Easy Integration for Dropbox – File Manager vs External files in Media Library

Easy Integration for Dropbox – File Manager turns Dropbox into a native WordPress file manager. You can embed folders, documents, galleries, or uploader widgets on any page or post, while managing permissions, previews, and downloads from a single dashboard. Browse Dropbox files and folders without leaving WordPress, whether you need a quick preview or a complete file browser experience. Offer visitors document embeds, download links, and live previews straight from Dropbox with shortcode or block embeds that respect WordPress SEO best practices. Upload files to Dropbox through your WordPress site with flexible access controls, custom uploaders, and Contact Form 7 or Elementor Form integrations. Video Overview Features Built-in Dropbox file browser that works inside the WordPress admin and frontend panels. Shortcode builder with document embed, gallery, view link, and download link mode so you can tailor any page for SEO. File uploader component that can be placed in pages, posts, or forms and saves submitted files to Dropbox instantly. Preview popup that handles PDFs, Office documents, images, video, and more using lightGallery and Microsoft viewer. Shortcode builder media playback lets you add audio or video directly in embeds for presentations or tutorials. Media streaming from Dropbox accelerates playback and buffering for visitors browsing rich media. Slider carousel layouts in the shortcode builder spotlight featured folders or files in a touch-friendly carousel. Storage syncing keeps Dropbox and WordPress media aligned so files remain available wherever needed. Free Features ⚙️ Easy Setup Authenticate with Dropbox in a few clicks, use the guided OAuth flow, and start managing files from WordPress instantly. ⏫ File Uploader Upload directly to Dropbox via dedicated shortcode, Gutenberg block, or Elementor widget and keep all media centralized in your cloud storage. 🔍 File Search Add a lightweight file search interface on any page so visitors can quickly locate Dropbox assets. 📝 Shortcode Builder Create SEO-friendly shortcodes that embed Dropbox folders, documents, galleries, and download links with just a few options. 👁️ Previewer Show visitors a responsive preview popup for documents, images, PDFs, and multimedia so they can interact with Dropbox content without downloading it. 🔀 Contact Form 7 Integration Add a Dropbox file uploader to Contact Form 7 forms so submission attachments skip your server and land safely in Dropbox. Premium Features 🔒 User Private Files Let logged-in users upload and manage their own private Dropbox folders with per-user visibility controls. 🔀 WooCommerce Downloadable Products Integration Select Dropbox files for WooCommerce products, keep downloads synced with your store, and rely on a Dropbox-first delivery system. ⏯️ Media Library Integration Connect Dropbox to the WordPress Media Library to reuse files in posts, blocks, and widgets, blending cloud storage with your existing library. 🔒 Multiple Dropbox Accounts Link and switch between Dropbox accounts (PRO) without re-authenticating, ideal for agencies or multi-brand sites. 📁 Dropbox Team Folders Enable the Team Folders toggle in Settings to treat your Dropbox Business Team root as the plugin root. Please review any existing shortcodes or manually linked folders before switching, as the root folder will no longer be your personal folder. ⏯️ Media Player Support in Shortcode Builder Play audio and video directly through the shortcode builder without extra configuration. 📡 Media Streaming Stream media assets from Dropbox with optimized buffering for smooth playback. 🎠 Slider Carousel in Shortcode Builder Display folder contents in a carousel layout to highlight featured files. 💾 Storage Syncing Keep Dropbox storage in sync with WordPress media for consistent asset management. Popular Plugins Integration (Modules) 🔀 Gutenberg Block Editor Integration Drop custom Gutenberg blocks into posts or pages so editors can embed Dropbox files without writing code. 🔀 Elementor Page Builder Integration Use Elementor widgets to place Dropbox content precisely where it belongs in your landing pages and templates. 🔀 Divi Page Builder Integration (Upcoming) Bring Dropbox folders and uploaders to Divi modules as soon as the integration rolls out. For now you can use shortcodes inside Divi. 🔀 WooCommerce Integration Deliver downloadable products from Dropbox for faster, scalable commerce experiences. 🔀 Contact Form 7 Integration Add a Dropbox file uploader to Contact Form 7 forms so submission attachments skip your server and land safely in Dropbox. 🔀 WPForms Integration Add a Dropbox file uploader to WPForms forms so submission attachments skip your server and land safely in Dropbox. 🔀 Ninja Forms Integration Add a Dropbox file uploader to Ninja Forms forms so submission attachments skip your server and land safely in Dropbox. Upcoming Features 🛠️ Shortcode Builder Upgrades Expand shortcode capabilities with file browser, file search, and modern layouts for more engaging embeds. 🔗 More Popular Plugins Integration (Modules) We are expanding support to additional page builders and form plugins to make Dropbox accessible everywhere on your site. External Libraries and Links Used We rely on the following libraries and viewers to power Dropbox embeds and previews. – Dropbox PHP SDK – Browse and upload files via Dropbox APIs. – lightGallery – Render responsive galleries and previews for images, video, and documents. – Flaticon – Provide crisp icons for the UI. Links: https://docs.google.com/viewerng/viewer?embedded=true&url= – Embeds PDFs in the preview popup. https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src= – Shows Office documents inside the preview. Data Privacy The plugin collects only the information required to authenticate with Dropbox: 1. Your WordPress website address. 2. A short-lived authorization code generated by the OAuth flow. These details are transmitted once you accept the Dropbox OAuth consent screen and are handled securely via https://oauth.ultradevs.com/dropbox-integrator-wp.php before redirecting back to your site. This authorized redirect ensures the plugin works without you needing to create your own Dropbox App while keeping the OAuth handshake smooth. See the ultraDevs Privacy Policy for more details. ℹ️ IMPORTANT: Communications occur directly between your server and Dropbox. Everything is encrypted, and no user files pass through our servers. Support & Resources Free Support | Live Chat | Documentation | Video Tutorials Join With US Facebook – Community | Facebook – Page | YouTube | Twitter | Instagram Made With Love By ultraDevs ❤️

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.