Chris Jean

WP Easy Uploader was created to make the life of WordPress bloggers easier by allowing an Administrator to add plugins, themes, and any type of file to WordPress directly from inside WordPress. You no longer have to load up an FTP client just to try out that latest plugin or to upload a text document for people to download.
<h4>Current Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Upload any type of file to either the standard Uploads directory (just as images do when you are creating posts and pages) or to a path of your choosing.</li>
<li>Manual paths are automatically created if they don’t exist.</li>
<li>Easily upload plugins directly to the plugins directory and theme files directly to the themes directory.</li>
<li>You can select to have archives automatically extracted to their destination. This means that plugins and themes will be taken care of for you, but it also means that you can zip up a large set of files and upload them quickly into a folder on your site. Currently zip, tar, gz, tar.gz, tgz, and tar.bz2 archives are supported.</li>
<li>Options for overwriting existing files, renaming the fle if a file with that name already exists (or if overwriting fails), removal of the archive after file extraction, and forcing extracted files to be contained in a folder.</li>
<li>Now supports WordPress Mu.</li>
<li>Now supports internationalization. The PO file is available in the lang directory. Currently, Turkish (tr), mainland Chinese (zhCN), Brazilian Portuguese (ptBR), German (deDE), Indonesian (idID), and Spanish (esES) translations are available.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Note</h4>
Many of the features offered by this plugin are now offered in the core of WordPress. For example, the latest versions of WordPress can now install plugins and themes from the admin interface. You can install plugins by going to Plugins > Add New and themes by going to Appearance > Add New Themes. Thus, this plugin may have limited added value for you.
This plugin is currently useful for doing the following:
<ul>
<li>Installing plugins and themes without downloading the files first and then having to upload them back to the server.</li>
<li>Uploading large batches of files easily by first zipping the files and then having WP Easy Uploader unzip them into the destination directory.</li>
<li>Load files to specific locations on your site when FTP may be restricted or blocked by the local network.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Planned Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Customizable permissions to allow for users with privileges below Administrator to upload files. My idea is for Administrators to have full access to all the uploader’s functionality while people below Administrator won’t have access to upload themes, plugins, or to manual paths and won’t be able to overwrite files or extract archives.</li>
<li>If the above is implemented, I’d like to provide a menu of options for tailoring what minimum access level is required to access each function.</li>
<li>Also if the first item is implemented, I’d like to add logging in order to keep track of who uploaded what and when. This would be useful for keeping track of anyone (such as a contributor) who is using the file space inappropriately.</li>
<li>Track the uploaded files so that they can be removed later on. This is in response to how some people have permissions issues where their FTP/SSH user is different from the user that the webserver runs as.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Requirements</h3>
<ul>
<li>PHP 4+</li>
<li>WordPress 2.2+</li>
</ul>
<h3>Version History</h3>
<ul>
<li>1.0.1 – 2008-06-27 – Initial release version</li>
<li>1.0.2 – 2008-06-28 – Updated to support WordPress Mu</li>
<li>1.0.3 – 2008-06-30 – Added support for PHP 4</li>
<li>1.0.4 – 2008-07-02 – Fixed compatibility bug with the BackUpWordPress plugin</li>
<li>1.0.5 – 2008-07-02 – Internationalized the plugin. Now it’s ready for translators.</li>
<li>1.0.6 – 2008-07-06 – Added Turkish and Spanish translations. Fixed compatibility issue with the WeatherIcon plugin. Fixed parsing error with Windows servers.</li>
<li>1.0.7 – 2008-07-08 – Added mainland Chinese and Brazilian Portuguese translations. Added 2.6 support.</li>
<li>1.0.7a – 2008-07-10 – Added German translation.</li>
<li>1.0.7b – 2008-07-21 – Added Indonesian translation.</li>
<li>1.0.8 – 2008-09-27 – Added file required by PEAR in fringe cases.</li>
<li>1.0.8a – 2009-07-17 – Updated listed compatibility to WordPress version 2.8.1</li>
<li>1.0.9 – 2009-07-17 – WordPress no longer likes letters in versions, so here’s version 1.0.9. 🙂</li>
<li>1.0.10 – 2009-07-20 – Updated listed compatibility to WordPress version 2.8.2</li>
<li>1.0.11 – 2009-07-20 – readme.txt update</li>
</ul>
<h3>More Information</h3>
For more information about this plugin and its development, visit the <a href="http://gaarai.com/wp-easy-uploader/" title="wp easy uploader home page" rel="nofollow ugc">WP Easy Uploader Home Page</a>.

