Automating Media Offload in WordPress with FTP, FTPS, and SFTP

I built this plugin to solve a boring but expensive WordPress problem: the media library keeps growing, backups get heavier, and storage on the app server turns into a bottleneck. The core idea is simple. New and existing uploads can be pushed to an external FTP, FTPS, or SFTP destination, then served from a CDN base URL without rewriting attachment data in the database. You can see the full plugin at Nexu FTP Media . Under the hood, I treated media offload as a pipeline instead of a one-click migration. The plugin stores connection settings securely, validates the remote path, scans the library, and builds a transfer queue. For bulk moves, it supports supervised browser-based syncing with parallel uploads, plus a background-friendly workflow for longer runs. That makes large libraries less of a black box. The part I cared about most was compatibility. In real WordPress sites, media URLs show up in attachment functions, generated image sizes, builder output, and cached page content. In