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Physical Custom Upload Folder for Real Media Library
Upload files in your media library to a custom folder structure on your file system created with Real Media Library folders.
The facts
- Rating
- 4.1★ from 7
- Active installs
- 900+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 27 Mar 2020
- Added
- Jan 2017
- Requires WP
- 4.0
- Tested up to
- WP 5.4.21
- Downloads
- 15,866
Our analysis
AI-assistedPhysical Custom Upload Folder for Real Media Library is a WordPress plugin that allows you to upload files to a custom folder structure within your media library. By using this plugin, you can specify where your uploads are stored, which can also provide some SEO advantages for your website.
This plugin is suitable for users of Real Media Library who want to organise their media uploads in a specific way. However, it has limitations, such as not supporting WordPress multi-sites and lacking features like file redirection when renaming files.
Best for: This plugin is best for WordPress users who want to organise media uploads in a custom folder structure using Real Media Library.
What it does well
- ✓Allows custom folder structure for media uploads
- ✓Can provide SEO benefits
- ✓Free to use from the WordPress.org directory
- ✓Compatible with Real Media Library
Where it falls short
- •Limited support and features compared to the Real Physical Media add-on
- •No support for WordPress multi-sites
- •Does not handle file redirection when renaming files
- •Path length limited to 255 characters
Verdict
While this plugin offers basic functionality for custom media uploads, its limitations may prompt users to consider the more comprehensive Real Physical Media add-on for advanced needs.
From the developer
Matthias Günter's own description of Physical Custom Upload Folder for Real Media Library, lightly tidied.
Upload files in your media library to a custom folder structure on your file system created with Real Media Library folders. With this plugin you can determine where your uploads should be stored. This can also have some SEO benefits for your website.
For example, if you have created a folder named Products/ in your media library (using Real Media Library), your uploads will be stored in wp-content/uploads/Products/ instead of, for example, wp-content/uploads/2020/03/.
This plugin doesn’t care about the following:
- Redirection when renaming files (if you or another website is already using an uploaded image, the URL becomes invalid without redirection to the new location)
- Drag and drop files to another folder in the Real Media Library (the URL of the image does not change)
- The import of a Real Media Library folder structure is ignored and the files are not saved in a custom upload folder
- Limit of 255 characters for the path of a folder structure plus file name
- No support for WordPress multi-sites
If you want a full-featured solution for a custom folder structure on your file system with Real Media Library, you should look at the Real Physical Media add-on. It has solved all of the above mentioned limitations, is performant and stable.
This plugin is a free micro add-on for Real Media Library with limited support.
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