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DropBox Plugin That Lets You Copy Media Files Into WordPress

Otto has recently released a new plugin which adds a new option to your Add Media pop up.

Dropbox Photo Sideloader plugin adds a new tab to the Media Uploader, which allows you to pull image files from your Dropbox into WordPress.

Pretty cool plugin which lets you copy images from Dropbox into WordPress.

Create an App

Here’s the full setup instructions you’ll need to follow.

Go to Dropbox Developers Apps and “Create an App”.

Create a Dropbox App

Probably best to allow access to Full Dropbox.

App Key & Secret

After creating your App you’ll get a App key and App secret which you need to insert into the plugin manually.

App Key and Secret

Its time to edit the plugin files.

Edit Plugin Files

No need to complete this step anymore as Otto has updated the plugin which makes it easier to setup.

Go to Plugins > Editor and insert your app key and secret into the fields as shown in the image below.

Edit Plugins

Next step is to insert a media file which you have uploaded to the Dropbox file you’ll be using for hosting your files.

Insert Dropbox Hosted Media File

Create a new page or post and click the Upload/Insert icon like you normally would to insert an image.

Firstly, you’ll need to login to your Dropbox account and authorize the plugin to access your media files.

Authorize Plugin to Access Dropbox

After this, all you need to do is choose the media file(s) you want to embed into your page and you’re cooking with gas!

Add New Images from Dropbox

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  1. Bob Orchard says

    July 4, 2012 at 2:13 pm

    How about using a service such as CloudApp to serve the files. Sparrow App for mail already allows that type of integration and it works very well. I could see it working great for documents or downloadable items, as that’s what CloudApp is for – but not necessarily for images. I agree with Patrick – it seems like a very complicated way of uploading via dropbox.

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  2. Patrick Allmond says

    July 1, 2012 at 6:08 pm

    This seems like an amazingly complicated way of uploading images. Why would I not just upload images regularly? I already have access to dropbox files locally.

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    • Brad Dalton says

      July 2, 2012 at 12:10 pm

      Howdy Patrick

      There’s heaps of interest in this plugin because its been co developed by Audrey Capital which is an angel investment and research company created by Matt Mullenweg of WordPress to help innovative ideas grow.

      Dropbox is hugely popular for storing images and this plugin makes it faster to copy your images directly from your DB account to your WordPress blog.

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  3. Fiona Canteberry (@FekketCantenel) says

    July 1, 2012 at 12:33 pm

    It’d be great if someone would write a similar plugin for Google Drive.

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    • Brad Dalton says

      July 1, 2012 at 12:43 pm

      I think that will happen soon Fiona. I’ll write about it as soon as it does.

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  4. Miriam Schwab says

    June 28, 2012 at 12:10 pm

    Yeah, I was gonna say – I think there’s problems with serving Dropbox files on a server, since Dropbox limits this type of usage.

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    • Brad Dalton says

      June 28, 2012 at 12:25 pm

      Correct Miriam.

      I’ll need to find another solution for this.

      Be good if you could though!

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  5. Samuel "Otto" Woodto says

    June 27, 2012 at 11:02 pm

    Howdy! My Dropbox Photo Sideloader plugin doesn’t host your files on Dropbox’s servers, it lets you copy them from Dropbox into WordPress.

    There’s no good way to host a file on Dropbox’s server’s permanently any longer. They changed their system so that direct shared links only last for 60 days. Using them as a CDN is kinda against their Terms.

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    • Brad Dalton says

      June 27, 2012 at 11:50 pm

      OK Thanks for the update Otto

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      • Otto says

        June 29, 2012 at 2:42 am

        No problem! 🙂

        Also, the latest version doesn’t require editing the plugin anymore. Bit easier setup.

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        • Brad Dalton says

          June 29, 2012 at 6:25 am

          Coool! Thanks for stopping by with the update Otto.

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