Windows Azure Storage provides an affordable storage alternative to traditional content delivery infrastructures.
It was developed by Microsoft and aims to provide a cheaper Web hosting alternative to classic hosting environments.
The Windows Azure Storage for WordPress integrated the official Windows Azure SDK for PHP with the self-hosted version of the WordPress platform.
Installation:
Download Windows Azure SDK for PHP and extract the zip file on the server where WordPress is installed.
Modify the php.ini file from PHP installation and add path to the PHPAzureSDK library to the include_path variable.
Unpack the Windows Azure Storage plugin and upload it to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress.
What is new in this release:
- Fixed network activation bug in WordPress multisite.
- Fixed the issue with duplicate blob names in XML-RPC.
What is new in version 2.1:
- Fixed the issue with duplicate blob names.
- Fixed the bug in uploading video files to blob storage.
- Fixed the bug with forward slash in front of image thumbnail filenames.
- Fixed the bug with year and month getting trimmed for file system images.
What is new in version 2.0:
- Fixed to work with WordPress 3.4.1.
What is new in version 1.7:
- Added support to upload video files to blob storage.
What is new in version 1.3:
- Included Windows Azure SDK for PHP v4.0.1 with the plugin, so no need to install the SDK separetely. Also fixed thumbnail handling issue while uploading files when some specific theme is enabled.
What is new in version 1.1:
- This release is compatible with Windows Azure SDK for PHP v2.1.0 and WordPress 3.1.
Requirements:
- WordPress 2.8.0 or higher
- Windows Azure SDK for PHP
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