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El uso de imágenes en su sitio puede consumir muchos recursos, ya be espacio de almacenamiento o simplemente la velocidad de carga de su server. Cuantas más imágenes utilice su sitio, más se pueden filtrar estos recursos.
Sites that use a large number of images tend to look for methods to host their files elsewhere in the cloud rather than taking resources from their own server. Regardless, it can be difficult to find a service that facilitates this onboarding.
Uploadcare is a service that eliminates the difficulty occasionally experienced when using a third-party cloud storage service and simplifies the entire process. Then take things a little further and offer other options to enhance the media experience on your site.
What does Uploadcare do?
Uploadcare is a service that enables you to upload, process and use CDN (Content Delivery Network) storage.
This basically means that whatever media you add to the service will be stored on servers in the cloud. This eliminates the upload speed issues that you would experience when storing files on your own server.
El servicio viene con una inteligente funcionalidad de procesamiento de imágenes que le posibilita alterar sus imágenes de varias formas. Todas estas alteraciones se realizan sobre la marcha con interruptores de Url que dejan la imagen original sin cambios.
This method enables a large number of custom rendering options, all with a single image. I will discuss the image processing functions in a little more detail later. First, let's see what is required to get started with the service.
Creating your Uploadcare account
Creating your account is a simple process that should take less than 30 seconds.
On the Uploadcare home page, click the Begin button.
Esto lo llevará a una página de registro donde puede usar una opción de registro con un clic con una cuenta de GitHub o Google. Alternativamente, puede registrarse usando su dirección de correo electrónico.
Si se registra con una dirección de correo electrónico, recibirá un correo electrónico de verificación de Uploadcare con un link en el que debe hacer clic para completar la configuración de su cuenta.
Once you have created your account, you will be logged into your Uploadcare dashboard, where a default project will have been created for you. This project will come with a name that the service has extrapolated from the way it was registered. Renaming this project is easy.
Para cambiar el nombre de su proyecto inicial, simplemente haga clic en el nombre del proyecto y busque la opción de configuración. La única opción disponible para usted en esta área es la posibilidad de cambiar el nombre del proyecto. Cambie el nombre a algo apropiado para su sitio Web.
With Uploadcare you are not limited to this one project for your account. You can create any number of projects in your account and all of them will share the storage allowance you have, be it 250MB free or the storage allowance of a paid account.
Cada proyecto recibe su propia clave pública y secreta que le permitirá crear proyectos individuales para cada sitio web que conecte al servicio Uploadcare. Esto es sobre todo útil para persons o compañías que ejecutan una serie de blogs o sitios web.
Uploadcare pricing plans
I already mentioned the free plan that gives you 250MB of storage when you sign up. This account level will be of great help to people with only one website. Regardless, there are other premium options for those sites or people who use a lot of image files or very high resolution.
Uploadcare enables you to upgrade your accounts based on storage requirements with the following three premium plans:
- Plan 1: $ 5 per month for 1.5GB of storage
- Plan 2: $ 19 per month for 7.5GB of storage
- Plan 3: $ 99 per month for 50 GB of storage
At the same time they have an Enterprise plan that can be fully customized. They ask you to contact them to discuss this if your needs don't fit into the predetermined plans.
It should be noted that the cost of the plans is directly related to the storage space. All other Uploadcare services and features are available regardless of the plan you use.
Using Uploadcare with WordPress
Once you have created your Uploadcare account, you can easily link one of your projects to a WordPress website. The easiest way to do this is to download the Uploadcare plugin from the WordPress.org plugin repository. This can be installed in the same way as you would with any other WordPress plugin.
Once the plugin is installed and activated, you need to connect it to your Uploadcare project by entering your security keys. This can be done by going to Settings> Uploadcare and at the top of the page entering the public and secret security keys for your project. These keys are found on the Uploadcare project overview page.
There are several additional options here, such as allowing Uploadcare to be used for featured images. Here at the same time you can adjust the Uploadcare service, but this is mainly for advanced users. Instructions for doing this can be found in the service documentation.
With plugin installed and settings configured, override the default Add media in your post and pages.
Cuando hace clic en este botón, se le proporciona una página de carga de medios con múltiples opciones nuevas. Ahora puede cargar imágenes de una gama de fuentes como: Facebook, Instagram, Google Drive y Evernote.
La primera vez que intente cargar archivos multimedia desde cualquiera de estos servicios, se le pedirá que inicie sesión en su cuenta y los conecte a Uploadcare. Se puede activar un servicio adicional en su proyecto Uploadcare en el menú de widgets.
Cada imagen que carga recibe un número de identificación universal (UUID) único y se almacena en la red de entrega de contents (CDN) de Uploadcare. Este enfoque significa que solo necesita cargar una versión de alta resolución del archivo y, al agregar varios interruptores de procesamiento de imágenes a este solo archivo, puede mostrarlo de varias maneras en su sitio.
Image processing functions
As I mentioned, Uploadcare has some great image processing features that leave the default image unchanged. This enables you to reference the image in multiple locations, each instance being totally different.
As an example: the image can be scaled to a specific size by adding «/ - / resize / widthxheight /”After the UUID of the image, replacing the width and height parts of the URL with the required dimensions. Adding the following URL information «/ - / resize / 600 × 300 / ” I would set the image size to 600 px by 300 px.
There are several other image processing functions that you can use, such as cropping, altering the file format, changing a color image to grayscale, and more. You can find a list of functions and the methods to use them in the Uploadcare documentation.
conclusion
Uploadcare is a great service for sites that use a lot of media and require the speed benefits of a CDN, while having additional image processing options available.
The free account has enough storage for those interested in giving the service an extended trial. Even though upgrading to the down payment plan offers a large amount of storage that should be sufficient for many companies.
Those who use extremely high resolution files on a regular basis may find that they pass simple plans very quickly. You have the option of removing old files and cleaning your storage space on a regular basis if you want to keep your costs down.
Have you used Uploadcare or another CDN storage service for your website? We'd love to hear your thoughts on this in the comments below.
