How do I upload a file to wordpress using a custom upload form?

Question

I don't want to use Wordpress' built in media uploader.

I have a form (on the frontend) of my site, and I need to allow anyone to upload an image to my uploads folder in wp-content. I've found many tutorials, but they all tell me how to do it with the wordpress uploader. I need to be able to validate what users are uploading.

Any help is greatly appreciated!!!

Thanks.

AndrewL64 · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-13 22:09:58Z

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Does this help?

WPTuts: Allow users to submit images to your site

PHP:

require_once(ABSPATH . "wp-admin" . '/includes/image.php');
require_once(ABSPATH . "wp-admin" . '/includes/file.php');
require_once(ABSPATH . "wp-admin" . '/includes/media.php');

$attachment_id = media_handle_upload('file-upload', $post->ID);

HTML:

<input type="file" name="file-upload" id="file-upload" />

edited May 13, 2016 at 22:09

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answered Jan 19, 2012 at 19:38

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jasonaburton Over a year ago

It did. I dived into the code in that plugin and found my answer. Thanks.

jasonaburton Over a year ago

I'd prefer to write out the code that helped me and accept that as the answer, but I'll upvote your answer for helping me out.

jasonaburton · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-20 20:53:05Z

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Solved. This is the code I used to do it:

In my code:

require_once(ABSPATH . "wp-admin" . '/includes/image.php');
require_once(ABSPATH . "wp-admin" . '/includes/file.php');
require_once(ABSPATH . "wp-admin" . '/includes/media.php');

$attachment_id = media_handle_upload('file-upload', $post->ID);

In my form:

<input type="file" name="file-upload" id="file-upload" />

answered Jan 20, 2012 at 20:53

jasonaburton

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MarvinLazer Over a year ago

How is this different from the answer mnelson7982 posted?

marky-b Over a year ago

It's not. He just wanted the solve checkmark for himself.

shramee Over a year ago

Code in answer from @mnelson7982 was added about 4 months later... Original answer just had a link to WPTuts page.

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