sherylhohman / sh_move_uploads_folder_to_external_server

Move wordpress uploads folder and files to an external server.

This plugin moves files from "uploads" folder on main wordpress website
To an "uploads" folder on an external server.

Hmm.. when upload new (images) files,
will they still first go to the wp-defined uploads folder,
then simply copy themselves (via this plugin) over to the ftp server ??
(before self-deleting from the main wordpress site)

If this is so, then do the links in the db also need to be immediately updated ??
And, does a redirect for each newly uploaded file need to be 301 defined
in the .htaccess folder (probably as single wild card)??

UGH. This plugin may not be the holy grail I intended !!

For my part, I defined constants for the (external) ftp uploads server that are to be manually set in wp-config.php
The original version had username and password values hard-coded directly in the plugin file.
Security Issue!!

I also renamed the plugin to something more descriptive, and memorable.

CREDITS:
Forked from: https://github.com/pontusab/wp-ftp-media-library
just proof of concept to answer question on wpse
Answer question http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/74180/upload-images-to-remote-server/78129#78129