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media plugins
779 plugins in the directory carry the media tag. This page leads with what has moved in the last 90 days, because a ranked list of the biggest ones is available anywhere.
779
plugins
2,093,410+
combined reach
247
released in 90 days
45%
quiet 18 months+
16
movements in 90 days
What moved
Ownership changes, closures and long-silent plugins that shipped again, over a rolling 90-day window recomputed daily. Events older than 90 days drop off as new ones arrive. The part of this category that a directory listing cannot show. Nothing here says anything about intent. Showing the 15 most recent of 16.
| Date | Plugin | Installs | What happened |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Oct 2026 | DX Delete Attached Media | 3,000+ | released after a long silence |
| 23 Oct 2026 | Smart Attachment Page Remove | 900+ | released after a long silence |
| 23 Oct 2026 | Smart Attachment Page Remove | 900+ | changed hands |
| 21 Oct 2026 | ProductShift – Backup & Migration for WooCommerce | fewer than 10 | changed hands |
| 12 Oct 2026 | Custom Upload Dir | 5,000+ | released after a long silence |
| 12 Oct 2026 | Media Auto Hash Rename | 50+ | released after a long silence |
| 06 Oct 2026 | WP Associate Post R2 | 2,000+ | reopened |
| 02 Oct 2026 | Viable URL Media Uploader | 90+ | reopened |
| 30 Sep 2026 | Healthy filenames | 100+ | released after a long silence |
| 26 Sep 2026 | Viable URL Media Uploader | 90+ | closed |
| 18 Sep 2026 | WP Associate Post R2 | 2,000+ | closed |
| 15 Sep 2026 | Auto Attachments Cleaner | 60+ | released after a long silence |
| 13 Sep 2026 | Media Library File Download | 1,000+ | changed hands |
| 13 Sep 2026 | Media Library File Download | 1,000+ | released after a long silence |
| 15 Aug 2026 | Activity Plus Styling for BuddyPress | 20+ | released after a long silence |
Most installed
The 50 most installed plugins carrying this tag, ordered by install band, which WordPress.org rounds to one significant digit. Ordering is adoption only. Nothing here is a recommendation, and no link on this page earns anything. The full directory, all categories together, is in the master list.
| Plugin | Installs | Rating | Last release |
|---|---|---|---|
| Safe SVG Enable SVG uploads and sanitize them to stop XML/SVG vulnerabilities in your WordPress website. | 1,000,000+ | 4.9★ | 10 days ago |
| FileBird – WordPress Media Library Folders & File Manager Organize thousands of WordPress media files in folders / categories with ease. | 200,000+ | 4.7★ | 23 days ago |
| Media Cleaner: Delete Unused Images & Clean Your Media Library Find and delete unused images and media files, fix broken entries, with a trash to undo anything. A lighter, faster WordPress! 💕 | 90,000+ | 4.6★ | 7 days ago |
| Media Library Assistant Enhances the Media Library; powerful gallery and list shortcodes, full taxonomy support, IPTC/EXIF/XMP/PDF processing, bulk/quick edit. | 70,000+ | 4.8★ | 8 days ago |
| Add From Server Add From Server is designed to help ease the pain of bad web hosts, allowing you to upload files via FTP or SSH and later import them into WordPress. | 60,000+ | 4.6★ | 5.5 years ago · quiet |
| Default Featured Image Add a Default Featured Image for all posts & pages. | 50,000+ | 4.8★ | 5 months ago |
| Media Sync Simple plugin to scan "uploads" directory and bring those files into Media Library. | 50,000+ | 4.7★ | 3 months ago |
| Phoenix Media Rename The Phoenix Media Rename plugin allows you to easily rename (and retitle) your media files, once uploaded. | 50,000+ | 4.7★ | 8 days ago |
| Media File Renamer: Rename Images & Files for SEO (AI-Powered) Rename image files and media metadata for SEO and tidiness. Using AI, manually, in bulk, or in so many other ways! | 40,000+ | 4.6★ | 7 days ago |
| Reveal IDs What this plugin does is to reveal most removed IDs on admin pages, as it was in versions prior to 2.5. | 40,000+ | 5.0★ | 3 months ago |
| Clean Image Filenames This plugin automatically converts language accent characters to non-accent characters in filenames when uploading to the media library. | 30,000+ | 4.6★ | 10 months ago |
| Easy Watermark Allows to add watermark to images automatically on upload or manually. | 30,000+ | 3.7★ | 14 months ago |
| Compact WP Audio Player A Compact WP Audio Player Plugin that is compatible with all major browsers and devices (Android, iPhone, iPad) | 20,000+ | 4.1★ | 3 months ago |
| Search & Replace Everything by WPCode – Find and Replace Media, Text, Links, and More Search and Replace everything in WordPress. Easily find and replace media, images, text, links and more with a single click using a simple user interf … | 20,000+ | 3.9★ | 3 months ago |
| Media Library Categories Adds the ability to use categories in the media library. | 20,000+ | 4.2★ | 2 months ago |
| WP User Avatars Allow registered users to upload and select their own avatars. | 20,000+ | 4.5★ | 22 days ago |
| Disable Media Sizes Provides options to disable the extra images generated by WordPress. | 10,000+ | 5.0★ | 4 months ago |
