Delete uploaded files after they are attached to the admin email

Hi there @johngallias

Hmm, there is an option in each form, under Settings > Privacy, to delete submitted files when the submission is deleted. But if you want to keep the form submission, the uploaded files will stay there too until the submission is deleted.

You’re looking for a way to have submitted files deleted automatically once the form is submitted, correct?

There is indeed no built-in way to do that at this time. But I’ll ping our developers to see if they have an idea on how this can maybe be done programatically.

Cheers!
Patrick

Hi again @johngallias

One of our wizkids came up with a neat solution that could work for this.

This snippet enables you to specify a custom folder where Forminator files should be uploaded:
https://gist.github.com/wpmudev-sls/46d776223d9d54c732fd409b2e78c8a9

Then this snippet can be used to purge files from a specified folder after any delay you need:
https://thecodebeast.com/post/delete-files-older-than-7-days-via-cron-php-job/75

Cheers!
Patrick

Thanks for the snippets, but any delay in deleting the file could mean the link was exposed and the file downloaded.

Is there any code we could add that would delete any uploads after the admin email is sent?

Thanks!

Hi @johngallias,

If you already have your custom folder set up what you can do is protect access to it with an .htaccess file and allow access only to IP of your site, so visitors will not have access to it.

You can go to your custom Forminator uploads folder (set with the snippet provided earlier) and in that folder create new .htaccess file.
Inside that file paste this code:

Order Deny,Allow
Deny from all
Allow from 100.100.100.100

Replace 100.100.100.100 with IP of your site (you can find that with a tool like this one https://ipinfo.info/html/ip_checker.php) and save the changes.

After that it should all be good, the files in there would be inaccessible from outside and as an added security they will be removed if you use the 2nd snippet provided by Patrick.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,
Predrag

Hi @johngallias,

In addition to Predrag’s suggestion, which will provide you with an option to secure the access to those files, our Plugin Team has also provided a custom MU plugin. This is to remove upload after email is sent, which you can test out.

Please download it from here: https://pastebin.com/wwJKUv1w

A reference guide on installing MU plugins: https://premium.wpmudev.org/docs/using-wordpress/installing-wordpress-plugins/#installing-mu-plugins

Best,
Jonathan S

Hello @johngallias ,

We haven’t heard from you for over a week now, so it looks like you no longer need our assistance.

Please feel free to re-open this ticket if needed.

kind regards,
Kasia

The delete-upload-after-email MU Plugin works PERFECTLY and is exactly what I needed!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
You have been so helpful that I feel compelled to recommend Forminator Pro for this and any other future projects.
Thanks again!

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Thanks for the MU plugin – that is also exactly what I was looking for!