Amazon S3 for WordPress with CloudFront

Uploads your wordpress attachements to S3 with an option CloudFront distribution

Author:James David Low (Original: Joe Tan) (profile at wordpress.org)
WordPress version required:2.3
WordPress version tested:3.2.1
Plugin version:0.4.1.1
Added to WordPress repository:12-10-2011
Last updated:12-10-2011
Warning! This plugin has not been updated in over 2 years. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.
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Plugin URI:http://jameslow.com/2011/10/12/amazon-s3-for-...
Total downloads:13 311
Active installs:100+
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This WordPress plugin allows you to use Amazon’s Simple Storage Service to host your media for your WordPress powered blog with an optional CloudFront distribution.

It is a modification of: http://tantannoodles.com/toolkit/wordpress-s3/

Amazon S3 is a cheap and cost effective way to scale your site to easily handle large spikes in traffic (such as from Digg) without having to go through the expense of setting up the infrastructure for a content delivery network.

Once setup, this plugin transparently integrates with your WordPress blog. File uploads are automatically saved into your Amazon S3 bucket without any extra steps. Once saved, these files will be delivered by Amazon S3, instead of your web host. Any image thumbnails that get created are saved to Amazon S3 too. You’ll also find an “Amazon S3” tab next to your regular “Upload” tab, which allows you to easily browse and manage files that were not upload via WordPress.

Documentation

If you need more help installing and configuring the plugin, see here for more information.