WP-Stateless – Google Cloud Storage

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66 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 7 listed. 59 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.

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Crossed into this band 2.5 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.

1. ★★★★★ sixlove

   1.8y ago

   To fix this issue, I ran the following command to disable Uniform Bucket-Level Access: gsutil uniformbucketlevelaccess set off gs://yourbucket If you don’t have gsutil installed, you can create a new bucket through the Google Cloud Console and ensure that detailed object-level permissions (ACL) are enabled.Explanation: Uniform (Bucket-Level Access Enabled): This setting enforces consistent permissions at the bucket level using IAM roles only. It disables object-level ACLs, meaning individual object permissions can’t be customized. While it’s more secure for some use cases, WP Stateless seems to require detailed object-level ACLs to function correctly. Detailed (Object-Level Permissions Enabled): By disabling Uniform Bucket-Level Access, you can manage permissions for individual objects using ACLs. This flexibility allowed WP Stateless to sync media files without issues. After disabling Uniform Bucket-Level Access, the sync worked perfectly, and I didn’t encounter any further problems.

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2. ★★★★★ jaumeincapto

   1.9y ago

   I had a problem with the plugin, and they solved it in less than a week. Great response time!

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3. ★★★★★ ralehman

   1.9y ago

   This is a dead plugin. There is no support. Support forum is dead an you won’t get a response. Conflicts with so many other plugins that unless you have a simple static site (which means you probably don’t need media offloading), you will end up wasting your time chasing gremlins that at the end of the day, point back to WP Stateless as the culprit. UDX needs to just pull this plugin or sell it to someone who cares enough about the WP community to maintain it. They are hurting people. Very disappointing.

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4. ★★★★★ msdanixu

   2.0y ago

   The plugin is a promising plugin with nice features, but works very bad and lacks of some features that for me are important. For example, instead of to allow to use the default service account in the instance, you have to install the service account JSON which is less secure.Another thing that lacks is the possibility to continue the syncs or even ignore the errors. If the process fails (which happens all the time), you have to restart the process from the begining. The sync is badly done and it stops without reason. Three days I have lost trying to sync a site and all the time the process stops without even saying why, it just says that has synced one image and nothing else. The plugin just stops saying that is syncing images and the progress bar doesn’t continues, but the plugin still thinking that is “in progress”. If your site is new then will works fine for you, but If your site already have uploads in local, you will loose your mind trying to upload the files using the sync feature. Another problems that I have found is that the plugin doesn’t fully cares about the constants (at least in multisite). The admin page shows the correct settings but when you are using the plugin they are not respected, giving “empty settings” errors when uploading. The support is almost inexistent and they are obsessed with the idea that the problem is that I don’t know how to use the constants. Looks like I am too stupid to know how to correcly use a “define” in PHP. This topic was modified 1 year, 4 months ago by msdanixu.

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5. ★★★★★ rpwp1

   2.2y ago

   Great plugin – used for our site to reliably offload our images without issues. Timely help and support from their support team as well. Would recommend!

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6. ★★★★★ Krasen Slavov

   2.6y ago

   I know there are many other options and ways to deliver images but I have been using the WP-Stateless for the last couple of years and it has been great, no issues, once you get around how to do the setup you will be fine. Great plugin!Thank you,Krasen

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7. ★★★★★ joepb

   3.3y ago

   Never managed to get any of the offload plugins working and then I found this jewel. 🙂

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8. ★★★★★ deysonthome

   3.4y ago

   Uso este plugin em diversos sites com resultados excelentes. Nunca tive qualquer problema em nenhum momento. Aplico sempre no tema DIVI usando Litespeed Cache e tdo funciona maravilhosamente bem. Agradeço aos desenvolvedores pelo excelente trabalho.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. 2026-09-05 Version 4.4.3 FIX – corrected add-on file path for the WooCommerce Extra Product Options add-on: duplicate .php extension caused the add-on to always appear uninstalled/inactive on the Stateless Addons screen with an invalid activatio 4.4.3
2. 2026-09-02 Version 4.4.2 FIX – udx/lib-wp-bootstrap package updated to 1.3.5: security hardening of the admin notice dismissal AJAX handler (nonce verification, capability check, and option key restriction). ENHANCEMENT – updated guzzlehttp/guzz 4.4.2
3. 2026-01-16 Version 4.4.1 COMPATIBILITY – WooCommerce Extra Product Options Compatibility replaced with WP-Stateless – WooCommerce Extra Product Options Addon . FIX – resolve critical errors with firebase/php-jwt library if AUTH_SALT WordPress co 4.4.1
4. 2026-01-10 Version 4.4.0 NEW – plugin requires PHP 8.1+. ENHANCEMENT – updated firebase/php-jwt library from 6.11.1 to 7.0.2. ENHANCEMENT – Updated Client library for Google APIs from 2.18.3 to 2.19.0. ENHANCEMENT – updated wpmetabox/meta-box li 4.4.0
5. — Version 4.3.0 ENHANCEMENT – update dependencies for Google APIs Client Library. COMPATIBILITY – Simple Local Avatars Compatibility replaced with WP-Stateless – Simple Local Avatars Addon . 4.3.0
6. — Version 4.2.1 ENHANCEMENT – updated wpmetabox/meta-box library from 5.10.11 to 5.10.15. FIX – correctly loads text domain to prevent PHP notices. FIX – udx/lib-ud-api-client package correctly loads text domain to prevent PHP notices. 4.2.1

All 3 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (4.4.3). Sites still on an older version should update.

1. Patched Medium · 4.3 WP-Stateless – Google Cloud Storage <= 4.4.1 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Settings Update ↗
   2026-09-08 CVE-2026-81801 Missing Authorization Affects <= 4.4.1 Patched in 4.4.2
2. Patched High · 7.1 WP-Stateless – Google Cloud Storage <= 3.4.0 - Missing Authorization to Limited Arbitrary Options Update ↗
   2024-04-05 CVE-2024-1385 Missing Authorization Affects <= 3.4.0 Patched in 3.4.1
3. Patched Medium · 4.4 WP-Stateless – Google Cloud Storage <= 3.1.1 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2022-05-06 CVE-2022-4905 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 3.1.1 Patched in 3.2.0

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

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Growth timeline

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

1. 2024-05-15 5K+ → 4K+ down after 326 days in tier
2. 2023-06-24 6K+ → 5K+ down after 1108 days in tier
3. 2020-06-11 5K+ → 6K+ up after 185 days in tier
4. 2019-12-09 3K+ → 5K+ up after 296 days in tier
5. 2019-02-16 800+ → 3K+ up

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WP-Stateless – Google Cloud Storage: 4K+ active installs, 3.9★ (51 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-stateless