Looking For a Robust Media Solution on My Self-Hosted WP Site

  • Resolved alexstandiford

    (@alexstandiford)


    1 year, 2 months ago

    I am looking for a seamless way to upload media directly from the WordPress mobile app, but without hosting it on my site. The ideal service would handle large files and optimize them for the web. I touched on the key points in this classified on my site, and am wondering if this plugin can solve the problems I’m facing.

    Can you please confirm that this plugin would make these things possible? I can’t quite tell from the site exactly how the upload process works, and the mobile app isn’t a part of the discussion so it is unclear if what I aim to do is possible through it.

    What I’m looking for is a seamless way to upload videos directly from the WordPress app on my phone, but without actually hosting the videos on my site. Instead, I want these uploads to go to an external video hosting service that can handle these larger files, and also optimize them to be viewed on the web, thereby making the process easier and more reliable.

    The integration should ideally allow me to:

    • Upload audio, video, and photos easily on mobile, but ideally it would be do-able directly from the WordPress mobile app.
    • Use that uploaded content natively through the WordPress mobile app, as well as on the website.
    • Provide a smooth playback experience for my audience, without consuming bandwidth from my site
    • Allow me to embed this media privately on my site, without requiring that they’re also listed on an external service. I want my site to be the sole canonical source for this content.
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  • Plugin Support John Herrera

    (@johnherreracloudinary)

    Hi Alex,

    Thanks for writing out those clear requirements.

    Can you tell me what size files you are working with normally?

    With the Cloudinary WordPress plugin, more docs here: https://cloudinary.com/documentation/wordpress_integration, Cloudinary can certainly handle most large files, optimize them, and serve them in an optimal web format.

    We cover uploading / syncing of assets between Cloudinary and WordPress here:
    https://cloudinary.com/documentation/wordpress_integration#storage

    We list an option called “Cloudinary only”, but the way that this works is that the asset must be uploaded to your WordPress library first, and then it will be synced to Cloudinary before it is deleted from your WordPress library.

     This setting stores all assets in Cloudinary only, any existing assets stored in WordPress will be removed to save space in your local storage. With this setting enabled, you need to manually sync your media back to WordPress before deactivating the plugin. Before setting to Cloudinary only, we recommend creating a full backup of your WordPress site.

    The initial upload to WordPress should be doable from either your mobile app or desktop. We support audio, video, and photos at Cloudinary.
    Our videos provide a smooth playback experience, with delivery over CDN. Delivery bandwidth is one of the metrics we bill on.

    As far as this question:
    Allow me to embed this media privately on my site, without requiring that they're also listed on an external service. I want my site to be the sole canonical source for this content.

    When media is served by Cloudinary, it is done so over a Cloudinary URL. This URL isn’t shared or posted anywhere, but it will be visible in your source code and therefore visitable directly if someone is inclined to look for it on your page.

    I hope that answers all your questions, looking forward to your response on the file size and any follow-up questions.

    Thanks,
    John

    Thread Starter alexstandiford

    (@alexstandiford)

    Hey John,

    Thanks so much for taking the time to respond. Based on this information, I think this plugin and the service is a perfect fit for what I’m looking for. I’m going to give it a whirl.

    Thanks again!

    Plugin Support John Herrera

    (@johnherreracloudinary)

    Awesome, sounds good. Thanks for the inquiry and have a nice day.

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