Overall Excellent Excepting Media Library Import

  • THE PROS

    (1) easy-to-use interface; (2) options to reduce unnecessary javascript loading; (3) overall easy to set up and understand; (4) ability to synchronize (import) your WordPress Media Library to the Sirv version; (5) ability to FTP directly into the Sirv version of your Media Library; (6) ability to use Sirv to serve CSS and JS as well if you want (I have not yet done this, however, but plan to.)

    THE CONS

    Relating to number (4) above: when Sirv copied all of my images from my fairly small Media Library into its own system, it created crazy levels of folders which make finding and getting URLs for images a real PITA (pain in the a**).

    For example, an image in my WordPress library is at [ https://mysite.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/having-fun.jpg ] but the equivalent file on Sirv is at [ https://mysite.sirv.com/WP_mysite.com/2012/06/k/a/c/having-fun.jpg ].

    ALL of my images have been separated and assigned to reside in these seeimingly randomly-named subfolders of subfolders of subfolders below the standard “year/month/” designations that are used by the default WordPress Media Library. So when I use the Sirv Media Browser in my WordPress Admin area to look for an image, I end up clicking through tons of folders each time just to find an image, and all the while I don’t even know if it’s the one I’m actually looking for because I can’t seem to find a way to simply browse my images by thumbnail as I can in the standard WordPress Media Library. Each click into a subfolder, by the way, requires that you wait while the plugin refreshes to show the new folder(s) (= lots of wasted time).

    Thankfully, I can use FTP to view the Sirv version of my Media Library. I had to spend a long time moving all my images back up to the “root” by year just to collect them all back together again. Argh.

    FINAL THOUGHTS: Overall, great except for Media Library management in this version (5.5.6). Get Sirv, and you will find Google PageSpeed Insights will be a little happier!

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  • Thanks for your review and feedback!

    it created crazy levels of folders

    This has been fixed!

    Please upgrade to the latest version of the Sirv plugin, released a few days ago, then delete your images from your Sirv account (https://my.sirv.com/) and resync your images. Your images will now be synced using the original folder structure used by WordPress.

    Previously, the plugin created 3 subfolder levels so that enormous folders would be broken up. Some WordPress sites have over 100,000 images in a single folder, which generates heavy load and slows things down. Breaking up folders provides the fastest possible performance but it could be a pain when navigating. We solved this by only generating subfolders for folders containing more than 5,000 images.

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