| Disable Real MIME Check Restores the ability to upload non-image files in WordPress 4.7.1 and 4.7.2. | 10,000+ | 4.9★ | 8.5 years ago · quiet |
| PNG to JPG Convert PNG images to JPG, free up web space and speed up your webpage | 10,000+ | 4.7★ | 11 days ago |
| Simple Image Widget A simple widget that makes it a breeze to add images to your sidebars. | 10,000+ | 4.5★ | 16 months ago |
| Social Icons Social Icons provides you with an easy way to display various popular social icons via widgets and shortcode | 10,000+ | 4.5★ | 5.5 years ago · quiet |
| Unique Headers Add unique custom header images to individual pages, posts, categories, or tags. | 10,000+ | 4.9★ | 6 months ago |
| Filenames to latin Sanitize filenames to latin during upload. | 9,000+ | 4.9★ | 6 years ago · quiet |
| Images to WebP Convert PNG, JPG and GIF images to WebP and speed up your web | 9,000+ | 4.4★ | 2 months ago |
| Media Deduper Save disk space and bring some order to the chaos of your media library by removing and preventing duplicate files. | 9,000+ | 3.8★ | 11 months ago |
| Bulk Media Register Bulk register files on the server to the Media Library. | 8,000+ | 4.5★ | 9 days ago |
| Rename Media Files: Improve Your SEO Enhance SEO and organize media effortlessly. Fix upload issues, sanitize & optimize filenames, and improve SEO seamlessly. | 8,000+ | 4.8★ | 2 months ago |
| Replace Image Upload a new version of an image without deleting the old image attachment, so that references to the image remain intact. | 8,000+ | 4.6★ | 2 years ago · quiet |
| rtMedia for WordPress, BuddyPress and bbPress Add albums, photo, audio/video upload, privacy, sharing, front-end uploads & more. All this works on mobile/tablets devices. | 7,000+ | 3.7★ | 9 days ago |
| Export Media URLs Extract every Media Library URL with title, size, dimensions, alt text and more. Filter by media type, export to CSV/JSON, and audit your library. | 7,000+ | 5.0★ | 3 months ago |
| Media Library Enable Infinite Scrolling A small plugin to re-enable infinite scrolling in the Media Library after WordPress 5.8 is released. | 7,000+ | 5.0★ | 9 months ago |
| Bulk Datetime Change Bulk change date/time for posts. | 6,000+ | 5.0★ | 18 days ago |
| Disable Generate Thumbnails Select the thumbnails and functions to disable it. | 6,000+ | 5.0★ | 3 months ago |
| iOS images fixer Automatically fix iOS-taken images' orientation using ImageMagic/PHP GD upon upload. | 6,000+ | 4.6★ | 2 years ago · quiet |
| Nav Menu Images Display image as a menu item content. | 6,000+ | 4.2★ | 8.5 years ago · quiet |
| Superb Social Media Share Buttons and Follow Buttons Social Media Share Buttons & Follow Buttons. Social Share Icons. 25+ Social networks. Icon & Button Shortcodes. Floating Sidebar. | 6,000+ | 4.4★ | 9 months ago |
| Custom Upload Dir Choose your own upload folders using post titles, categories, dates and more. Keep files easy to find when browsing your server. | 5,000+ | 4.4★ | 24 days ago |
| SEO Media Manager Stop fixing media titles by hand. Format new uploads automatically, with a live preview and metadata rules you control. | 5,000+ | 4.8★ | 1 month ago |
| Media Library Downloader Professional media download solution with bulk operations, smart management, and enterprise-grade security for WordPress | 5,000+ | 4.8★ | 3 months ago |
| Media Search Enhanced Search through all fields in Media Library. | 5,000+ | 4.4★ | 2 months ago |
| Optimize Images Resizing Plugin optimizes the process of generating custom image sizes in WordPress and offers a cleanup functionality for preexisting images. | 5,000+ | 4.6★ | 8.5 years ago · quiet |
| Plus WebP or AVIF Generate WebP or AVIF. | 5,000+ | 4.6★ | 2 months ago |
| WP Original Media Path Change the location for the uploads folder for WordPress | 5,000+ | 4.9★ | 3 months ago |
| WP Paint – WordPress Image Editor WP Paint - WordPress Image Editor is a browser based Image Editor for WordPress media images. | 5,000+ | 4.8★ | 4.5 years ago · quiet |
| Support WebP – Upload webp files in wordpress without hassle This plugin will help you to upload webp format image in WordPress media library regardless of the theme. That is, it works with every theme. | 4,000+ | 5.0★ | 13 months ago |
| Autoremove Attachments Remove child attachments when parent post, page or custom post type is deleted. | 3,000+ | 5.0★ | 6 months ago |
| DX Delete Attached Media Automatically deletes attached media from posts and custom post types added via the Media button. | 3,000+ | 4.9★ | 12 days ago |
| Export Media as ZIP Export images from your WordPress media library as a ZIP file — filter by year and image size before downloading. | 3,000+ | 3.7★ | 28 days ago |
| Inline Image Upload for BBPress Upload inline images to BBPress forum topics and replies. | 3,000+ | 4.6★ | 10 days ago |
| MediaPress MediaPress is the most advanced and feature rich media gallery plugin for BuddyPress & WordPress. | 3,000+ | 4.7★ | 10 months ago |
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