WP Easy Uploader

Easily upload any type of content without the need for FTP. You can even upload plugin and theme archives, and the files will be extracted for you.

Pexle Chris

Spoiler: 
<a href="https://www.pexlechris.dev/library-viewer/for-woocommerce/" rel="nofollow ugc">LIBRARY VIEWER FOR WOOCOMMERCE ADD-ON</a> has been released! Check it 😉
With Library Viewer, you can display the containing files and the containing folders of a “specific folder” of your (FTP) server to your users in the front-end.
The significant difference from other similar plugins is that: 
1. You can allow users to view that the files exist, but cannot open them if they are not logged in (or if they are not administrators, or authors etc…). 
2. You can allow users to view files in a custom viewer or redirect them through a RESTful web service of your choice(examples exists below).
<a href="https://www.pexlechris.dev/library-viewer/demo-wp" rel="nofollow ugc">DEMO</a>
For this plugin (the free version), the “specific folder” is the folder 
“library” of your httpdocs(yoursite.com/library). 
If you want to display other folder (and its files) that isn’t contained in yoursite.com/library , you need to use the path parameter of <a href="https://www.pexlechris.dev/library-viewer/pro-wp" rel="nofollow ugc">Library Viewer Pro</a>.
This plugin adds the [library-viewer] shortcode in your WordPress site! 
So the only thing that you must do to display the folders and files in the front-end is to add this shortcode in a post, page, widget etc.
The [library-viewer] shortcode get optional parameters that extend the functionality of plugin:
<h3>Parameters Documentation</h3>
  <a href="https://www.pexlechris.dev/library-viewer/parameters-wp" rel="nofollow ugc">PARAMETERS DOCUMENTATION AND USE CASES</a>
  PARAMETERS OF LIBRARY VIEWER
<ul>
<li>have_file_access (have_file_access parameter determines which user have access to view the files.)</li>
<li>my_doc_viewer (my_doc_viewer parameter determines in which viewer the file will be opened.)</li>
<li>login_page (login_page parameter defines the login page that user will be redirected -if need it-, to log in.)</li>
</ul>
  PARAMETERS OF <a href="https://www.pexlechris.dev/library-viewer/for-woocommerce/" rel="nofollow ugc">LIBRARY VIEWER FOR WOOCOMMERCE</a>
<ul>
<li>have_file_access=”customer_with_folder_access” (The <code>customer_with_folder_access</code> value for the <code>have_file_access</code> parameter grants access to users who have purchased a product with folder access.)</li>
<li>sold_on (sold_on parameter specifies which product must be purchased in order to gain folder access.)</li>
</ul>
  PARAMETERS OF <a href="https://www.pexlechris.dev/library-viewer/pro-wp" rel="nofollow ugc">LIBRARY VIEWER PRO</a>
<ul>
<li>path (path determines which folder to display in the Library on the front end. When we refer to a “folder,” we mean the folder’s contents, including any subfolders and files within it.)</li>
<li>guest_view_access (guest_view_access determines if guest users can view folder contents. By default, all users can see folder contents, but they cannot open files.)</li>
<li>waiting_seconds (waiting_seconds parameter sets the seconds of user is waiting the redirection to login and see the file (0: for instant redirect).)</li>
<li>breadcrumb (breadcrumb parameter determines if breadcrumb will be displayed in the Library in front-end or not.)</li>
<li>hidden_folders (hidden_folders determines which folders will not be displayed and will not be accessible by Library in the front-end.)</li>
<li>shown_folders (shown_folders parameter determines which folders will be displayed and will be accessible by Library in the front-end.)</li>
<li>hidden_files (hidden_files determines which files will not be displayed and will not be accessible by Library in the front-end.)</li>
<li>shown_files (shown_files parameter determines which files will be displayed and will be accessible by Library in the front-end.)</li>
<li>url_suffix (url_suffix allow you to add a suffix in the URL, so you can use the [library-viewer] shortcode more than one time in the same page.)</li>
</ul>
  PARAMETERS OF <a href="https://www.pexlechris.dev/library-viewer/fm-wp" rel="nofollow ugc">LIBRARY VIEWER FILE MANAGER ADD-ON</a>
<ul>
<li>delete_folder (delete_folder parameter determines which user can delete a folder.)</li>
<li>delete_file (delete_file parameter determines which user can delete a file.)</li>
<li>rename_folder (rename_folder parameter determines which user can rename a folder.)</li>
<li>rename_file (rename_folder parameter determines which user can rename a file.)</li>
<li>create_folder (create_folder parameter determines which user can create a folder.)</li>
<li>upload_file (upload_file parameter determines which user can upload a file.)</li>
<li>unzip_file (unzip_file parameter determines which user can unzip a zip file.)</li>
<li>download_folder (download_folder parameter determines which user can download a folder as a zip file.)</li>
<li>download_file (download_file parameter determines which user can download a file.)</li>
</ul>
  
