123RF by FTP: no title and the “Upload Via FTP” step

By Marta (Tagvora) · Updated October 2026

Atlantic puffin with fish in its beak on a grassy cliff — Caption · 123RF · no titleAtlantic puffin carrying fish on a grassy cliff above the sea
1puffin
2Atlantic puffin
3seabird
4bird
5wildlife
6cliff
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123RF has no title: it searches by the caption (the description, up to about 180 characters) and 7 to 50 keywords. You can upload by FTP with the metadata embedded, but afterwards you must press “Upload via FTP” in its panel for the photos to appear.

Step by step over FTP

Connect to ftp.123rf.com (port 21) and upload the photos to the root folder. The limit is 4 GB a day.
On its site, in Upload media, press “Upload Via FTP”. Without this step the photos don't show up.
Photos land in Draft with the caption and keywords they carried.
Mark editorial photos and, for AI images, the “AI-generated images” category. Then submit them for review.

We tested it with a real account in October 2026: 39 photos arrived; the 11 over 30 MB were rejected.

Caption and keywords

No title: 123RF reads the caption (IPTC) and the keywords. If your software writes a separate title, it isn't used here.
Caption: a sentence that describes the photo; poorly described photos aren't reviewed.
Keywords: at least 7; ideally 30 to 50.

Size, AI and editorial

Size: at least 6 MP and at most 30 MB per file.
AI: accepted only in its “AI-generated images” category, without real people, places or brands.
Editorial: accepted.

How Tagvora makes it easy

Tagvora writes the caption (no title) and keywords for 123RF, shrinks the copy for 123RF if it's over 30 MB and uploads it by FTP. All that's left is pressing “Upload Via FTP”.

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