Import a Full Starter Template, Without Filling Your Server With Demo Images
Starter Templates builds a whole site in one click for Elementor, Beaver Builder, Spectra, or the block editor, and every demo image lands in your Media Library. Infinite Uploads offloads them to cloud storage and a global CDN, optimizes them on the Business plan, and keeps video on one bill.
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Starter Templates and Infinite Uploads: Demo Sites Without the Storage Bill
Starter Templates imports a complete demo site, a single page, or one section in a click. It supports Elementor, Beaver Builder, Spectra, and the block editor, and an AI website builder can generate a site for you. Each import brings the template's photos with it, and they all land in your Media Library together.
Infinite Uploads offloads those images to cloud storage and serves them from a global CDN. Image Optimization, on the Business plan, converts them to AVIF and WebP and right-sizes them. Media Folders, search, and sort help you clear out demo images you never use. Video Cloud, included on every plan, handles video you add later.
Starter Templates keeps doing what it does today. Its importer data and logs live in their own folders under uploads, apart from your media, and Infinite Uploads does not exclude those folders by default. That is why we flag imports as worth a test, then one bill covers storage, video, and CDN bandwidth.
Four Problems Infinite Uploads Solves for a Starter Templates Site
A template import is a burst of new files. Here is what matters when that burst is demo photos.
One Import, a Wave of Images in Your Media Library
A full demo site import fetches the template's photos and saves each one, with its thumbnails, as a normal Media Library attachment. Infinite Uploads offloads them to cloud storage and serves them from the CDN, so a fresh template does not eat your hosting disk.
Background Image Batches That Take Their Time
After the pages are created, Starter Templates fetches images in the background, 10 at a time. Let that queue finish before your first sync. Infinite Uploads then moves the whole set to cloud storage and serves it from the CDN.
Unused Demo Images Cluttering the Library
Most sites use only part of a template's photos. Media Folders, search, and sort in Infinite Uploads make it easy to find the demo images you replaced. Delete them, so storage reflects the site you actually launched.
Big Hero Photos on a Brand-New Site
Templates often ship full-width hero photos. Infinite Uploads converts them to AVIF and WebP with Image Optimization, on the Business plan, right-sizes them for each screen, and serves them from the CDN edge closest to each visitor.
Why Template Builders Pair It With Infinite Uploads
One Bill for Storage, Video, and CDN
Starter Templates is free and has no cloud storage or CDN of its own. A media-heavy template site either fills the server or adds a CDN account and a video host. Infinite Uploads covers storage, video, and CDN on one price.
Build Fast, Then Free Up Local Disk
Starter Templates says you can deactivate it once an import finishes. Infinite Uploads then syncs the site's media, you free up local storage, and Download & Disconnect brings the media back to your server if you ever need it.
Every Client Site on One Account
Agencies use Starter Templates to launch client sites quickly, and its FAQ allows it. Connect every site to one Infinite Uploads account. Unlimited sites on every plan, WordPress Multisite support, and one invoice.
What Works, Feature by Feature
Feature
What you get
Demo site imports (Elementor, Beaver Builder, Spectra, block editor)
Starter Templates saves each demo image as a normal Media Library attachment with thumbnails. Infinite Uploads can offload it and serve it from the CDN like any other upload.
Works
Background image batches
Images are fetched 10 per batch after the pages are created. Let the queue finish before your first sync so every image is in the library.
Works
Page, pattern, and kit imports
Gutenberg pages, patterns, and kits bring images in as ordinary Media Library files, which offload and serve from the CDN like the rest of your media.
Works
Image Optimization
Demo and replacement photos convert to AVIF and WebP and are right-sized, with Image Optimization on the Business plan.
Works
Video Cloud for video you add
Upload to the Infinite Uploads Video Library and embed with the Infinite Uploads block. Adaptive streaming in a customizable player, included on every plan.
Works, Video Cloud
Media Folders, search, and sort
Separate the template's demo images from your own and delete the ones you replaced. The folder sidebar also appears in the block editor's media popup.
