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Add one or more files with their URLs under Media > \"Add New Media File\". You can use these external files anywhere the media library is used.<\/p>\n\n
Embed your files from AWS S3<\/em>, DropBox<\/em>, Google Drive<\/em>, Google Cloud Storage<\/em>, FTP<\/em>, your local hosting<\/em>, another website in your multisite<\/em>, other WordPress REST APIs<\/em>, YouTube<\/em> or many other possible sources. Use them in your preferred editor such as Block Editor, Elementor, Divi, Classic Editor, WpBakery and many more as if the files were stored normally in your media library.<\/p>\n\n Automatically synchronize external directories containing files with your media library at intervals you specify.<\/p>\n\n And even more:<\/p>\n\n \u2705 Add the files with their external dates. This allows you to get the date, helpful for SEO, for example.\n\u2705 Import them as real files instead of just linking to them in your media library. This allows you to import any amount files into your project.\n\u2705 Check their availability (only for HTTP connections) to ensure that the external files are actually available.\n\u2705 Configure, which users in your project are allowed to use the external files options.\n\u2705 Extract ZIP files from any external source into your media library.<\/p>\n\n Use external URLs when importing products via CSV in a WooCommerce<\/a> store (including access data for these e.g., via an FTP).<\/p>\n\n Add external files on download lists of Download Lists with Icons<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n Sort your external files in a folder of CatFolders<\/a>, Filebird<\/a>, Folderly<\/a>, Folders<\/a>, iFolders<\/a>, Media Library Organizer<\/a> or assign them into categories from Enhanced Media Library<\/a> and Real Media Library Lite<\/a>. Also supported: NextGen Gallery<\/a> and Robo Gallery<\/a>. You can import and synchronize them in these plugins.<\/p>\n\n And compatible with Network Media Library<\/a> for use in multisites.<\/p>\n\n And it is also compatible with multilingual plugins like Polylang to translate the media files.<\/p>\n\n The plugin is also compatible with a variety of other plugins not listed here. If, contrary to expectations, something does not work properly, please report it in the support forum<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n You can manage your external files with REST API requests as documented here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n You can import complete directories from any of the supported TCP protocols. Just enter the directory as path to import, and the plugin will import any supported files from it or use the external source tools to navigate to the directory to import.<\/p>\n\n For large directories, there is also an automatically processed queue. You could also use the WP CLI<\/a> for large directories.<\/p>\n\n You can use the following TCP-protocols to import external files in your media library:<\/p>\n\n \ud83d\udce1 Some of them require credentials, for http(s) it is optional.<\/p>\n\n Support for additional platforms as external sources is enabled by additional service plugins. These are now:<\/p>\n\n \u2795 External files from AWS S3 in Media Library<\/a> (incl. support for AWS S3, Backplaze S3, Cloudflare R2 and DigitalOcean Spaces)\n\u2795 External files from Google Cloud Storage in Media Library<\/a>\n\u2795 External files from Google Drive in Media Library<\/a>\n\u2795 External files from WebDav in Media Library<\/a> (incl. any WebDav-provider like NextCloud or Seafile)<\/p>\n\n They can be installed manually or in the backend of your WordPress under Media Library > Add External Files.<\/p>\n\n Here are a few examples of how this plugin can help you:<\/p>\n\n \ud83d\udca1 Store particularly large files in a different storage location so that you save storage space on your hosting.\n\ud83d\udca1 Import files that your graphic designer provides you in a shared directory.\n\ud83d\udca1 Automatically synchronize photos from your vacation for display on your website.\n\ud83d\udca1 Use regularly newly generated PDF files from a shared directory for output on your website.\n\ud83d\udca1 Get images for your products from a central directory.<\/p>\n\n Find more here<\/a><\/p>\n\n This plugin is compatible with ClassicPress<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n You find some documentations on this plugin page<\/a> and in GitHub<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n The development repository is on GitHub<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n Each release of this plugin will only be published if it fulfills the following conditions:<\/p>\n\n \u2705 PHPStan check for possible bugs.\n\u2705 Compliance with WordPress Coding Standards.\n\u2705 No failures during PHP Compatibility check.\n\u2705 No exceptions during PHP Unit Tests.<\/p>\n\n\n Two reasons for this:<\/p>\n\n a) Some of the external sources use libraries whose licenses are not permitted in the WordPress repository. For example, the aws\/aws-sdk-php library for AWS uses the Apache License. This is not compatible with GPL.<\/p>\n\n b) With all these libraries, the plugin would be too large to publish in the WordPress repository.<\/p><\/dd>\n Yes, you can select under Settings > \"External files in Media Library\" > Permissions, which roles gets the ability to add or delete external URLs in your media library.<\/p><\/dd>\n Yes, but these files are integrated locally and not from the external URL so that your visitors can access them without any problems.<\/p><\/dd>\n Yes, you can add them manually<\/a> or with the FTP-tool in Media > \"Add external files\".<\/p><\/dd>\n Yes, you can. Just enter the directory to import or use the tools under Media > \"Add external files\". All files in the directory will be imported.<\/p><\/dd>\n No, there is no fixed size limit for external files. Limits are determined by the storage space available to you, depending on where the file is stored.<\/p><\/dd>\n Yes, you can. Simply use the Local tool under Media > \"Add external files\" or enter the absolute path with file-protocol,\ne.g.: Yes, simply enable the setting under Settings > \"External files in Media Library\" > WooCommerce. Add your external URLs\nfor images in the CSV you want to import as it is already possible with WooCommerce. They will be handled as\nexternal files by this plugin. This also allows you to use all protocols supported by the plugin as external source of your files.<\/p><\/dd>\nSupport for other plugins<\/h3>\n\n
REST API<\/h3>\n\n
Mass-Import<\/h3>\n\n
TCP Protocols<\/h3>\n\n
http:\/\/<\/code>\n\ud83d\udce1 https:\/\/<\/code>\n\ud83d\udce1 ftp:\/\/<\/code>\n\ud83d\udce1 ftps:\/\/<\/code>\n\ud83d\udce1 sftp:\/\/<\/code>\n\ud83d\udce1 ssh:\/\/<\/code>\n\ud83d\udce1 file:\/\/<\/code><\/p>\n\nService plugins<\/h3>\n\n
Use cases<\/h3>\n\n
ClassicPress<\/h3>\n\n
Repository, documentation and reliability<\/h3>\n\n
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Why do you need to install additional plugins for some sources?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Can I prevent other WordPress-users from adding external files?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Can I also embed password-protected external files?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Can I embed files from an FTP?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Can I import complete directories?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Do the upload size limits for files apply in the same way as for a normally uploaded file?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Can I import from my local server?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
file:\/\/\/var\/www\/path\/to\/file.png<\/code> - see also our documentation<\/a>.<\/p><\/dd>\nCan I import external product images for WooCommerce?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Is there a WP CLI command?<\/h3><\/dt>\n