Solve the Single Weirdest WordPress Glitch Imaginable

April 20, 2013 1:34 AM

I'm running the Amazon S3 plugin by TanTanNoodles on a fresh installation of WordPress with no other plugins, and whenever I use it to upload any media, it correctly sends it off to the S3 bucket. But only if I use my iPod.

I can not begin to understand why. Otherwise it uploads directly to the normal folder where my WP install is. I would like to get this to work, but even more so I want to know how on earth... what's happening?

Tried Chrome, Safari for iOS on newest iPod available, with all user accounts; tried Windows and Mac with Firefox, Chrome, and IE/Safari, with all user accounts. I am running the same bersion on several other blogs which work flawlessly, and I have configured everything identically with my host, WordPress, the plugin, and Amazon S3. The only thing affecting the upload destination is whether I am or am not using my iPod. What the.

posted by dubadubowbow to Computers & Internet (3 answers total)

Are you using the WordPress app? Plugin looks pretty outdated (3 point versions behind, almost 4), and there have been some big changes to media management, so it is possible the app fires off a filter or action that the plugin relies on, but isn't getting called on the web.
posted by backwards guitar at 3:16 AM on April 20, 2013

Yeah, without debugging the actual plugin, I'd bet it has to do with some changes to the media library hooks. That plugin is a fork of an older plugin, hasn't seen an update for a couple years, and only declares support through WP v. 3.2.1. I wouldn't rely on it for anything important. Have you seen this plugin? It looks like it's a more recently updated fork of the plugin you're trying to use.

There are also a few other good plugins that offer CDN integration, too. I've had good results with W3 Total Cache.

Good luck!
posted by maniactown at 10:00 AM on April 20, 2013

Yup - deactivate the plugin and install Amazon S3 and Cloudfront, which is basically the original TanTan plugin but still maintained.

In fact, I'm pretty certain it'll actually pick up all your original cdn/bucket settings when you install it, as it uses the same db key/value pairs (I upgraded an older site that was still running TanTan a couple of weeks ago and I remember being pleasantly surprised by this).
posted by garius at 4:24 PM on April 21, 2013