WP Media Folder Addon: Dropbox Integration

1. Login to Dropbox in WP Media Folder

To finalize the integration, go back to the WordPress dashboard and click on the menu Settings > WP Media Folder > Cloud > Dropbox tab. First, you can set the thumbnail for images.

Generate image thumbnail: This option will generate image thumbnails and store them on your cloud account. Image thumbnails will be generated according to WordPress settings and used when you embed images (for performance purpose)

 Then select your Media link type:

• Public link: generate a public accessible link for your files and affect the appropriate rights on the cloud files (Shared link)
• Private link: AJAX link, will hide the cloud link to keep the original access right of your file 

Then you can connect to Dropbox account with Automatic mode or Manual mode:

Automatic mode

From now, you can save a lot of time while connecting to the Dropbox server.  First, in order to use this feature, you have to link your Joomunited account at Menu Settings > General, please click on the WordPress settings link if you have not connected yet.

Then go back to the plugin Settings > WP Media Folder > Cloud > Dropbox tab and just click on Connect Dropbox button on the right corner.

Then follow the next steps to finish the connection.

It's so quickly, right? Yes, we know it. :) 

Manual mode

With the credentials in the previous step, please go to WordPress admin and click on the menu Settings > WP Media Folder > Cloud Connection tab > Dropbox settings section and paste your

• App key
• App secret

Then you Save the configuration, after that click on Connect Dropbox button.

You'll have to validate the access authorization for app access - simply click the Allow button.

The connection should be a success ☺ If it is successful, you can create folders and sub-folders in Dropbox and in WP Media Folder. Everything will be synchronized automatically!

Update from Dropbox v1 API to v2 API version

Due to a major change in the Dropbox API on 19 February 2022 the Dropbox apps previously created require an update to the API v2 to work again. If your app was created recently before the date mentioned or you used the automatic connector (you didn't create a custom App), there are chances you just need to logout/login to resolve the issue.
If not, you should follow these steps to move your data from the old Dropbox app to a new app.

Option 1: Continue to use your old Dropbox App

Case 1: You used automatic connector

This is the easiest scenario. Just open the plugin Settings > WP Media Folder > Cloud connection > Dropbox tab and Disconnect/Reconnect from your Dropbox account to resolve the issue.

Case 2: You used a custom Dropbox App created recently

Please try to add Authorized redirect URIs in Dropbox settings to your Dropbox App and reconnect the Dropbox account in WP Media Folder. If it works, that’s all what you need to do.
If this procedure is not working, you should move to the option 2 below.

Add the Authorized redirect URIs under the OAuth 2:

And at the Permissions tab, you should set permissions as the image below.  Then you should click on Migrate button.

Then reconnect the App from WP Media Folder settings

Option 2: Connect a new Dropbox app and move files

Step 1. You should create a new Dropbox App and connect your Dropbox account from the WP Media Folder settings. Please follow these steps detailed in the chapter 1 from this documentation to proceed.

Step 2. Move your Dropbox files and resynchronize

After connecting your new Dropbox App to your WordPress website, you should move all folders and files from the old App root folder in Dropbox. Just drag'n drop all your folders under the new folder used by the new app.
Then wait for the full synchronization, depending on the amount of data it may take a while.

2. How does it work? What can I do with Dropbox?

How does it work? 

WP Media Folder will generate a root folder on your Dropbox with the site name.

All the folders and sub-folders added in WP Media Folder Dropbox will be synchronized under this folder (WP Media Folder - {sitename}). And vice versa, all your media from that root folder on Dropbox will be synchronized to your Media library on Wordpress.

What are the sync directions?

It works in both directions! You can add a file to Dropbox and see it in WP Media Folder, or add a file using WP Media Folder and see it in Dropbox. It also means you can manage WP Media Folder files from your desktop using Dropbox sync software. That’s crazy - we know! ☺

The WP Media Folder Dropbox integration allows you to perform 2 types of actions with your media:

The first option is to Import the Dropbox media in WP Media Folder by selecting a folder to copy.

The second alternative is to Embed the Dropbox media in your content directly. In this case, the media will be loaded into your content from Dropbox, not from your server.