Contests by Rewards Fuel vs External files in Media Library

Contests by Rewards Fuel connects your WordPress site to the Rewards Fuel platform. Use this plugin to embed live contests on any post or page. Create contests, entry methods, prizes, and rules in the Rewards Fuel web dashboard — the plugin handles connection and embedding. What this plugin does Connect your site with an API key from Account → WordPress Integration in the dashboard View your contests inside WordPress admin → Rewards Fuel Copy a shortcode or use the Rewards Fuel Contest Gutenberg block Embed the contest widget on posts, pages, and most themes Link out to the dashboard to edit contests, view stats, and pick winners What you build in Rewards Fuel (not inside WordPress) Contest schedule, rules, prizes, and appearance Entry methods (social actions, newsletter signup, questions, referrals, and more — by plan) Hosted contest page at r-f.page or embed on your own site Statistics, CSV export, winner selection, and prize claim flow Popular entry methods Available entry methods depend on your plan. Examples include: Click to enter — simple one-click entry Newsletter signup — collect email addresses (with optional confirmation for newsletter entries) Refer a friend — bonus entries when friends enter via a share link Answer a question — collect feedback or quiz answers Visit a URL — drive traffic to a landing page Code word — entrants enter a secret phrase Social actions — Instagram, Facebook, X/Twitter, YouTube, TikTok, Reddit, LinkedIn, Discord, Telegram, Twitch, and more (link-based actions; availability varies by plan) Email list member — allow pre-approved emails on your contest list to enter File upload — photo or document submissions Platform features (dashboard) Physical and digital prizes — upload digital prize files; winners claim online Geo restrictions — block selected countries from entering Bot protection — optional Cloudflare Turnstile per contest Custom appearance — colors, fonts, backgrounds, and widget wording 11 widget languages — English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Japanese, Korean, and Simplified Chinese Contest statistics — entries, methods, countries, traffic, referrers, device breakdown, and entrant summaries CSV export — download confirmed entrants from the dashboard Winner tools — random or manual winner selection; optional auto-pick and winner notification emails when the contest ends Scheduled draws — weekly, daily, or end-of-contest prize draws while live Copy a contest — duplicate setup for your next campaign Embed on WordPress After connecting your API key, embed any contest with: [rewardsfuel id="YOUR_CONTEST_REF"] Legacy shortcodes still work: [rf_contest id="123"] Or add the Rewards Fuel Contest block in the block editor. Pricing Rewards Fuel offers a free tier plus paid plans with more entry methods and stats. All paid plans include unlimited contests and entries. See current pricing at rewardsfuel.com/pricing. Get started Create a free account Create a contest in the dashboard Generate an API key under Account → WordPress Integration In WordPress: Rewards Fuel → Your account → paste your key Copy the shortcode from Rewards Fuel → Contests into any post or page Questions? Email [email protected]. Translations Widget copy supports 11 languages (configured per contest in the dashboard). The WordPress plugin admin UI is English.

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. Feature Embed your files from AWS S3, DropBox, Google Drive, Google Cloud Storage, FTP, your local hosting, another website in your multisite, other WordPress REST APIs, YouTube 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. Automatically synchronize external directories containing files with your media library at intervals you specify. And even more: ✅ Add the files with their external dates. This allows you to get the date, helpful for SEO, for example. ✅ 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. ✅ Check their availability (only for HTTP connections) to ensure that the external files are actually available. ✅ Configure, which users in your project are allowed to use the external files options. ✅ Extract ZIP files from any external source into your media library. Support for other plugins Use external URLs when importing products via CSV in a WooCommerce store (including access data for these e.g., via an FTP). Add external files on download lists of Download Lists with Icons. Sort your external files in a folder of CatFolders, Filebird, Folderly, Folders, iFolders, Media Library Organizer or assign them into categories from Enhanced Media Library and Real Media Library Lite. Also supported: NextGen Gallery and Robo Gallery. You can import and synchronize them in these plugins. And compatible with Network Media Library for use in multisites. And it is also compatible with multilingual plugins like Polylang to translate the media files. 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. REST API You can manage your external files with REST API requests as documented here. Mass-Import 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. For large directories, there is also an automatically processed queue. You could also use the WP CLI for large directories. TCP Protocols You can use the following TCP-protocols to import external files in your media library: 📡 http:// 📡 https:// 📡 ftp:// 📡 ftps:// 📡 sftp:// 📡 ssh:// 📡 file:// Some of them require credentials, for http(s) it is optional. Service plugins Support for additional platforms as external sources is enabled by additional service plugins. These are now: ➕ External files from AWS S3 in Media Library (incl. support for AWS S3, Backplaze S3, Cloudflare R2 and DigitalOcean Spaces) ➕ External files from Google Cloud Storage in Media Library ➕ External files from Google Drive in Media Library ➕ External files from WebDav in Media Library (incl. any WebDav-provider like NextCloud or Seafile) They can be installed manually or in the backend of your WordPress under Media Library > Add External Files. Use cases Here are a few examples of how this plugin can help you: 💡 Store particularly large files in a different storage location so that you save storage space on your hosting. 💡 Import files that your graphic designer provides you in a shared directory. 💡 Automatically synchronize photos from your vacation for display on your website. 💡 Use regularly newly generated PDF files from a shared directory for output on your website. 💡 Get images for your products from a central directory. Find more here ClassicPress This plugin is compatible with ClassicPress. Repository, documentation and reliability You find some documentations on this plugin page and in GitHub. The development repository is on GitHub. Each release of this plugin will only be published if it fulfills the following conditions: ✅ PHPStan check for possible bugs. ✅ Compliance with WordPress Coding Standards. ✅ No failures during PHP Compatibility check. ✅ No exceptions during PHP Unit Tests.