Offload Media – Cloud Storage vs CloudSearch

CloudSearch is a flexible plugin that allows you to leverage the search index power of Amazon CloudSearch in your WordPress site. To use this plugin you’ll need an Amazon Web Services account. Attention: Amazon CloudSearch is a paid service and will require a credit card. Before you can start using CloudSearch, the plugin needs to be activated and configured. Activate the plugin, then go to the menu “CloudSearch -> Settings” (you can find this menu in the sidebar of your WordPress admin panel). Fill the form data: Enter Amazon access key ID, Amazon secret access key and Amazon region for your account (look for “Security Credentials” in your Amazon console to retrieve these data) Enter your CloudSearch index search endpoint and the domain name (I suggest to create the CloudSearch index before you start the plugin configuration) Schema settings Other settings IMPORTANT NOTES WITH RELEASE 2.0.0: * At least WordPress 4.4 version mandatory (for WP_Term support) * Changed APIs output from an array of IDs to an array of object composed by the entity ID and the entity type Minimum requirements: WordPress Version 4.4 PHP Version 5.3 Amazon Web Services account with CloudSearch enabled Usage Go to CloudSearch -> Settings Enter your Amazon access key ID, Secret access key and the Amazon region where you have created the CloudSearch index Enter a Search endpoint and the Domain name. Get these info in your CloudSearch dashboard in AWS Console Choose post types, custom fields and custom taxonomies that you want to export to the CloudSearch index Set up other settings or leave defaults Save settings. Go to CloudSearch -> Manage Click the action Create index, Run indexing and Sync all documents. Between every action wait until the Status field is Active, then go on with the next task After these operation your index is ready, now you can search documents in your CloudSearch index Links: Author’s Site

Offload- Media Cloud Storage is an innovative plugin for WordPress. It will dramatically transform how you interact with media in WordPress and increase the website’s performance. Media Cloud Storage is a way to transfer your files, media, and images from a WordPress server to online cloud storage, such as Amazon S3, DigitalOcean Spaces, Cloudflare R2, and Google Cloud Storage Services. And it rewrites the URL to serve files from the same storage provider or another CDN provider. HOW TO MANAGE SETTINGS? To manage settings in the Offload Media Cloud Storage, download and activate the WordPress plugin. Go to the Offload media menu in the left menu bar of WordPress, where you can manage the settings. The settings include configure and Settings. Configure settings allow you to set up the basic plugin settings, while Settings help for the customization of the media upload and serving strategies. Basic Features It improves your website speed. Your website will load more efficiently if the cloud media is being transferred to cloud servers. It can make your website faster because it reduces server requests. The plugin you have installed no longer needs to serve the media contents like images, videos, pdfs, ZIPs, PDFs as well as other files that you uploaded to the server. Here are the features of the Offload Media – Cloud Storage: 🔹 Sync your media to Amazon s3, Google Cloud Storage, Cloudflare R2 or Digital Ocean Spaces. 🔹 Delete files from the server once it is uploaded to the server. 🔹 Customizable base path of server storage. 🔹 Customizable URL structure. 🔹 Object versioning can be created for avoiding invalidations of media. 🔹 Custom CDN can be used for media URLs. 🔹 Pre-signed URLs can be created. 🔹 Woocommerce Support 🔹 Advanced Custom Fields Support 🔹 RTL Support 🔹 Fully compatible with all Acowebs plugins 🔹 WPML string Translations support Offload Media – Cloud Storage Pro Features Upgrade to the Pro version of Offload Media – Cloud Storage to unlock advanced automation, storage providers, bulk actions, and deep media optimizations: 🔹 Expanded Cloud Provider Support: * Native integration for Wasabi and MinIO. * Support for custom S3-compatible cloud storage services. * Support for Google Cloud Storage Uniform Bucket-Level Access. 🔹 Media Library Status & Manual Actions: * Offload Status Column: View offload statuses (Stored on Server, Offloaded, Deleted from Server) directly in your Media Library list with sorting support. * Inline Actions: Manual actions on the attachment details panel to Sync to Cloud, Remove from Cloud, Delete from Server, or Download back to Server. 🔹 Automated Bulk Operations: * Bulk offload all existing WordPress media to your cloud bucket. * Bulk delete local copies of offloaded media files to instantly reclaim server disk space. * Bulk download media assets from the cloud back to your web server. 🔹 Image & WebP Optimization: * Image Compression: Compress images (lossy or lossless). * WebP Generation & Compression: Automatically generate WebP versions of images, compress them, and offload them to the cloud. * WebP Cloud Sync: Rewrite URLs to serve WebP files automatically when supported. * Original Backup Management: Back up original images during compression, with bulk offloading, deletion, and recovery actions. 🔹 Advanced Integrations: * WooCommerce Support: Seamless handling and offloading of WooCommerce product files and digital downloads. * Advanced Custom Fields (ACF): Offloads media referenced within ACF custom fields. * WPML Translation Support: Full compatibility with multilingual WordPress setups and translation workflows. 🔹 Maintenance & Troubleshooting: * Import Previous Data: Easily migrate settings and media metadata from older versions. * Cache Management: Clear plugin cache and transients related to cloud assets. * Data Cleanup: Complete option to reset and purge stored data, cached paths, database records, and offloaded media metadata. Why Acowebs? Acowebs has established the foundation by providing the experience and expertise to activate WooCommerce stores using compact and highly-performing WooCommerce plugins as well as Shopify applications. We develop top-quality themes and WordPress in the cloud to provide comprehensive solutions that are brimming with unparalleled UX features. Being an award-winning software company, and a part of Acodez, the globally recognized and multiple-award-winning digital agency, our team and support features assure you the best. Check out our other WordPress plugins here. OTHER USEFUL LINKS 🔹 Upgrade to Pro 🔹 Documentation 🔹 Find Our Other Plugins 🔹 Support Ticket 🔹 Facebook 🔹 Twitter 🔹 YouTube