{"id":762,"date":"2024-12-12T13:52:33","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T13:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.picdrop.com\/?post_type=faq&#038;p=762"},"modified":"2025-05-28T07:13:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T07:13:35","slug":"how-do-i-change-my-lightroom-plugin-to-ftp-picdrop-com","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/www.picdrop.com\/web\/faq\/how-do-i-change-my-lightroom-plugin-to-ftp-picdrop-com","title":{"rendered":"How do I change my Lightroom plugin to ftp.picdrop.com?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the Lightroom plugin, you have to use the server address&nbsp;<strong>ftp.picdrop.com<\/strong>&nbsp;for your uploads to picdrop. If you have had the plugin installed for a while, there is a good chance that it is still configured to use ftp.picdrop.de.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The switch to ftp.picdrop.com is done in three quick steps, so you can continue to use the plugin without any interruption:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>1 \u2013 Start an export from Lightroom<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To do this, select at least one image in your Lightroom library and click on the&nbsp;<em>Export \u2026<\/em>&nbsp;button at the bottom left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2 \u2013 Open the settings for FTP File Transfer<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To do this, select&nbsp;<strong>Export to: picdrop FTP Upload<\/strong>&nbsp;from the drop-down menu at the top.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the bottom right in the&nbsp;<strong>FTP Server&nbsp;<\/strong>area, click on the menu for the destination server (Zielserver).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And click&nbsp;<strong><em>Edit \u2026&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong>In the drop-down menu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1121\" height=\"622\" src=\"https:\/\/www.picdrop.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/picdrop-change-ftp-settings-01.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-765\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.picdrop.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/picdrop-change-ftp-settings-01.png 1121w, https:\/\/www.picdrop.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/picdrop-change-ftp-settings-01-960x533.png 960w, https:\/\/www.picdrop.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/picdrop-change-ftp-settings-01-768x426.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1121px) 100vw, 1121px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>3 \u2013 Update the preset for FTP File Transfer<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Change the server to&nbsp;<strong>ftp.picdrop.com<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leave the entries for username, password, protocol and port unchanged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Attention<\/strong>: Do not click OK yet, but first click on&nbsp;<strong>Preset: picdrop (edited)<\/strong>&nbsp;and\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"760\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.picdrop.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/picdrop-change-ftp-settings-02.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-764\" style=\"width:432px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; select the last item in the drop-down menu,&nbsp;<strong>Update Preset \u201cpicdrop\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"762\" height=\"387\" src=\"https:\/\/www.picdrop.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/picdrop-change-ftp-settings-03.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-763\" style=\"width:434px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now click&nbsp;<strong>OK<\/strong>&nbsp;at the bottom and \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u2026 DONE!<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The new server address ftp.picdrop.com is now permanently stored in your preset and you can continue to use the upload from Lightroom!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"template":"","faq-category":[38],"class_list":["post-762","faq","type-faq","status-publish","hentry","faq-category-lightroom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.picdrop.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq\/762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.picdrop.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.picdrop.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/faq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.picdrop.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.picdrop.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"faq-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.picdrop.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq-category?post=762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}