Works
Importer working files
Starter Templates writes to uploads/astra-sites, uploads/st-importer, and uploads/ast-block-templates-json. None is on the default exclusion list. Test an import, or add them under Folder Exclusions.
Test first
Imports on a site that offloads wp-content
Starter Templates documents that host-level offloading of wp-content can interrupt the step that stores its XML file. Import on a staging copy, or import before you connect.
Test first
AI website builder
It needs a free ZipWP account and saves a generated XML file into uploads during the import. Run the import before you sync, and test it on staging first.
Test first
Up and Running in Three Steps
1. Import, Then Connect
Run your Starter Templates import and let the background image batches finish. Then install Infinite Uploads, connect your account, and sync.
2. Upload Video to the Video Library
A Media Library MP4 serves from the CDN as-is. For adaptive streaming, upload through Media → Video Library and embed with the Infinite Uploads block.
3. Free Up Local Storage
Remove local copies once the sync finishes. Your host keeps the freed space, and the files stay on the CDN.
Good to Know Before You Switch
Starter Templates keeps working files in three folders under uploads. It writes importer data to uploads/astra-sites, import logs to uploads/st-importer, and block template data to uploads/ast-block-templates-json. Infinite Uploads does not exclude these folders by default, though .log files stay local. To keep them on disk, add them under Infinite Uploads > Settings > Folder Exclusions, and test an import first.
Starter Templates' own documentation warns that offloading wp-content can interrupt an import. The import must store an XML file, and the docs name host-level offloading as one possible cause. Its FAQ also recommends importing on a clean site first. Import before you connect Infinite Uploads, or test the import on a staging copy.
Demo images count toward storage until you delete them. A full import brings the template's images into the Media Library, so review it afterward and delete what you replaced. Check the pricing calculator before a large migration. Video you add later serves from the CDN as-is, or uses Video Cloud through the Video Library.
How We Checked
- Read the Starter Templates plugin source to see how it saves demo images.
- Read its readme and documentation for supported builders and import requirements.
- Matched the folders it writes under uploads against the Infinite Uploads exclusion list.
- Reviewed the compatibility scan rows for the plugin.
- Mapped each table row to a file path, a setting, or a documentation page.
Result: demo images import as normal attachments. Test the flagged items on your own site.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do one-click imports still work with Infinite Uploads?
Starter Templates saves each demo image as a normal attachment, which Infinite Uploads can offload. Its docs warn that offloading wp-content can interrupt an import, so import before you connect or test on a staging copy.
Does the AI website builder work too?
The AI builder needs a free ZipWP account and generates a site in about two minutes. It saves an XML file into your uploads folder during import, so treat it like a classic import and test it first.
Will demo images slow my site?
Infinite Uploads serves them from the CDN edge closest to each visitor. With Image Optimization, on the Business plan, they convert to AVIF and WebP and are right-sized, so photo-heavy template pages stay light.
How do I use Video Cloud on a template site?
Upload the video to Media → Video Library, then embed it with the Infinite Uploads block or shortcode. You get adaptive streaming in a customizable player, included on every plan. A Media Library MP4 serves from the CDN as-is.
Can I keep the import logs on local disk?
Import logs end in .log, and Infinite Uploads keeps .log files local by default. The folders themselves are not excluded, so add uploads/st-importer under Folder Exclusions if you want everything in it to stay local.
Can I deactivate Starter Templates after importing?
Starter Templates says you can deactivate it once the import finishes. Imported pages and images stay, and Infinite Uploads keeps serving them. Reactivate the plugin only when you want to import another template.
Does this work for agencies and Multisite?
Yes. Infinite Uploads supports unlimited sites on every plan and WordPress Multisite, so every client site connects to one account and one invoice. Starter Templates allows use on client websites.
What if my own photos exceed the upload limit?
Add our free Big File Uploads plugin. It lifts the WordPress upload limit without server changes, so large photos and videos upload normally, and Infinite Uploads offloads the files from there.
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