Category · recomputed daily
media plugins
731 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.
731
plugins
2,111,540+
combined reach
226
released in 90 days
48%
quiet 18 months+
2
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.
| Date | Plugin | Installs | What happened |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Aug 2026 | Activity Plus Styling for BuddyPress | 20+ | released after a long silence |
| 11 Aug 2026 | SEO Media Manager | 5,000+ | 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★ | yesterday |
| FileBird – WordPress Media Library Folders & File Manager Organize thousands of WordPress media files in folders / categories with ease. | 200,000+ | 4.7★ | 17 days ago |
| Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress! Clean your WordPress! Eliminate unused and broken media files. For a faster, and better website. | 90,000+ | 4.6★ | yesterday |
| 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★ | yesterday |
| 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. | 60,000+ | 4.8★ | 3 months ago |
| Media Sync Simple plugin to scan "uploads" directory and bring those files into Media Library. | 50,000+ | 4.7★ | 23 days 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★ | 2 months ago |
| Media File Renamer: Rename for better SEO (AI-Powered) Rename filenames and media metadata for SEO and tidiness. Using AI, manually, in bulk, or in so many other ways! | 40,000+ | 4.6★ | 21 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★ | 23 days 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★ | 8 months ago |
| Easy Watermark Allows to add watermark to images automatically on upload or manually. | 30,000+ | 3.7★ | 12 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★ | 22 days 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★ | 1 month ago |
| Media Library Categories Adds the ability to use categories in the media library. | 20,000+ | 4.2★ | 17 days ago |
| WP User Avatars Allow registered users to upload & select their own avatars. | 20,000+ | 4.5★ | 5 months ago |
| Disable Media Pages Completely remove "attachment" pages for WordPress media. Improve SEO and prevent conflicts between page and image permalinks. | 10,000+ | 5.0★ | 13 months ago |
| Disable Media Sizes Provides options to disable the extra images generated by WordPress. | 10,000+ | 5.0★ | 2 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 |
| Images to WebP Convert PNG, JPG and GIF images to WebP and speed up your web | 10,000+ | 4.4★ | 6 months ago |
| PNG to JPG Convert PNG images to JPG, free up web space and speed up your webpage | 10,000+ | 4.7★ | 9 months ago |
| Simple Image Widget A simple widget that makes it a breeze to add images to your sidebars. | 10,000+ | 4.5★ | 14 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★ | 4 months ago |
| Filenames to latin Sanitize filenames to latin during upload. | 9,000+ | 4.9★ | 6 years ago · quiet |
| 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★ | 9 months ago |
| Bulk Media Register Bulk register files on the server to the Media Library. | 8,000+ | 4.5★ | 22 days ago |
| Media Library Enable Infinite Scrolling A small plugin to re-enable infinite scrolling in the Media Library after WordPress 5.8 is released. | 8,000+ | 5.0★ | 7 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★ | 11 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★ | 23 days ago |
| Bulk Datetime Change Bulk change date/time for posts. | 6,000+ | 5.0★ | 20 days ago |
| Disable Generate Thumbnails Select the thumbnails and functions to disable it. | 6,000+ | 5.0★ | 22 days 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★ | 8 months ago |
| WP Original Media Path Change the location for the uploads folder for WordPress | 6,000+ | 4.9★ | 21 days ago |
| WP Paint – WordPress Image Editor WP Paint - WordPress Image Editor is a browser based Image Editor for WordPress media images. | 6,000+ | 4.8★ | 4.5 years ago · quiet |
| Custom Upload Dir Keeps your uploaded files organized in smart folder structures. | 5,000+ | 4.4★ | 4 years ago · quiet |
| SEO Media Manager Automatically format media titles and optionally copy the result to alternative text, captions, and descriptions. | 5,000+ | 4.8★ | 2 days ago |
| Media Search Enhanced Search through all fields in Media Library. | 5,000+ | 4.4★ | 5 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★ | 13 days ago |
| DX Delete Attached Media Automatically deletes attached media from posts and custom post types added via the Media button. | 4,000+ | 4.9★ | 2.5 years ago · quiet |
| Media Library Downloader Professional media download solution with bulk operations, smart management, and enterprise-grade security for WordPress | 4,000+ | 4.8★ | 1 month ago |
| 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★ | 11 months ago |
| Autoremove Attachments Remove child attachments when parent post, page or custom post type is deleted. | 3,000+ | 5.0★ | 4 months ago |
| Inline Image Upload for BBPress Upload inline images to BBPress forum topics and replies. | 3,000+ | 4.6★ | 19 days ago |
| MediaPress MediaPress is the most advanced and feature rich media gallery plugin for BuddyPress & WordPress. | 3,000+ | 4.7★ | 8 months ago |
| WEN Featured Image Add featured image column in listings. Add/change/remove featured image directly from the listing page | 3,000+ | 4.5★ | 5 months ago |
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