Serve Envira Gallery Images Faster, Without Filling Up Your Hosting Plan
Envira Gallery stores every full-resolution original and generates its own cropped thumbnails for each layout, so a growing collection of shoots quietly fills your hosting plan. Infinite Uploads moves it all to cloud storage, serves galleries from a global CDN, and serves self-hosted video galleries from the CDN too.
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Envira Gallery and Infinite Uploads: Full-Resolution Galleries That Don't Fill Your Server
A photographer's Envira Gallery site is nothing but images. Every shoot goes in at full resolution, and Envira generates its own cropped thumbnails for each Image Size and crop setting, writing a second set of files into the uploads folder next to the originals. Shared hosting fills up fast, and backups grow with it.
Infinite Uploads offloads the whole gallery: originals and every cropped size Envira generates, converted to AVIF and WebP and served from a global CDN. Media Folders keep each shoot or client gallery sorted and searchable. Self-hosted clips in the videos addon offload to the CDN instead of your server, playing in Envira's own player.
Envira keeps doing what it does: drag-and-drop galleries, albums, lightbox, gallery templates, lazy loading, and deeplinking all work unchanged. One sync moves the library to the cloud, one bill covers storage, video, and CDN bandwidth, and your hosting plan stops growing with every shoot you upload.
Four Problems Infinite Uploads Solves for an Envira Gallery Site
Most offload plugins move files and stop. These are the parts that matter when the files are your galleries.
Full-Resolution Originals and Every Cropped Size, Off Your Disk
Every shoot lands in the Media Library at full resolution, and Envira writes a matching set of cropped thumbnails into uploads for each Image Size and crop setting. Infinite Uploads offloads the originals and every generated crop, so a growing archive never touches your hosting plan's disk.
Regenerating Thumbnails Doesn't Mean Refilling Your Server
Change a crop setting or gallery template and Envira's Regenerate Thumbnails tool rewrites every size for every gallery. With Infinite Uploads that new set writes straight into the cloud-backed uploads folder, so a full regeneration across hundreds of galleries never fills your disk or slows down your host.
Self-Hosted Video Galleries Stream Without a Third-Party Bill
The videos addon mixes self-hosted MP4s with YouTube, Vimeo, and Wistia embeds. Upload the self-hosted clips through the Media Library and they offload to cloud storage, serving from the CDN in Envira's own player with no per-video fee or third-party subscription.
Client Galleries and Shoots, Organized and Delivered Fast
Photographers running Envira for years of weddings, portraits, and client proofs end up with thousands of images across dozens of galleries. Media Folders keep each shoot or client together with search and sort, and every image loads from the CDN edge nearest the visitor instead of one server.
Why Photographers and Agencies Pair Envira Gallery With Infinite Uploads
One Bill Instead of Several
Cloud storage, CDN bandwidth, and video streaming are one predictable monthly price. No Vimeo plan, no S3 bucket, no surprise bandwidth invoice after a gallery goes viral. Free up local storage once the first sync finishes.
Move a Growing Archive Without Rebuilding a Gallery
The first sync moves your existing Media Library, including every original and cropped size Envira has already generated, and rewrites URLs to the CDN. No gallery needs rebuilding, and Download & Disconnect copies your originals and cropped sizes to your server if you want them local again.
Every Site on One Account
Agencies running Envira Gallery on several client sites connect all of them to one Infinite Uploads account. Unlimited sites on every plan, one usage dashboard, and no separate cloud credentials to hand over when a client site changes hands.
What Works, Feature by Feature
Feature
What you get
Gallery images from the Media Library
Drag-and-drop galleries built from the Media Library offload full-resolution originals, convert them to AVIF and WebP, and serve them from a global CDN.
Works
Envira's generated crop and thumbnail sizes
Every Image Size and crop setting writes an extra file into uploads next to the original. Those crops offload too and count toward your storage plan.
Extra storage
Regenerate Thumbnails tool
Rewrites every crop and thumbnail size for every gallery. The new set lands straight in the cloud-backed uploads folder.
Regenerates in cloud
Albums, gallery templates, lightbox, and lazy loading (Pro)
Display features layered on top of the same gallery data, so they read the same offloaded images and thumbnails as any other gallery type.
