Switching from another Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, or Box plugin to one of ours is straightforward, but there's no automatic import path. Configurations from other plugins (shortcodes, settings, cached metadata) won't transfer over. Plan for a fresh setup.
Recommended migration steps
- Install our plugin alongside your existing plugin. Don't deactivate the old one yet. Both can run in parallel without interfering since they have separate settings and cache.
- Connect your cloud account using Add Account on our plugin's settings page.
- Rebuild your modules: identify the pages where your old plugin's shortcodes appear, and add equivalent modules with our Module Manager.
- Test the new modules on a few pages in draft mode. Verify file listing, previews, and any upload/download flows.
- Once you're satisfied, replace the old plugin's shortcodes with the new ones across your site.
- Deactivate and uninstall the old plugin.
What doesn't carry over
- Shortcodes from other plugins. You'll build new ones with our Module Manager.
- Module configurations and styling.
- Activity logs and statistics from the old plugin, if it had any.
- Cached file metadata (this gets regenerated automatically on first access in our plugin).
What does carry over (it's all in the cloud)
- Your actual files: they remain in your cloud account.
- Folder structures and sharing permissions on the cloud side.
- Any documents that other users uploaded via the old plugin.
If you used per-user folders in the old plugin
The user-to-folder mapping needs to be re-established in our plugin. See I want each user to have its own folder, is that possible? for how our Personal Folders feature handles this.