Artem Livshits

<p><strong>Take your WordPress site to cloud with the help of Cloud Storage Engine (<a href="http://www.oblaksoft.com/documentation" title="Cloud Storage Engine" rel="nofollow ugc">ClouSE</a>)!</strong></p>
<p>WordPress-To-Cloud solution makes it possible for WordPress blogs to store all their data like pages, images, files in Amazon S3 or Google Cloud Storage.</p>
<p>Now WordPress can seamlessly get all the benefits of cloud storage – high availability, high reliability, quick and easy disaster recovery, and serving content in a highly scalable fashion.</p>
<p>WP2Cloud plugin is designed to complete the migration of a WordPress site to cloud storage.</p>
<h4>Benefits</h4>
<p>Cloud storage is awesome. It is highly- durable, reliable, available, and scalable; it has infinite capacity, it is the most mature and thus stable service – all of it on a Pay-For-What-You-Use pricing model.</p>
<p>Using cloud storage to store the website data has the following benefits:</p>
<ul>
<li><em>No backup and recovery of the site data is needed</em>. More info is <a href="http://www.oblaksoft.com/wordpress-on-s3-no-more-backups/" title="WordPress on S3: No more backups" rel="nofollow ugc">here</a>.</li>
<li>Storage is extremely reliable and durable by cloud storage design</li>
<li>Pictures are served by cloud storage directly, which makes the website highly scalable</li>
<li>Storage cost scales with usage, no upfront reservation is needed</li>
<li>Storage consumption scales up and down with the amount of data stored.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Deployment options</h4>
<p>WordPress-To-Cloud supports the following primary deployment choices:</p>
<ol>
<li>Take the whole website data to cloud storage.</li>
<li>Only upload media files to cloud storage.</li>
<li>Only migrate website content to cloud storage while store media files in uploads folder on Web server running WordPress.</li>
</ol>
<p><em>As the best deployment practice we recommend moving to the cloud the whole website, both its content (that is stored in WordPress database) and media files.</em><br />
Consider using our ready-to-run WordPress on Cloud Storage – <a href="http://www.oblaksoft.com/documentation/yapixx/" title="Yet Another Picture Sharing Site" rel="nofollow ugc">Oblaksoft Yapixx, the 1st WordPress website on Amazon S3</a> as a starting point and a reference of such configuration. Refer to the complete <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/artemlivshits/wordpress-on-s3-stepbystep" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress on S3</a>, <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/artemlivshits/wordpress-to-google-cloud" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress on Google Cloud Storage</a>, and <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/artemlivshits/wordpress-on-s3-do-it-youself" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress on S3: do it yourself</a> step-by-step guides for extra pointers in setting up WordPress on cloud storage.</p>
<h4>Hosting options</h4>
<p>The website server hosting decision can be made independently from the decision where to store the website data.<br />
A Web server running the website can be hosted pretty much anywhere. Depending on your needs, the Web server can run by your favorite hoster, by a cloud provider, from your premise, as an instance in Amazon AWS or Google Cloud.</p>
<p>You can keep your current hosting arrangements, and only move the website data to cloud storage using WP2Cloud and ClouSE.<br />
With your data being safe in the cloud storage, if needed, you’ll be able to easily change a hoster or a cloud, that is without any data migration whatsoever.</p>
<p>WordPress-To-Cloud solution works with nearly any hosting/cloud provider, but perhaps not with every hosting plan or stack supported by your provider. Feel free to contact your provider and us so we could attempt to make it work in your specific circumstances.</p>
<h4>How it works</h4>
<p>WP2Cloud stores media files such as pictures, music, videos, documents in the cloud. Media files that are uploaded to the WordPress are actually uploaded to the cloud storage, not to the local file system of the Web server hosting this website.</p>
<p>The media files are served from the cloud storage, the website pages now refer to the media files via direct cloud storage URLs. This makes your site directly powered by the enormous scale and reliability of cloud storage.</p>
<p>To make serving media files from Amazon S3 even faster, the plugin can be configured to use a Content Distribution Network (CDN), such as Amazon CloudFront. When the plugin is configured to use a CDN, the website pages refer to the media files via the CDN URLs. The CDN serves the media files from locations around the world to provide the best performance.</p>
<p>WP2Cloud plugin natively makes the website faster, more available and scalable:</p>
<ol>
