Add From Server

That “outdated 11 year old plugin that over 100k people still insist on using” (description from Github) still works perfectly fine and I haven’t found a good alternative.

I would love to see a version update to make it available for installing directly from WordPress again.

Well, first of all, that plugin is amazing.

Saved me for sure from unwanted hassle while importing/updating every day WooCommerce products.
Daily about 1500-2000 products adding or updating, with average 12 images per product, and also about 6-8 technical documents per product (mostly pdf files), no importer was able to complete a single run.

Having your plugin importing the images into the media library and then matching images, just did the job. All under 10 minutes !

As i said, that’s an amazing plugin, and it works fine on a well standing server (I’m on Lite Speed Server, MariaDB, PHP 8.4)

What’s the use of importing files from the server if you can’t import the folder structure they are in for organization? I expected the plugin to import files and auto-create a virtual folder in the library which is named after the original folder from the server. As it is, the files are imported into the media library and mixed with other files which makes it hard to locate and manage. You will need to re-organize them manually using a folder plugin like FileBird, which takes a lot of time. Not worth it. The first requirement for a plugin is automating tasks to eliminate manual work, otherwise its pointless….

This plugin is not only helpful when you need a workaround for files which are too big for your upload limit, but also if you need to restore a website after something went wrong.

The only feature I miss is a filter that allows to show only the original images (and not all the different sizes WordPress generates from each image you upload).

Great FTP for those not having FTP login access