WP Offload Media Lite for Amazon S3, DigitalOcean Spaces, and Google Cloud Storage

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 41% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ Imad Abboushi

   4mo ago

   I was looking for a tool to offload my site images. Claude recommended this one, and honestly when you use a tool that is crucial to the site you want it to be 4.5 stars and higher!! Since most negative reviews were old, or installation related, I decided to take the plunge in hope things have improved in recent updates. What I discovered is yes, many reviews are correct in that installation is difficult, however, it is not the plugin fault! I have the same nightmare every time I deal with AWS services. Very fussy setup, extremely complex and keeps changing so your documentation never match the latest AWS setup. Thank God these days we have Claude. So open a new chat window with Claude, and the complex installation becomes easier (still not easy), but manageable. Once done, the tools will move your images to S3 (other choices are available too), replacing them in my WP directory with an S3 address. Main thing I tested for is: site response is still good, CPU was impacted during the transfer of images, but no noticeable difference after that. The only thing I would recommend for the company is to apply more AI based search capabilities in their support system. I encountered a “warning” that I could not resolve even after spending a good amount of time looking through their docs. They offer email support from within the plugin which is descent.

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2. ★★★★★ gasoj

   11mo ago

   UNIQUE KEY uidx_path (path(190), id),is the same likeKEY uidx_path (path(190))nothing of uniq! This topic was modified 10 months ago by gasoj.

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3. ★★★★★ happywbyorg

   12mo ago

   S3 and cloudfront setup is really difficult and time consuming. But the plugin provides very good documentation and fast tech support. And signed url with referal Referer works. Thank you.

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4. ★★★★★ vinhdatgn

   1.5y ago

   I’ve been using it for all of my websites but It stopped working 3-5 months ago. I couldn’t select any bucket at all although it’s creating new one (still nothing happened after clicking, only appear new bucket after hitting F5).

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5. ★★★★★ trondandre1962

   1.5y ago

   Warning! Do not buy from this company. We paid 249 USD and asked for a refund as stated on the Delicious website. They also state that you do not need to provide any reason for a refund.We have not received any response and it has now been 3 weeks without a response even though we have sent several emails about this to them. They give the impression of being serious but when it comes to providing a refund as promised they neither respond nor provide a refund.

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6. ★★★★★ luizargument

   1.5y ago

   A life-saving plugin. Simple and objective.

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7. ★★★★★ peterzzzzzzz

   1.6y ago

   I can imagine this works great, but it took me a lot of time to configure, before realising this is very expensive 🙁

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8. ★★★★★ heroicpursuits

   1.6y ago

   Worthless plugin that breaks your site. Their support are incompetent and do not care about you as the customer. Stay FAR away from this plugin unless you enjoy problems with your site!

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. 2026-04-15 Version 3.3.1 New: Google Cloud Storage SDK has been updated to v1.49.2 New: PHP and JS dependencies have been updated New: WordPress 7.0 compatible Improvement: The current bucket’s location is no longer checked when the region is de 3.3.1
2. 2026-02-03 Version 3.3.0 New: Amazon S3 regions Asia Pacific (Taipei) and Asia Pacific (New Zealand) are now selectable New: Google Cloud Storage regions North America (Querétaro) and Europe (Stockholm) are now selectable New: DigitalOcean Space 3.3.0
3. 2025-01-22 Version 3.2.11 New: Amazon S3 regions Asia Pacific (Thailand) and Mexico (Central) are now selectable 3.2.11
4. 2024-12-12 Version 3.2.10 New: DigitalOcean regions Toronto (TOR1) and London (LON1) are now selectable New: Google Cloud Storage regions Africa (Johannesburg), Dual-Region (Belgium/London), Dual-Region (London/Frankfurt) and Dual-Region (Frankfu 3.2.10
5. 2024-10-04 Version 3.2.9 Security: The plugin can now serve updates from WP Engine servers, however this update mechanism is not included when installed directly from WordPress.org New: Amazon S3 region Asia Pacific (Malaysia) is now selectable 3.2.9
6. 2024-07-11 Version 3.2.8 Delivery status indicator is now more accurate when Amazon S3 Object Ownership is configured in combination with a delivery provider other than Amazon CloudFront Corrupt _wp_attachment_metadata no longer causes a fatal e 3.2.8

1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 5.3 guzzlehttp/psr7 < 1.9.1 & 2.4.5 - Interpretation Conflict ↗
   2023-04-17 CVE-2023-29197 Interpretation Conflict Affects < 3.2.2 Patched in 3.2.2

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Translated into 9 languages, 1 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2025-04-05 40K+ → 30K+ down after 3 days in tier
2. 2025-04-02 30K+ → 40K+ up after 3 days in tier
3. 2025-03-30 40K+ → 30K+ down after 2 days in tier
4. 2025-03-28 30K+ → 40K+ up after 14 days in tier
5. 2025-03-14 40K+ → 30K+ down after 2 days in tier
6. 2025-03-12 30K+ → 40K+ up after 2 days in tier
7. 2025-03-10 40K+ → 30K+ down after 16 days in tier
8. 2025-02-22 30K+ → 40K+ up after 21 days in tier

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• Block Uploading Images for WP Offload Media 50+ installs · 4.0★ · 5 shared tags D
• A Amazon S3 for WordPress 80+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D
• S S3 Secure URL 40+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
• Sync media with AWS S3 CloudFront 30+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags C
• H Host your blog on S3 or Google Cloud Storage 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
• W WP2Cloud 10+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D

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WP Offload Media Lite for Amazon S3, DigitalOcean Spaces, and Google Cloud Storage: 30K+ active installs, 3.7★ (114 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-25. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/amazon-s3-and-cloudfront