Amazon S3 Integration With WordPress Media Library
The WordPress Amazon S3 plugin’s configuration, you can create, delete and select the S3 bucket where you want to store your media. Upload files, create unlimited bucket or store and folder with Next3.
What is Amazon S3?
Amazon S3 is an object storage service from Amazon Web Services. You might not realize it, but a huge chunk of the Internet relies on Amazon S3, which is why even a brief S3 outage in one location can cause the whole Internet to collectively…well, freak out.
The most common use of Amazon S3 is to store all of the files that you would usually store in your WordPress Media Library in the cloud. Essentially, you can store (“offload”) your:
- images
- videos
- audio files
- PDF documents
- etc.
What are the advantages of using Amazon S3 for your WordPress site?
Reduced requests to the server– because your server not has got to deliver media files (or potentially assets), you’ll reduce your page load times.
More affordable storage — if you’re butting up against your host’s storage limits, I can almost guarantee that S3’s storage prices are cheaper than what your host will charge.
Detached media — because your media files are detached from your site, it’s a heckuva lot easier to maneuver your WordPress site around (like between hosts). You’re basically just moving the PHP files, which takes up almost no space.
Scalability — because Amazon S3 powers the whole Internet (ok, that’s a touch of hyperbole), you’ll be pretty confident that Amazon can scale with whatever’s happening to your site.
