Store Forminator Uploads on the Cloud, Not on Your Hosting Disk
Resumes, portfolios, and support files submitted through a Forminator form land in your uploads folder and stay there. Infinite Uploads offloads every submission to cloud storage as it arrives and serves it from a global CDN, Post Data images included.
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Forminator and Infinite Uploads: Every Submission, Off Your Server
Every File Upload field fills your server. By default Forminator saves submissions in its own uploads/forminator folder, so they never appear in Media but still count against your disk. Turn on "Show files in media library" and they show up there too, still on the same server either way.
Infinite Uploads offloads every submission to cloud storage the moment it arrives and serves it from the CDN, wherever Forminator saves it. Files in the Media Library get Media Folders, sort, and search, so you find one applicant's file without opening every entry. Big File Form Uploads, our companion add-on, lifts the PHP upload limit for large attachments.
Forminator works exactly as before: the builder, submissions, quizzes, polls, and payment fields are untouched. Post Data posts publish with a featured image served from the CDN, entries load their files from the edge, and a dozen client sites running Forminator share one predictable account.
Four Problems Infinite Uploads Solves for a Forminator Site
Most offload plugins move files and stop. These are the parts that matter when the files are applications and customer submissions.
Applications and Entries Stop Filling Your Disk
A job posting that draws 200 applicants each attaching a resume is a couple hundred megabytes gone from your server before lunch, and nobody deletes old entries. Infinite Uploads offloads File Upload field submissions to cloud storage as they arrive and serves them from the CDN when you review them.
Find One Submission's Files Without Scrolling Every Entry
Files Forminator stores in the Media Library, once you enable "Show files in media library," get Media Folders, sort, and search, so you can find one applicant's file directly, in seconds, instead of opening every submission one at a time.
Submissions Screen Loads Fast Even With Attachments
A submissions list with dozens of file uploads pulls every file from your own server to render links and thumbnails. Infinite Uploads serves them from a global CDN instead, so the submissions screen stays fast no matter how many files are attached.
Post Data Images, Delivered From the Edge
The Post Data field lets a visitor publish a post from the front end, featured image included. That image, and any other Post Data upload, goes to the cloud and gets optimized to AVIF and WebP, so the published post loads fast for every reader.
Why Support Teams and Agencies Pair Forminator With Infinite Uploads
Backups Stop Growing With Every Submission
Entries with file attachments are usually the single biggest thing bloating a WordPress backup. Move the files to cloud storage and your backup covers your database and theme, not years of applicant files. Free up local storage after sync.
Every Existing Submission Moves Too
The first sync finds every file Forminator has saved and moves it to the cloud without touching a single form or entry. Nothing changes in Forminator, and Download & Disconnect copies the saved files to your server if you want them there.
One Account for Every Site You Run Forminator On
Agencies running Forminator on a support site, a careers page, and a dozen client sites connect all of them to one account. Unlimited sites on every plan, one usage dashboard, no per-site credentials to hand over.
What Works, Feature by Feature
Feature
What you get
File Upload field submissions, stored in the Media Library
Turn on "Show files in media library" and every submission offloads to cloud storage, gets optimized to AVIF and WebP when it's an image, and is searchable with Media Folders.
Works
Video submitted through the File Upload field
A video saved to the Media Library serves from the CDN as-is. Upload one to the Video Library instead for adaptive streaming in the customizable player, included on every plan.
Works
Post Data field front-end posts and featured images
Images a visitor uploads through Post Data, including the featured image, are offloaded and served from the CDN once the post publishes or clears review.
Works
Submissions export to CSV
Export pulls from the entries table, not the offloaded files, so CSV export and scheduled email exports work unchanged.
Works
Quizzes, polls, calculations, Stripe, and PayPal fields
These store answers, scores, and payment records, not files. Infinite Uploads has nothing to offload here and nothing to interfere with.
Works
Files kept in the default uploads/forminator folder
Offloaded and served from the CDN, but won't show up in the Media Library grid on either side unless you turn on Media Library storage.
No Media Library listing
Access to a submitted file's direct link
Protected by the file's own unguessable filename, not a login check, with or without Infinite Uploads. Exactly like stock Forminator.
Filename-only protection
File Upload field's own Max File Size setting
Capped by your host's PHP upload_max_filesize and post_max_size, same as stock Forminator. Pair with our Big File Form Uploads add-on to raise the ceiling.
Add Big File Form Uploads
Uninstalling Forminator
Deletes its local upload folder, and Infinite Uploads follows that deletion to the matching cloud files. Export any submissions you need first.
Export before uninstall
Up and Running in Three Steps
1. Connect Infinite Uploads
Install the plugin, connect your account, and sync. Every file Forminator has already saved moves to the cloud. Nothing changes in Forminator.
2. Turn On Media Library Storage
For forms where you'll want to search or sort submissions later, enable "Show files in media library" on the File Upload field. Files stay offloaded either way.
3. Free Up Local Storage
Once the sync completes, remove the local copies from Infinite Uploads settings. Your hosting plan gets its space back and every submission keeps serving from the CDN.
Good to Know Before You Switch
Files kept in the default uploads/forminator folder are protected the same way they always were. Infinite Uploads offloads them to cloud storage and serves them from the CDN, but access still relies on the file's own unguessable filename, not a login check, identical to stock Forminator.
A file that isn't stored in the Media Library won't show up in the Media Library on either end. Enable "Show files in media library" on the File Upload field if you want a submission browsable, searchable, and sortable with Media Folders.
Uninstalling Forminator deletes its local upload folder, and Infinite Uploads follows that deletion to the cloud copies too. Export the submissions you need to keep before you uninstall the plugin, the same caution that applies with or without Infinite Uploads connected.
How We Tested
- Built a form with a File Upload field and submitted a resume PDF and a JPG photo.
- Enabled "Show files in media library" on a second form and submitted the same files.
- Published a post from the front end with the Post Data field, featured image included.
- Exported submissions to CSV and checked the file references.
- Confirmed every uploaded file served from the CDN domain on the front end and in submissions.
Result: everything worked, no configuration needed.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Forminator save file uploads to the Media Library?
Not by default. Forminator saves File Upload field submissions in an uploads/forminator folder. Enable "Show files in media library" on the field to save there instead. Infinite Uploads offloads files either way.
Are files in the default uploads/forminator folder as secure as files in the Media Library?
They're protected the same way: by an unguessable filename, not a login check, with or without Infinite Uploads. Nothing changes about who can open a direct link to a submitted file.
Does the Post Data field's featured image work?
Yes. Any image a visitor uploads through Post Data, including a featured image, is offloaded and served from the CDN once the post publishes or clears review.
Does exporting submissions to CSV still work?
Yes. Export reads from the entries table, not the offloaded copies, so CSV export and scheduled email exports are unaffected, no matter which folder or storage option the files use.
Can I search or sort a form's file uploads later?
Only files saved to the Media Library get Media Folders, sort, and search. Enable "Show files in media library" on any field you want to browse later.
What happens to a video someone uploads through a File Upload field?
If it's stored in the Media Library, it serves from the CDN as-is, no transcoding. Upload it to the Video Library instead and Video Cloud streams it in the customizable player, included on every plan.
What if a submission is bigger than the File Upload field's max size?
Forminator caps uploads at your server's PHP limit. Add our Big File Form Uploads add-on to raise the WordPress-side ceiling before large attachments get rejected.
Does this work if I run Forminator on several client sites?
Yes. Infinite Uploads supports WordPress Multisite and unlimited single sites on one account, so an agency running Forminator on a dozen sites gets one usage dashboard and one invoice.
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