<li>Media files are stored reliably in the cloud and don’t need to be backed up.</li>
<li>Website now can leverage the cloud power to scale out content delivery to the browser directly from the cloud storage. The file content is now served in a highly scalable fashion by the cloud storage utility provider which takes load off of the Web server. This is different from the default WordPress behavior where media files are local files, and are served by the Web server and consume network bandwidth, disk I/O and CPU power of the Web server</li>
<li>WordPress web tier is now stateless, so web tiers can now be auto-scaled and auto-balanced as needed to meet the website’s scalability goals.</li>
<li>Files are distributed across the globe for fast access either natively by cloud storage itself and/or via an explicit integration with CDN.</li>
</ol>
<p>WP2Cloud plugin relies on Cloud Storage Engine (ClouSE) for MySQL to enable integration with cloud storage.<br />
In WordPress-to-Cloud solution, the site uses cloud storage as its <em>primary</em> storage. The storage configuration becomes transparent to WordPress. WordPress stores the website’s data in MySQL, while ClouSE is plugged into MySQL and places all data into cloud storage, rather than using local disk. ClouSE plays the role of a database gateway for cloud storage, combining the best of local and cloud storage by delivering performance and security of local storage, plus all the benefits of the cloud storage.</p>
<h4>Supported cloud storage</h4>
<p>Supported cloud storage providers are:</p>
<ul>
<li>Amazon S3 and compatible. You can choose any of the Amazon Regions to store your data. Pick a Region to optimize for latency, minimize cost or address regulatory requirements.</li>
<li>Google Cloud Storage.</li>
</ul>
<p>Other storage providers may be added in the near future.</p>
<h4>Translations</h4>
<ul>
<li>Español por Andrew de <a href="http://www.webhostinghub.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">WebHostingHub</a></li>
<li>Русский предоставил OblakSoft</li>
</ul>
<h4>More reading</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://readwrite.com/2012/05/16/s3-storage-for-wordpress-blogs" title="readwrite.com: S3 Storage for WordPress Blogs" rel="nofollow ugc">S3 Storage for WordPress Blogs</a></li>
<li><a href="http://googledevelopers.blogspot.com/2012/11/launching-wordpress-into-google-cloud.html" title="WordPress on Google Cloud" rel="nofollow ugc">Launching WordPress into the Google cloud</a></li>
<li><a href="http://webscripts.softpedia.com/script/Modules/WordPress-Plugins/WP2Cloud-76263.html" title="WP2Cloud" rel="nofollow ugc">WP2Cloud featured at Softpedia.com</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>Future plans</h4>
<p>Our goal is to design the best WordPress-to-Cloud experience for YOU.<br />
Cloud storage is very powerful, we’d love to take full advantage of its capabilities!</p>
<p><strong>We really appreciate your feedback.</strong><br />
What are your scenarios? What would you like to see added, improved? What problems can we help you with?</p>
<p><em>Feel free to <a href="http://www.oblaksoft.com/about-us/email-us/" title="email OblakSoft" rel="nofollow ugc">contact us</a>.</em> Thank you in advance!</p>
<h4>Support</h4>
<p>This plugin is actively supported by <a href="http://www.oblaksoft.com/" title="http://www.oblaksoft.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">OblakSoft</a> and we will do our best to help you. In return we simply ask:</p>
<ol>
<li>Rate this plugin or write a review. We cordially ask you to please <a href="http://www.oblaksoft.com/about-us/email-us/" rel="nofollow ugc">contact us</a> before giving a poor rating.</li>
<li>Follow us at our <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/OblakSoft-LLC/324769304220011/" title="http://www.facebook.com/pages/OblakSoft-LLC/324769304220011/" rel="nofollow ugc">OblakSoft Facebook page</a>.</li>
<li>Support us by referring, blogging about WP2Cloud plugin and/or ClouSE storage engine.</li>
<li>Help Out. If you see a question on the forum you can help with or have a great idea and want to code it up and submit a patch, that would be just plain awesome and we will shower your with praise. Also, we are happy to post translations if you provide them.</li>
<li>Donate – if this plugin makes your life easier enough to support our time it makes all the difference in the world. We are a small self-funded startup. You can donate to OblakSoft development team via <a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=JMUHXKMNCQ75N" title="WP2Cloud PayPal URL" rel="nofollow ugc">PayPal</a>.</li>
</ol>
<p><strong>Thank you!</strong></p>


WP2Cloud

Now WordPress site can store all its content (pages and media) in cloud. This makes site powered by enormous scale and reliability of cloud storage.

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.

WP2Cloud vs Infinite Uploads – Offload Media and Video to Cloud Storage