<a href="https://www.pexlechris.dev/library-viewer/parameters-wp" rel="nofollow ugc">PARAMETERS DOCUMENTATION AND USE CASES</a>
 
<h3>Hooks Documentation</h3>
From 2.0.0 version and then, there are many hooks that you can customize the functionality of this plugin. 
You can read more in <a href="https://www.pexlechris.dev/library-viewer/hooks-wp" rel="nofollow ugc">HOOKS DOCUMENTATION</a> 
Read also <a href="https://www.pexlechris.dev/how-to-add-php-hooks-in-your-wordpress-site" rel="nofollow ugc">how to add PHP hooks in your WordPress Site in my blog</a>
<h3>Other Details</h3>
<ul>
<li>The algorithm does not show in the front-end folders that contains in their name the string “hidden-folder”. 
Also does not show .php , .ini files and files that contains in their name the string “hidden-file”. 
So if you don’t want to display an existing folder or file, you can rename it appropriately! 
In addition, With Library Viewer Pro, you can set the names that you don’t (and you do) want to be displayed in the front-end using appropriate shortcode parameters.</li>
<li>If you want to add text above the front-end folders or below the front-end files, view more in the FAQ below.</li>
<li>In addition, with the <a href="https://www.pexlechris.dev/library-viewer/pro-wp" rel="nofollow ugc">LIBRARY VIEWER PRO</a> you can,
<ul>
<li>customize the URLs of library viewer, with the hooks and the parameters.</li>
<li>you can display folders & files of a directory (in FTP) of your choice, not only library directory (yoursite.com/library)</li>
<li>you can hide the breadcrumb with just a shortcode parameter.</li>
<li>you can show/hide the folders and files of your choice.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Also, with the <a href="https://www.pexlechris.dev/library-viewer/for-woocommerce/" rel="nofollow ugc">LIBRARY VIEWER FOR WOOCOMMERCE ADD-ON</a> you can,
<ul>
<li>give the ability to you users to gain folder access to a Library (to a page with the Library Viewer shortcode installed), just buying a virtual/with-folder-access product.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Finally, with the <a href="https://www.pexlechris.dev/library-viewer/fm-wp" rel="nofollow ugc">LIBRARY VIEWER FILE MANAGER ADD-ON</a> you can,
<ul>
<li>give the ability to your users to have their own library and to upload and edit files.</li>
<li>use the library as file manager for your admins (you may need also Library Viewer Pro, and to restrict the WP page from other users)</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>

Library Viewer

It's great and fast working and thanks to the developers :)

Amazing plugin

A File & Folder Viewer for FTP folders, enabling the display of library contents (folders & files) on the front-end.

WP Easy Uploader vs Library Viewer