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upload plugins
232 plugins in the directory carry the upload tag. This page leads with what has moved in the last 90 days, because a ranked list of the biggest ones is available anywhere.
232
plugins
392,780+
combined reach
50
released in 90 days
61%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Aug 2026 | Add SWF Support for Media Uploader | inventivo | 60+ | released after a long silence |
| 13 Aug 2026 | Bulk Plugin Installation | 300+ | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drag and Drop Multiple File Upload for Contact Form 7 This simple plugin create Drag & Drop or choose Multiple File upload in your Confact Form 7 Forms. | 60,000+ | 4.8★ | 5 days ago |
| Easy Theme and Plugin Upgrades Easily upgrade your themes and plugins using zip files without removing the theme or plugin first. | 60,000+ | 4.7★ | 4 years ago · quiet |
| File Upload Types by WPForms Easily allow WordPress to accept and upload any file type extension or MIME type, including custom file types. | 40,000+ | 4.0★ | 3 months ago |
| WP Extra File Types Plugin to let you extend the list of allowed file types supported by the Wordpress Media Library | 40,000+ | 3.4★ | 2.5 years ago · quiet |
| 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 |
| Auto Upload Images Automatically detect external images in the post content and import images to your site then adding to the media library and replace image urls. | 20,000+ | 4.3★ | 3.5 years ago · quiet |
| Disable "BIG Image" Threshold Disables the "BIG image" threshold introduced in WordPress 5.3. | 10,000+ | 4.2★ | 4 years ago · quiet |
| 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 |
| Iptanus File Upload THIS IS FORMER WORDPRESS FILE UPLOAD PLUGIN. Simple yet powerful plugin to allow users to upload files from any page, post or sidebar and manage them. | 10,000+ | 4.4★ | 1 month 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 |
| Max upload filesize It will help you to increase your upload filesize limit. | 8,000+ | 5.0★ | 6.5 years ago · quiet |
| Enable virtual card upload – vcf,vcard Enables upload of virtual card (vcf,vcard) files. | 7,000+ | 4.0★ | 6 months ago |
| GD bbPress Attachments Implement attachments upload to the topics and replies in bbPress plugin through a media library and add additional forum-based controls. | 6,000+ | 4.3★ | 5 months ago |
| WP Original Media Path Change the location for the uploads folder for WordPress | 6,000+ | 4.9★ | 20 days ago |
| Custom Upload Dir Keeps your uploaded files organized in smart folder structures. | 5,000+ | 4.4★ | 4 years ago · quiet |
| Drag and Drop Multiple File Upload for WooCommerce Drag and Drop Multiple File Uploader is a simple, straightforward WordPress plugin extension for WooCommerce. | 5,000+ | 4.9★ | 2 months ago |
| Plus WebP or AVIF Generate WebP or AVIF. | 5,000+ | 4.6★ | 12 days ago |
| Shared Files – File Upload & Download Manager File management plugin featuring file upload, download manager, statistics and download log. | 4,000+ | 4.4★ | 17 days ago |
| Add From Server Reloaded Bypass WordPress upload limits and import large files or folders directly from anywhere on your server into the WordPress Media Library. | 3,000+ | 5.0★ | 20 days ago |
| Clean Filenames Removes or replace international or special characters that can make your filenames not compliant with some servers or services. | 3,000+ | 4.6★ | 17 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 |
| Allow ePUB and MOBI formats upload WordPress does not allow upload ePUB and MOBI formats. | 2,000+ | 5.0★ | 9.5 years ago · quiet |
| Bulk Change Media Author Bulk change author for multiple media files, using the default WP Media Library. | 2,000+ | 4.9★ | 3 years ago · quiet |
| Enable vCard Upload Enables upload of vCard (vcf) files. | 2,000+ | 4.8★ | 7.5 years ago · quiet |
| Post Lists View Custom Customize the list of the post and page and the custom post type. | 2,000+ | 4.0★ | 11 years ago · quiet |
