Conflict with other plugins that use the uploads folder

  • I have successfully setup the plugin and migrated a large media library but I’m starting to notice some conflicts with other plugins that use the wp-content/uploads folder.

    Note: I have the “Store files only in the cloud and delete after successful upload.” option selected so I only have the media stored on DO spaces (not on the server).

    Elementor page builder. The plugin stores style changes in a folder named wp-content/uploads/elementor, but it cannot save updates to the cloud. I have added a Filemask/Regex expression to ignore the elementor folder and it now saves locally on the server, but the plugin is still referencing the files on the DO space.

    The official WordPress Import plugin does not work with the “Store files only in the cloud and delete after successful upload.” option selected. Disabling the option allowed the plugin to save the xml file into the uploads folder and I could continue with the import.

    I briefly tried the Beaver builder plugin and this also had issues (changes not saving) but I did not go into to much depth to find a workaround (I just wanted to test it with this plugin).

    All these plugin are trying to access and use files in the wp-content/uploads directory and failing. Has anyone else noticed issues like this and know of any workarounds?

    p.s Thanks for building this, it’s a very useful plugin / solution for anyone with huge media libraries and is very much appreciated!

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  • Plugin Author keeross

    (@keeross)

    Hey! Well, that is a known problem and it is due to the fact that WP ecosystem is very different, and WP itself is not a strict system. Each and every plugin developer tends to upload files somehow different, creating new and different methods for that.
    The plugin itself is not monitoring uploads folder, it uses official WP hooks that allow to add custom code to the uploading process, and then sync your files to Spaces.
    So this is the reason why it may not work for some use cases, unfortunately.

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