Faster photos with Cloud Images (Cloudflare)

Step 1 – Create a photo bucket

1. In Cloudflare: R2 Object Storage › Create bucket.
2. Name it (e.g. yourdealer-photos), leave the rest, click Create bucket.

Step 2 – Give it a photo address

1. Open the bucket › Settings › Custom Domains › + Add.
2. Type a subdomain, e.g. photos.yourdealer.com, click Continue › Connect domain.
3. "Initializing" is normal – keep going. After a few minutes it says Active.

Step 3 – Create an API key

1. R2 › Manage API tokens › Create Account API token.
2. Permissions: Object Read & Write · Apply to specific buckets only › your bucket · TTL Forever.
3. Click Create. Copy the Access Key ID and Secret Access Key into Notepad before you click Finish (the secret is shown once).

Step 4 – Connect WordPress

1. Go to Settings › Cloud Images. Mode: Bring Your Own.
2. Fill in your Cloudflare account ID, bucket name, both keys and the photo address (https://photos.yourdealer.com/).
3. Click Save & Test Connection. You should see 6 green checks.

Step 5 – Move your photos

1. Click Move existing photos to cloud.
2. A progress bar shows "Moving photos… X of Y files". It runs in the background – you can close the page. Thousands of photos take a few hours.
3. When it's done, the photo address switches by itself and a green ✓ shows next to Cloud Images in the menu.

Done right? Open a car on your website, right-click a photo › Open image in new tab. The address starts with your photo address.