Next3 Offload

Next3 Offload lets you offload your WordPress media to a cloud destination and speeds up your websites. Use IDrive^® e2 as a cloud storage destination in Next3 Offload and store your offloaded WordPress Media.

Prerequisites

Before uploading Next3 Offload files, you require:

1. An active IDrive^® e2 account. Sign up here if you do not have one.
2. A bucket in IDrive^® e2. See how to create a bucket.
3. Valid Access Key ID and Secret Access Key. Learn how to create an access key.

Integrate IDrive^® e2 with Next3 Offload

1. Download and activate the Next3 Offload plugin in WordPress
2. Log in to the WordPress admin dashboard with valid credentials.
3. In the WordPress dashboard, go to Next3 Offload > Setup.
4. Choose 'S3 Object Storage' as the cloud provider.
   
5. Enter your IDrive^® e2 credentials:
   1. Enter your IDrive^® e2 Access Key as Access Key ID
   2. Enter your IDrive^® e2 Secret Key as Access key secret
   3. Enter your IDrive S3 endpoint as Endpoint URL (https)
   4. Click Next.
      
6. Click 'Browse Buckets' to select a bucket in IDrive^® e2 or click 'Create Bucket'. Your WordPress media files will be offloaded in this bucket.
7. Click 'Save Settings'.
   
8. Click 'File Manager' in LHS under Next3 Offload plugin, to access IDrive^® e2 bucket.

Configure Storage Settings

Once IDrive^® e2 is integrated with Next3 Offload, you must configure basic storage settings.

1. In the WordPress dashboard, go to Next3 Offload > Storage Settings.
   
2. Under 'General Options', you can configure 'Offload media' and 'Copy to local server' settings.
3. Under 'Setup Path', you can add prefix to bucket path, add year & month to bucket path, add object version to bucket path, and rename files.
   
4. Click 'Save Settings'.

Set Up The Offload Settings

1. In the WordPress dashboard, go to Next3 Offload > Offload Settings.
   
2. You can offload all your media files in bulk or offload individual files as needed.
3. Additionally, you can:
   1. Restore offloaded files to local storage
   2. Clean up offloaded files from local storage
   3. Offload existing CSS and JS files to IDrive^® e2 cloud storage