External files in Media Library vs Free Assets Library – Openverse/Pixabay 600+ Million Images

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.

Free Assets Library is the #1 WordPress plugin which provides 600 Million FREE Images with 90,000+ downloads 🚀 You can simply search your favorite images from 600+ millions of images from: Openverse Pixabay soon more You can use the plugin with: Download from Media Popup Download from Admin Page 1. Download from Media Popup Go to Edit any post/page/custom post type Add an image to the post content Open media upload popup Select the Openverse or Pixabay tab Search for the image Click on the image Change image name, title, caption, description Click on the Download image 2. Download from Admin Page Go to Media > Free Assets Library Select the “Openverse” or “Pixabay” tab Search for the image Click on the image Change image name, title, caption, description Click on the Download image Read more in one page quick documentation. Features: Zero configuration Download images from Openverse, Pixabay, and (soon more) Easy search from 600+ millions of images. Direct download into media library. Automatically set the image TITLE tag for SEO purpose. Automatically set the image ALT tag for SEO purpose. Automatically Image attribution (of original image author) in image description field for SEO purpose. Automatically create SEO ready images names. 100% safe, model released images. Quick support Welcome for featured requests If you have any suggestion or any featured request then don’t hesitate to contact. Bug reports Bug reports for “Free Assets Library” are welcomed in our Forum. Further reading For more info check out the following: The surror.com official website. The Contact Me. The Getting started guide. Other my WordPress Plugins. Make a small donation.