Uploads by Proxy
This plugin is meant to be used by developers who work on sites in a local development environment before deploying changes to a production (live) server. It allows you skip downloading the contents of wp-content/uploads to your local WordPress install. Instead, images missing from the uploads directory are loaded from the production server as needed.
Setup
In most cases, you should be able to activate the plugin and go. If the plugin does not work automatically, then you need to set the address of your live WordPress install in wp-config.php, like this:
define('UBP_SITEURL', 'http://example-live.com/wordpress');
If you are on a staging server (not a local development environment) you may need to force the plugin to run with define( 'UBP_IS_LOCAL', true ); in wp-config.php. Do not set this on a live site!
Download & install the zip archive
The plugin package installer can be downloaded from the WP2E project tab called “code”.
1 – Select the version to download if this option is available otherwise the “latest” version of the main plugin will be used.
2 – After downloading the zip archive install the plugin package installer in you local environment and activate the script from the plugin list.
3 – Under the section “Plugins” of the admin dashboard you should see a new “Dependencies & Licenses” link. Follow the instructions from this panel to finalize the installation of the missing dependencies.
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- Give a name to your project
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- Download the Installer Package
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- Install & activate the plugin locally
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- Install the suggested dependencies
Tips: Use the WP2E panel to add/suggest new dependencies to the local installation. Press F5 in the list of dependencies if the changes are not displayed right away.