Title: Upload to separate server
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Upload to separate server

 *  [funkygibbon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/funkygibbon/)
 * (@funkygibbon)
 * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-to-separate-server/)
 * I want to setup a WordPress installation so that images can be uploaded and reside
   on a *separate* server.
 * The solution I have at the moment is : enable uploads on WordPress, the user 
   can then upload images. Run a crontab job that monitors a a designated directory
   for new files and FTPs any new files to the separate server hosting the images.
 * I couldn’t find any appropriate WordPress plugin… Is the above the best possible
   solution ? Is there a Unix utility that can monitor a directory for changes ?

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 *  [simonwarren](https://wordpress.org/support/users/simonwarren/)
 * (@simonwarren)
 * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-to-separate-server/#post-306758)
 * I’m having the same problem so you aren’t alone.
 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-to-separate-server/#post-307399)
 * Why don’t you let the user upload to the other server and use a quicktag to generate
   all but the name of the image ?
 *  Thread Starter [funkygibbon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/funkygibbon/)
 * (@funkygibbon)
 * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-to-separate-server/#post-307555)
 * I’m trying to create a user-friendly solution. Uploading to 2 separate servers
   is not user-friendly. I want to set-up a WordPress Blog so that the user can 
   click on an image and it is uploaded to a server. The fact that the destination
   server for the images is different to the server hosting the WordPress sql database
   should not be an issue for the user.
 * The best solution I have to date is to run a crontab and upload the image for
   the user.
 * Thanks.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 3 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [funkygibbon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/funkygibbon/)
 * Last activity: [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-to-separate-server/#post-307555)
 * Status: not resolved

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