If you have WP Offload Media set up with Amazon S3 and want to move your media to DigitalOcean Spaces, you’ll need to use our removal tool to remove all your offloaded media from your S3 bucket, then upload your media to your new Spaces bucket.
Update: We now have a more general guide for moving between different storage providers.
Important Considerations
But before you decide to make this move, you should consider the following questions…
Do I need to be using DigitalOcean Droplets to use Spaces?
Nope. You can use DigitalOcean Spaces no matter what server provider you’re with. We do use DigitalOcean Droplets ourselves though, and we do recommend them.
The Process
Now that you’ve read the FAQ above and you’re sure you want to move your media from Amazon S3 to DigitalOcean Spaces, follow the steps below.
1. Run the remove files tool
Running this tool will remove all of your offloaded media from your Amazon S3 bucket. If the file doesn’t exist on your server, it will download it before deleting.
If you have a lot of media, it could take a long time for this to complete. Once the tool completes, you should find that all your media has been downloaded to your server and removed from S3.
If this step makes you a little nervous, you could do a little preflight check by running the “Download all files from bucket to server” tool then turning off the “Rewrite Media URLs” setting and making sure your site is working as expected. If everything checks out, run the remove tool.
2. Set Up DigitalOcean Spaces
Now you’ll want to login to your DigitalOcean account (or sign up if you haven’t already), create the Spaces bucket you’ll use for your media, and generate access keys.
3. Configure WP Offload Media for DigitalOcean Spaces
Now you can click that provider Change link on the WP Offload Media settings screen, choose DigitalOcean Spaces, follow the instructions on how to set your access keys, and Save Changes.
You may get an error on the next page complaining about the bucket not being found. No biggie, just ignore that for a moment and click the bucket Change link, choose the Spaces bucket you created, and that should fix it.
4. Run the upload tool
Finally, run the upload tool and all your media will be uploaded to your new DigitalOcean Spaces bucket.
