPress dashboard just like before. Skip the protocol settings, server names, port numbers, usernames, long passwords, private keys, and API credentials. Manage access to the Media Library with the built-in user roles to streamline customer, visitor, and team member training.</p>
<p>Power user? We provide S3-compatible credentials for direct cloud file managment, or use our WP CLI commands to move files to and from the cloud, scan your library, and more.</p>
<h3>Bulk Sync & Restore</h3>
<p>Already being hit with overages or experiencing performance issues because you have a ton of images and huge video or audio files? Use Infinite Uploads to free up space. Connect and move your entire existing library with a click.</p>
<h3>Compatible Media File Types</h3>
<p>If you can upload it to the WordPress Media Library, you can move it to the cloud. Infinite Uploads essentially replaces your WordPress uploads directory with cloud storage, so any theme or plugin that writes files there sends them to the cloud instead!</p>
<h3>Smaller More Efficient Hosting</h3>
<p>Transform WordPress into a stateless application ready for the cloud. Hosting your media files in the cloud makes your site super portable and makes backups and migrations tiny, fast, and efficient. It’s the go-to tool to enable usage of advanced hosting architectures like Horizontal Scaling and High Availability.</p>
<p>★★★★★</p>
<blockquote>
<p>“Infinite Uploads changes the game. Thousands of files stored safely without slowing down my site. If that’s not a win…I don’t know what is.” – Micah, Podcast Host</p>
</blockquote>
<p>★★★★★</p>
<blockquote>
<p>“From their smart media file scanner to their simple pricing and one-click connect, The cloud for WordPress and Divi users could’nt be easier! Now anyone that can add an image to WordPress can move to the cloud and manage media files without client software, third-party plugins, or the need to become a cloud architect. It’s just awesome.” – <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/davidblackmon/" rel="nofollow ugc">David Blackmon</a></p>
</blockquote>
<h3>What about Multisite?</h3>
<p>Use Infinite Uploads to store and manage the media files for your entire Multisite network with one account. Settings and syncing are network-wide. You never have to worry about running out of storage as we make your uploads “infinite”!</p>
<h3>Privacy</h3>
<p>This plugin does not collect or share data other than your uploaded files to your public cloud storage location. We are fully GDPR-compatible and you can choose to store all data in European data centers. Read our <a href="https://infiniteuploads.com/privacy/?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=readme&utm_campaign=iup_readme&utm_term=privacy" rel="nofollow ugc">Privacy Policy</a> for more information.</p>
<h3>Check Out Big File Uploads</h3>
<p><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/tuxedo-big-file-uploads/" rel="ugc">Big File Uploads</a> lets you upload large media files directly to  the media library with the WordPress media uploader. Increase your  maximum upload size to any value – as large as your available disk space  allows – and add file chunking to avoid server timeout errors.</p>
<h3>Check out Big File Form Uploads</h3>
<p><a href="https://infiniteuploads.com/big-file-form-uploads/" rel="nofollow ugc">Big File Form Uploads</a> is a paid add-on that  extends the functionality of increasing the maximum WordPress file upload size to your favorite form plugins for WordPress, including Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, and Forminator! Set the limit in Big File Uploads, and that carries over to your file uploads in your forms to let your users upload big files! <a href="https://infiniteuploads.com/big-file-form-uploads/" rel="nofollow ugc">Learn more about Big File Form Uploads!</a></p>
<h3>About Us</h3>
<p>Infinite Uploads is a premium cloud storage provider and content delivery network (CDN) for all your WordPress media files. Learn more here:<br />
<a href="https://infiniteuploads.com/?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=readme&utm_campaign=iup_readme&utm_term=about_us" rel="nofollow ugc">infiniteuploads.com</a></p>
<p>Learn how to get the most out of your cloud-hosted files on our blog:<br />
<a href="https://infiniteuploads.com/blog/?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=readme&utm_campaign=iup_readme&utm_term=blog" rel="nofollow ugc">Infinite Uploads Blog, Tips, Tricks, How-tos, and News</a></p>
<p><a href="https://github.com/clikitsupport/infinite-uploads" rel="nofollow ugc">Contribute to the plugin’s development on Github!</a></p>
<p>Enjoy!</p>
<h3>Contact and Credits</h3>
<p>Built by the cloud architects and WordPress engineers at <a href="https://infiniteuploads.com/?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=readme&utm_campaign=iup_readme&utm_term=credits" rel="nofollow ugc">Infinite Uploads</a>.</p>


Infinite Uploads – Offload Media and Video to Cloud Storage


I installed this plugin after running out of disk space on my server. I installed Infinite Uploads, and offloaded the media on the sites on my server over to Infinite Uploads, and saved me from having to spend $60 to upgrade to the next tier with my host!


Great plugin!


I've been using Infinite Uploads for a while now, and it has significantly improved my site's media management. The setup was seamless, and it effortlessly offloads media files to the cloud, reducing server load and lowering hosting cost


Nice plugin and easy to setup

Move, encode, and serve all your video and other media files from the cloud to boost performance and save on storage.

Linked Media Without Import vs Infinite Uploads – Offload Media and Video to Cloud Storage