| Pro Mime Types – Manage file media types Pro Mime Types adds a nifty admin interface for allowing or blocking many file extensions for uploading media, documents, and other attachments. | 2,000+ | 5.0★ | 9 months ago |
| Thumbnail Crop Position Select the crop position of your thumbnails. | 2,000+ | 3.8★ | 8.5 years ago · quiet |
| Upload Url and Path Enabler Get the media upload path and url setting fields back in WP 3.5+. | 2,000+ | 4.3★ | 10 years ago · quiet |
| Microsoft Azure Storage for WordPress Use the Microsoft Azure Storage service to host your website's media files. | 2,000+ | 3.9★ | 3 months ago |
| WP Upload Restriction This plugin allows you to control upload of files based on file types and sizes. | 2,000+ | 3.7★ | 14 months ago |
| Canvas Image Resize Re-sizes images right inside the browser BEFORE uploading them. | 1,000+ | 4.6★ | 23 days ago |
| de_DE Replace non-ASCII characters for installs that set the German language as a primary language. | 1,000+ | 5.0★ | 7 months ago |
| WP GIF Uploader The plugin handles the GIF upload process without losing the GIF animation in the uploaded gif and all generated subsizes. | 1,000+ | 5.0★ | 8 months ago |
| Make Filename Lowercase Sets uploaded media filename to lowercase. | 1,000+ | 4.8★ | 12 months ago |
| Sharpen Resized Images Do you realize your resized images looks blur? This plugin fixing it. Sharpening resized jpg image uploads in your WordPress. | 1,000+ | 5.0★ | 4 years ago · quiet |
| Store file uploads for Contact Form 7 When this is active, attachments sent trough Contact Form 7 shortcode [file ] will be stored in your Media Library | 1,000+ | 5.0★ | 4 months ago |
| Issuu PDF Sync Allows to create PDF Flipbooks with the http://issuu.com service. You just need to get a free key and all your PDF will synchronised on the site. | 900+ | 2.3★ | 8 years ago · quiet |
| Physical Custom Upload Folder for Real Media Library Upload files in your media library to a custom folder structure on your file system created with Real Media Library folders. | 900+ | 4.1★ | 6 years ago · quiet |
| LH Copy Media File Allows you to create duplicate images in the media library. | 800+ | 4.0★ | 23 months ago · quiet |
| RV Embed PDF Embeds a PDF in your page or post when you insert it with the Add Media button. | 800+ | 3.6★ | 10 years ago · quiet |
| URL Image Importer – Import External Images to the Media Library from URL, CSV & XML Import external images into your WordPress Media Library from any URL, CSV, XML export, or Google Drive link. Bulk import, site migration ready. | 800+ | 5.0★ | 1 month ago |
| Custom Post Type Attachment This plugin will allow you to upload files to your post or pages or any other custom post types. | 700+ | 5.0★ | 20 months ago · quiet |
| Default Media Uploader View Sets "Uploaded to this post" instead of "All media items" as the default view in the media uploader. | 600+ | 4.8★ | 7 years ago · quiet |
| WP Easy Uploader Easily upload any type of content without the need for FTP. You can even upload plugin and theme archives, and the files will be extracted for you. | 500+ | 3.7★ | 17 years ago · quiet |
| Allow Swf Upload Allow Admin to Upload SWF file | 400+ | 4.2★ | 12 years ago · quiet |
| Easy Genesis Logo Uploader This is a plugin that will allow you to upload your logo via the WordPress Customizer for Genesis Child Themes. | 400+ | 4.0★ | 12 years ago · quiet |
| Manage Upload Types This plugin adds a panel to the Settings->Media page, enabling changes to the file types which are permitted to be uploaded to the media library. | 400+ | 3.7★ | 11 years ago · quiet |
| MD5 Media Renamer Sanitize and rename automatically media files during upload using PHP time() as prefix and the file name encrypted in MD5() as suffix. | 400+ | 5.0★ | 13 years ago · quiet |
| My Upload Images Create metabox with media uploader. It allows to upload and sort images in any post_type. | 400+ | 5.0★ | 9.5 years ago · quiet |
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