Title: Add From Server
Author: Dion Hulse
Published: <strong>12 maart 2008</strong>
Last modified: 11 december 2020

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Deze plugin **is niet getest met de laatste 3 grotere versies van WordPress**. Mogelijk
wordt het niet meer onderhouden of ondersteund. Ook kunnen er compatibiliteitsproblemen
ontstaan wanneer het wordt gebruikt met recentere versies van WordPress.

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# Add From Server

 Door [Dion Hulse](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dd32/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/add-from-server.3.4.5.zip)

 * [Details](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/add-from-server/#description)
 * [Beoordelingen](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/add-from-server/#reviews)
 * [Ontwikkeling](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/add-from-server/#developers)

 [Ondersteuning](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/add-from-server/)

## Beschrijving

This plugin offers limited support. Please do not expect new features or too many
bugfixes. Features may be removed at any time.

Add From Server is designed to help ease the pain of bad web hosts, allowing you
to upload files via FTP or SSH and later import them into WordPress.

This plugin is NOT designed to..
 * Be used as a replacement for the file uploader*
Be used for migration of websites * Re-import your files after moving webhosting*
Batch import media

This plugins IS designed to..
 * Import files which are larger than your hosting
allows to be uploaded. * Import files which are too large for your internet connections
upload speed.

WordPress does a better job of file uploads than this plugin, so please consider
your needs before you use it.

You may also want to look at using WP-CLI for media import purposes:
 https://developer.
wordpress.org/cli/commands/media/import/

## FAQ

### How can I import files from other folders?

In 3.4, the plugin changed to limit the directories you can import files from.
 
If you wish to import files from other folders, you need to add the ADD_FROM_SERVER
constant to your wp-config.php file. For example: define( ‘ADD_FROM_SERVER’, ‘/www/’);

### Why does the file I want to import have a red background?

WordPress only allows the importing/uploading of certain file types to improve your
security.
 If you wish to add extra file types, you can use a plugin such as: https://
wordpress.org/extend/plugins/pjw-mime-config/ You can also enable “Unfiltered uploads”
globally for WordPress if you’d like to override this security function. Please 
see the WordPress support forum for details.

### Where are the files saved?

If you import a file which is outside your standard upload directory (usually wp-
content/uploads/) then it will be copied to your current upload directory setting
as normal.
 If you however import a file which **is already within the uploads directory**(
for example, wp-content/uploads/2011/02/superplugin.zip) then the file will not 
be copied, and will be used as-is.

### Ik heb een bugrapport

You can report bugs on [GitHub](https://github.com/dd32/add-from-server) and get
support in the [WordPress.org Support Forums](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/add-from-server/).

## Beoordelingen

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### 󠀁[Still working](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/still-working-132/)󠁿

 [Sara Die Webmacherin](https://profiles.wordpress.org/larvafashion/) 4 september
2024

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.

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### 󠀁[What an amazing Plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/what-an-amazing-plugin-16/)󠁿

 [creativeartworks](https://profiles.wordpress.org/creativeartworks/) 9 april 2024

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)

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### 󠀁[Does not import Folder Structure to Media Library](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-not-import-folder-structure-to-media-library/)󠁿

 [Kissington](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kissington/) 23 februari 2024

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….

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### 󠀁[Very helpful](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-helpful-1399/)󠁿

 [Martin Sauter](https://profiles.wordpress.org/martinsauter/) 7 december 2023

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).

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Great FTP](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-ftp/)󠁿

 [nicolasvsedeco](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nicolasvsedeco/) 18 juni 2023

Great FTP for those not having FTP login access

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### 󠀁[I Think](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/i-think-7/)󠁿

 [Anonymous User 20884609](https://profiles.wordpress.org/anonymized-20884609/) 
30 januari 2023

it is good plugin (Y)

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## Bijdragers & ontwikkelaars

“Add From Server” is open source software. De volgende personen hebben bijgedragen
aan deze plugin.

Bijdragers

 *   [ Dion Hulse ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dd32/)

“Add From Server” is vertaald in 25 localen. Dank voor [de vertalers](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/add-from-server/contributors)
voor hun bijdragen.

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## Changelog

### 3.4.5

 * Fix a fatal error when WordPress or PHP requirements are not met.

### 3.4.4

 * Simplify the date handling

### 3.4.3

 * Betere afhandeling voor `/` als het rootpad
 * Betere compatibiliteit met bepaalde WordPress docker-afbeeldingen
 * Betere afhandeling van enkele lege mappen

### 3.4.2

 * Restore case insensitive alphabetical sorting

### 3.4.1

 * Plugin vereist nu WordPress 5.4+

### 3.4

 * The plugin now requires WordPress 5.1+ and PHP 7.0+. No reason other than why
   not.
 * Bumps the version to stop the invalid vulnerability warnings.
 * Schoont code op.
 * Removes the User Access Control. Any user with File Upload ability can now use
   the plugin.
 * Removes the Root Directory Control. The root directory is now assumed. You can
   use the ADD_FROM_SERVER constant to change it.
 * Verwijdert de Quick Jump functionaliteit.
 * Verwijdert de mogelijkheid om de datum voor geïmporteerde media te kunnen selecteren.
   Het is altijd vandaag. Of de eerste van de maand als deze is opgeslagen in een
   gedateerde map.
 * Media Manager integratie verwijderd, omdat deze niet langer wordt weergegeven
   met de WordPress blok-editor. De klassieke editor wordt niet ondersteund door
   deze plugin.

## Meta

 *  Versie **3.4.5**
 *  Laatst geüpdatet **5 jaar geleden**
 *  Actieve installaties **60.000+**
 *  WordPress versie ** 5.4 of nieuwer **
 *  Getest t/m **5.5.18**
 *  PHP versie ** 7.0 of nieuwer **
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## Waarderingen

 4.6 van 5 sterren.

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## Bijdragers

 *   [ Dion Hulse ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dd32/)

## Ondersteuning

Iets te melden? Hulp nodig?

 [Het supportforum bekijken](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/add-from-server/)