Let’s be honest. File management can be a real P.I.T.A., especially if you manage a large volume of files. WordPress’ default uploads folder isn’t great for storing or sharing uploaded files with people that need them. The folder being essentially open to the public isn’t optimal either if your users are uploading files with sensitive data. Storing files on your server can increase page load times and the costs for the host’s storage can be really high. The answer to your troubles is simple: connect to Amazon S3 with the WordPress file upload plugin.
Luckily, the Ninja Forms File Uploads add-on allows you to make a connection between your WordPress forms and affordable Amazon S3 storage service so you can upload files securely and directly to S3 from your WordPress forms.
Send WordPress-uploaded files to Amazon S3
Before we show you how to send uploaded files to your WordPress form to Amazon S3, you should know how the files are being uploaded to your forms. Once you install the File Uploads add-on, a new feature is added to your form builder called the File Upload field. You can find this field within your form builder under the Common fields.
This form field features multiple file upload settings but in our case, we will highlight only two. The Save to Server and Save to Media Library settings. Here, you can disable uploading files to your server and to the WordPress Media library. This is the first step to take if you want to send WordPress files directly to Amazon S3.
The second step you want to take is to connect to Amazon S3 with Ninja Forms. Navigate to Ninja Forms > File Uploads > External Settings tab and enter your Access Key ID and Secret Access Key, Bucket Name, and file path. You can find all the credentials in your Amazon S3 account. Click Save once you’ve copied the credentials to the fields in Ninja Forms settings.
Now that you’ve finish connecting to Amazon S3 with WordPress, head back to your WordPress form with the file upload field. If you connected to Ninja Forms via File Upload settings, navigate to Emails & Actions and add a new action called External File Upload. You should see the Amazon S3 and the File Upload. You only need to toggle on the Amazon S3 File Upload option and that’s it!
You’ve just learned how to connect to Amazon S3 with the WordPress file upload plugin! Want to dig deeper into the File Uploads add-on? Make sure to check our article Add a File Upload Field to Your Form (Complete Guide)!
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Connecting to Amazon S3 with the WordPress file upload plugin allows you to send uploaded files into an easily searchable, shareable, sortable, and secure system Amazon S3 provides.
Besides sending uploaded files in WordPress to Amazon S3 bucket, our File Uploads add-on is packed with plenty of awesome features such as:
- Add a file upload field to any WordPress form
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- Restrict uploaded files by file type and file size
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- Attach uploaded files to email notifications
- Disable storing uploaded files to your server
- Upload to the Media Library, Google Drive, Dropbox & more!
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