Works
Videos addon: self-hosted MP4
Upload through the Media Library and it offloads to cloud storage, serving from the CDN as-is in Envira's own player.
Works
Videos addon: YouTube, Vimeo, and Wistia
Embedded and playing from those platforms either way. The self-hosted clips offload to the CDN separately.
Stays external
Watermarking addon
Writes a new watermarked file to disk for each image. The watermarked copy offloads the same as any other file.
Rewrites files
Instagram and Dropbox galleries
Both load images live from those services, not from your Media Library, so there is nothing on your server to offload.
Stays external
WordPress Multisite networks
Every site in the network, and every Envira gallery on it, offloads to the same account and storage pool.
Works
Up and Running in Three Steps
1. Connect Infinite Uploads
Install the plugin, connect your account, and sync. Existing gallery images and generated crops move to the cloud.
2. Add Self-Hosted Video to a Gallery
Add the self-hosted clip to the videos addon through the Media Library. It offloads and plays from the CDN in Envira's own player.
3. Free Up Local Storage
Once the sync completes, remove local copies from Infinite Uploads settings. Every file keeps serving from the CDN.
Good to Know Before You Switch
Envira's cropped sizes are extra files, and they count toward your storage plan. Every Image Size and crop setting you use writes another file into uploads next to the original, and running Regenerate Thumbnails after a template or setting change writes a whole new set. Size your plan on the total, not just your original photo library.
Self-hosted clips in the videos addon offload to the CDN, not Video Cloud. YouTube, Vimeo, and Wistia embeds keep playing from those platforms either way, since Envira never stores their files on your server. If you rely on a platform's analytics or captions, leave that clip embedded and move the self-hosted ones instead.
Instagram, Dropbox, and NextGEN import galleries behave differently. Instagram and Dropbox galleries load images live from those services, so there's nothing on your server to offload. The NextGEN import tool copies images into your Envira gallery, and once they land in the Media Library they offload like any other file. Proofing and WooCommerce print sales are untouched either way.
How We Tested
- Built an Envira gallery from Media Library images with several Image Size crop settings enabled.
- Ran the Regenerate Thumbnails tool and confirmed new crops wrote to the cloud-backed folder.
- Added a self-hosted MP4 to a videos addon gallery and checked playback.
- Applied the watermarking addon to a test image and checked the new file.
- Confirmed gallery images, crops, and the self-hosted video served from the CDN domain.
Result: everything worked, no configuration needed.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Envira Gallery's own thumbnail cropping still work with Infinite Uploads?
Yes. Envira generates its cropped sizes as usual and Infinite Uploads offloads the originals and every crop to cloud storage, converts them to AVIF and WebP, and serves them from a global CDN.
What happens when I run Regenerate Thumbnails?
Envira rewrites every crop and thumbnail size for every gallery, and the new set writes straight into the cloud-backed uploads folder. Nothing fills your server, even across hundreds of galleries.
Can I still use the videos addon with YouTube, Vimeo, or Wistia?
Yes. Those embeds keep playing from those platforms either way, since Envira never stores their files on your server. The self-hosted clips offload to the CDN separately.
Does the watermarking addon still work?
Yes. It writes a watermarked copy of the image to disk the same way it always has, and that copy offloads and serves from the CDN like any other file.
Do Instagram and Dropbox galleries work with Infinite Uploads?
They load images live from those services, not from your Media Library, so there's nothing on your server for Infinite Uploads to offload. They work exactly as Envira built them.
What about the proofing and WooCommerce addons?
Client proofing selections and print order processing run on top of the same offloaded images, so both work unchanged. Neither addon adds files Infinite Uploads needs to treat differently.
How much extra storage do Envira's cropped sizes add?
It depends on how many Image Size and crop settings you use. Each one writes another file next to the original, so a gallery-heavy site should size its plan on the full crop set, not just originals.
What if a gallery video is bigger than the WordPress upload limit?
Add our free Big File Uploads plugin. It lifts the WordPress upload limit without any server changes, and Infinite Uploads offloads the file from there.
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Try Infinite Uploads on the Free Plan
No cloud accounts. No access keys. Install the plugin, connect your site, and gallery images, generated crops, and self-hosted videos start moving to the cloud automatically.
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