Real FTP Upload V2
Let Your Customers Send You Large Files — Right From Your Website!
No Dropbox links. No email attachments. No asking customers to figure out FTP.
(Perfect for Printing companies, design companies organizations that need to receive large files without hassle)
We've RELAUNCHED our popular Real FTP Upload plugin with many of the features and enhancements you asked for in the original version 1.
Real FTP Upload V2 adds a professional drag-and-drop uploader to your WordPress website. Your customers upload their artwork, documents, photos or production files — and Real FTP Upload automatically organizes and transfers them to your FTP/FTPS server.
Even files larger than your web server's normal PHP upload limit can be handled automatically with intelligent chunked uploading.
Full Version Features
Professional File Uploading
- Drag-and-drop file uploading
- Upload multiple files at once
- Administrator-defined permitted file types
- Configurable maximum number of files per upload
- Configurable maximum total upload size
- FTP support
- Secure FTPS support
- SFTP support
- Upload progress indicator
- FTP transfer status indicator
- Clear upload success and error messages
- Google reCAPTCHA v2 protection
- Duplicate filenames handled automatically
- Temporary local files removed after successful transfer
Automatic FTP / SFTP File Organization
- Automatically creates a folder for each customer or company
- Optional date-based subfolders
- Multiple date-folder formatting options
- Custom date-folder formats
- Automatic duplicate filename handling
The field currently called Company Name can be renamed to suit the business using the plugin. For example, it could become Artist Name, Client, Organization, Dealer or Department.
Even when the visible label is changed, the information entered into that field continues to be used to create the customer folder on the FTP or SFTP server so to keep all files cleanly orgasnized
Customizable Upload Form
The built-in Form Builder allows businesses to customize the information they collect from customers without editing plugin code.
Required Core Fields
- Customer Name – label can be renamed
- Company Name – label can be renamed
- Email Address – label can be renamed
These three fields always remain displayed and required.Optional and Configurable Fields
- Notes – rename, show or hide, required or optional
- Purpose of Upload – rename, show or hide, required or optional
- Customizable radio-button choices
- Add, remove or rename radio-button options
- Address field – show or hide, required or optional
- Custom Text Field 1 – administrator-defined name
- Custom Text Field 2 – administrator-defined name
- Custom dropdown field
- Administrator-defined dropdown choices
- Custom date picker
- Date field can be renamed to Delivery Date, Event Date, Due Date, Date Required or another label
Any optional field can be made required or optional. A hidden field cannot accidentally remain required.
Multilingual Support
Real FTP Upload V2 includes separate language controls for the customer-facing upload form and the WordPress administration area.
Included Languages
- English
- French – Canada
- French – France
- Chinese – Simplified
- Hindi
- Spanish
- Standard Arabic
- Bengali
- Portuguese
The Frontend / Customer Language controls the upload form, customer prompts, validation messages, upload status messages and customer confirmation email.
The Administrator Language independently controls the Real FTP Upload settings area and website-owner notification emails.
Automatic language selection can follow the appropriate WordPress language setting.
Custom Translations
A Custom language option allows the site administrator to enter their own translations for customer-facing prompts and messages.
If a custom translation is left blank, Real FTP Upload automatically falls back to English.
Arabic includes right-to-left display support.
More Full Version Features
Professional Email Notifications
After a successful upload, Real FTP Upload can automatically send HTML email notifications to both the customer and the website owner.
Customer Confirmation Email
- Confirms the upload was received
- Lists the uploaded files
- Includes enabled form fields
- Uses the administrator-defined field names
- Reports file errors when applicable
- Uses the selected Frontend / Customer Language
Website Owner Notification
- Includes customer information
- Includes company or organization information
- Includes all enabled custom form fields
- Lists uploaded files
- Identifies the FTP folder used
- Reports upload errors
- Uses the customer email address as the Reply-To address
- Uses the selected Administrator Language
FTP, FTPS & SFTP Administration
- FTP server configuration
- FTP username and password
- Secure FTPS / TLS option
- SFTP support
- Configurable remote base folder
- Built-in Test FTP Connection function
- Configurable notification email
- Configurable sender email
- Configurable button colour
- Optional detailed license and debugging information
Google reCAPTCHA Protection
Real FTP Upload V2 supports Google reCAPTCHA v2 to help prevent automated bots from abusing your public file upload form.
License-Controlled Full Version
Real FTP Upload uses WHMCS license validation to unlock the full commercial version.
Without a valid license, the plugin operates in Lite Mode.
Lite Mode
- One PDF file per upload
- Permitted file type locked to PDF
- Maximum files locked to one
- Multi-file uploads unavailable
- Additional file types unavailable
When a valid license is entered, the plugin automatically unlocks full functionality. There is no need to uninstall the plugin or install a different version.
Full Version Unlocks
- Multiple files per upload
- Additional file types
- Administrator-controlled permitted file types
- Administrator-controlled file limits
- Complete professional upload functionality
WHMCS License Management
- WHMCS license validation
- Domain and installation validation
- Local license caching for performance and reliability
- Automatic remote license revalidation
- Three-day license recheck interval
- Temporary communication failures do not immediately disable legitimate customers
- Expired, suspended, revoked or invalid licenses automatically return the plugin to Lite Mode
Privacy and Data Management
- Uploaded files do not need to remain permanently stored in WordPress
- Temporary local copies are removed after successful FTP or SFTP transfer
- Optional complete plugin-data cleanup when the plugin is uninstalled
- Uninstall cleanup is disabled by default
Real FTP Upload — Free Version
The only limitations to the free version is you can upload only .pdf files and only 1 file per session. This gives you room to evaluate and get the plugin set up and understand how it works. There's no need to replace the plugin however simply purchasing a license activates all the features immediately.
Real FTP Upload Lite vs Full Version
| Feature | Lite Mode | Full Version |
|---|---|---|
| WordPress upload form | ||
| Drag and drop uploads | ||
| FTP / FTPS / SFTP | ||
| PDF uploads | ||
| Multiple file types | X | |
| Multiple files per upload | X | |
| Configurable file limits | X | |
| Customizable upload form | ||
| Multilingual interface | ||
| Customer confirmation emails | ||
| Website owner notifications | ||
| Google reCAPTCHA | ||
| Automatic FTP/SFTP folder organization | ||
| Full professional file handling | X |