WP Offload Media Lite for Amazon S3, DigitalOcean Spaces, and Google Cloud Storage
Changelog
WP Offload Media Lite 3.3.1 – 2026-04-15
New: Google Cloud Storage SDK has been updated to v1.49.2
New: PHP and JS dependencies have been updated
New: WordPress 7.0 compatible
Improvement: The current bucket’s location is no longer checked when the region is defined as a constant
Removed: The StackPath (no longer in business) delivery provider has been marked as deprecated and can no longer be selected in the UI
Bug fix: Editing a footer template with an existing offloaded and removed from local image block now properly shows the image
Bug fix: Returning to the site editor with an offloaded and removed from local background image applied to a group block now properly shows the image
Bug fix: The Customizer now correctly shows just added and cropped remote only header images
Bug fix: The original remote only image downloaded during a Customizer header image crop is now properly re-removed from the server
Bug fix: Checking settings after manually changing a bucket’s ACL enablement status no longer results in delivery status validation problems
Bug fix: Offload and remove from local triggered from outside the admin context no longer sometimes results in a fatal error
WP Offload Media Lite 3.3.0 – 2026-02-03
New: Amazon S3 regions Asia Pacific (Taipei) and Asia Pacific (New Zealand) are now selectable
New: Google Cloud Storage regions North America (Querétaro) and Europe (Stockholm) are now selectable
New: DigitalOcean Spaces region Atlanta (ATL1) is now selectable
New: WordPress 6.9 compatible
New: Requires WordPress 5.9+
New: PHP 8.4 compatible
New: PHP 8.5 compatible
New: Requires PHP 8.1+
New: AWS PHP SDK has been updated to v3.360.1
New: PHP and JS dependencies have been updated
Improvement: The filesize attachment metadata value is no longer removed when the item is downloaded
Bug fix: The legacy file size upgrade routine no longer throws an error if attachment metadata is missing
Bug fix: Deleting an item via the Media Library’s grid mode now works when Rank Math SEO is installed
Bug fix: The plugin now protects against an invalid value being passed to the core the_post action
WP Offload Media Lite 3.2.12 – Unreleased
Pro only release
WP Offload Media Lite 3.2.11 – 2025-01-22
New: Amazon S3 regions Asia Pacific (Thailand) and Mexico (Central) are now selectable
WP Offload Media Lite 3.2.10 – 2024-12-12
New: DigitalOcean regions Toronto (TOR1) and London (LON1) are now selectable
New: Google Cloud Storage regions Africa (Johannesburg), Dual-Region (Belgium/London), Dual-Region (London/Frankfurt) and Dual-Region (Frankfurt/Zürich) are now selectable
New: Google Cloud Storage SDK has been updated to v1.39.0 (requires PHP 7.4+)
Bug fix: Speed of adding new media is no longer affected by the number of records in the postmeta table
WP Offload Media Lite 3.2.9 – 2024-10-04
Security: The plugin can now serve updates from WP Engine servers, however this update mechanism is not included when installed directly from WordPress.org
New: Amazon S3 region Asia Pacific (Malaysia) is now selectable
New: AWS PHP SDK has been updated to v3.319.4
New: PHP and JS dependencies have been updated
WP Offload Media Lite 3.2.8 – 2024-07-11
Delivery status indicator is now more accurate when Amazon S3 Object Ownership is configured in combination with a delivery provider other than Amazon CloudFront
Corrupt _wp_attachment_metadata no longer causes a fatal error when offloading media
WP Offload Media Lite 3.2.7 – 2024-02-13
New: Amazon S3 regions Canada West (Calgary), Asia Pacific (Melbourne) and Israel (Tel Aviv) are now selectable
New: DigitalOcean region Bangalore (BLR1) is now selectable
New: Google Cloud Storage regions Europe (Berlin), Europe (Turin), Middle East (Doha) and Middle East (Dammam, Saudi Arabia) are now selectable
Improvement: The as3cf_object_meta filter now also runs during storage settings validation
Bug fix: Private media URLs now work as expected in audio and video shortcodes
Bug fix: Performance improved for ACF image fields when filesize metadata is missing for offloaded and removed files
Bug fix: URLs for offloaded media in ACF URL and link fields are now properly rewritten
Bug fix: Media library files with apostrophes in their filenames no longer cause database errors
Bug fix: URL rewriting no longer breaks slashed serialized data with NULL values
Bug fix: URL rewriting on a dev site now works without a bucket being set
New: Advanced Custom Fields Lite & Pro now supported
New: Authenticated WP-REST-API endpoints added for managing settings
New: Amazon S3 Object Ownership controls are now supported
New: Added Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Amazon S3 region
New: Added Columbus, Dallas, Toronto, Santiago, Warsaw, Milan, Paris, Madrid, Delhi, Jakarta and Melbourne Google Cloud Storage regions
New: AWS PHP SDK updated to v3.222.1
New: Google Cloud Storage SDK updated to v1.26.3
New: PHP 7.2 or later required
New: WordPress 6.1 compatible
Improvement: Settings changes by another user or in wp-config.php are detected and reflected in UI
Improvement: A page refresh is requested if settings changes by another user conflict with unsaved changes
Improvement: Important error notices on the settings page are less easy to miss when displayed
Improvement: The Custom Domain (CNAME) can no longer be left empty if enabled
Improvement: The format of the entered Custom Domain (CNAME) for a CDN is now validated before being able to save settings
Improvement: It is no longer possible to mistake the example URL preview for an offloaded media item
Improvement: The relationship between settings and the example URL preview is now easier to understand
Improvement: Some common AWS S3 errors are caught and shown with easier to understand messages
Improvement: Media settings can now be used even if previously defined Storage Provider credentials have been removed but bucket still set (useful for development or test installs cloned from large production sites)
Bug fix: Saving posts with serialized data in post_content that include offloaded URLs now have correct string length values
Bug fix: EC2 hosted sites using IAM Roles no longer get an error when retrieving credentials from the instance profile metadata service in some instances
Bug fix: URLs are no longer rewritten for media offloaded to a different storage provider than currently configured
Bug fix: Creating a bucket on DigitalOcean Spaces no longer fails with 403 Forbidden error
Bug fix: Rewrite Media URLs can now be turned off for installs updated from pre WP Offload S3 1.0
Bug fix: Legacy AWS access key defines no longer cause issues with upgrade routines
Bug fix: Getting Block All Public Access status no longer fails for recently created buckets
Bug fix: Block All Public Access warning notice no longer shows even though CloudFront set up
Bug fix: Images with non-numeric width or height values no longer cause fatal errors
WP Offload Media Lite 2.6.2 – 2022-04-04
Bug fix: Upgrade routine no longer risks breaking items when external object cache is in use
WP Offload Media Lite 2.6.1 – 2022-03-21
Bug fix: Local files are no longer removed if as3cf_pre_upload_attachment filter is used to abort upload