The Google Cloud Storage plugin for WordPress streamlines the process of uploading and managing media files by directly integrating with Google Cloud Storage. This powerful plugin enables users to effortlessly transfer their media files to a designated Google Cloud Storage bucket, ensuring secure and scalable storage options. Ideal for website administrators seeking a reliable way to handle large volumes of media files, the plugin not only enhances website performance but also offers the robustness of Google’s cloud infrastructure.
Seamless Integration with Google Cloud Storage
Easily upload media files directly to Google Cloud Storage.
Simplifies the process of managing media files in the cloud.
Enhanced Media Management
Organize and access media files efficiently.
Reduces the load on your WordPress server by offloading media storage.
Improved Website Performance
Faster load times by serving media files from Google Cloud Storage.
Optimizes website performance by leveraging Google's infrastructure.
Scalability and Reliability
Benefit from Google Cloud's scalable storage solutions.
Ensure high availability and reliability for your media files.
Features list
Feature
Free version
Premium version
Simplest and fastest deployment option
Quickly deploy with minimal setup.
Deploy WordPress to a single Compute Engine instance with one click
One-click deployment to a single instance.
Low to medium traffic
Suitable for websites with low to moderate visitor numbers.
Basic scalability
Offers fundamental scalability options.
Blog and CMS
Ideal for blogging and content management systems.
Set up a single-node WordPress deployment
Deploy WordPress on a single server node.
Best and most flexible option for heavy traffic
Ideal for handling large volumes of traffic with high flexibility.
Requires a more complex setup and deployment than App Engine
Involves a more intricate setup and deployment process compared to App Engine.
Heavy traffic
Designed to manage and sustain heavy traffic efficiently.
Auto-scaling
Automatically adjusts resources based on traffic demands.
Flexibility over simple deployment
Offers greater flexibility at the cost of a more complex deployment process.
Pricing
WordPress on Compute Engine
$0 / one-time
Plan includes
Simplest and fastest deployment option
Deploy WordPress to a single Compute Engine instance with one click
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Users have had mixed experiences with this WordPress plugin. They appreciate its capability to change WordPress's media storage to Google Storage, suggesting that, when it works, it might be helpful for external storage solutions. However, numerous users have encountered significant issues, such as compatibility problems requiring PHP versions less than 7.1 for activation and complications with other extensions and CDNs like Cloudflare. Instructions are deemed poor, with users struggling to configure API and JSON files. Additionally, the plugin can interfere with WooCommerce product export functionality by returning empty CSV files unless deactivated. Overall, it's considered problematic and challenging to install and integrate smoothly.
Chef Tech
14 Apr, 2023
I came across a major glitch when trying to export products from Woocommerce. The export returns an empty csv file (empty except for the header rows) unless I deactivate this plugin.
dioxunil
10 Apr, 2022
Just read what is written in the readme.txt
bart2016
09 Jun, 2021
it works, but with major problems.
by default, it changes the media storage of WP to google storage, but after this plugin is installed, user cannot install any other extensions, because it will try to install into gs://xxx
aelsharawi
30 Jun, 2020
Google…you should not do that!
poor insturction, not working either way API or Json file, maybe as I am under cloudflare? don’t know, what about the compatibility with other cdn plugins?
neoacevedo
20 Jul, 2018
Simply it isn’t activated on PHP7.2 so you HAVE TO use PHP < 7.1 in order to activate and use it.