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Best Media Library & Upload Management plugins for WordPress

Categories Content Management

Plugins that expand supported media uploads and help organize, replace, or manage files in the WordPress media library and their display.

Read from 131,125 plugin records - figures refreshed 4 hours ago

258 Plugins classified here Out of the plugins that have been through the classifier so far
4.7M Combined active installs Summed across the published bands, so read it as an order of magnitude
4.49 Average rating Across the 243 here that carry a rating at all

The plugins

Plugins in Media Library & Upload Management

Ranked by active installs; plugins in the same published band share a rank. Each page has a maintenance check and the alternatives.

#1

SVG Support

svg-support 1M installs · 4.8 stars
#2

Enable Media Replace

enable-media-replace 600K installs · 4.4 stars
#3

FileBird – WordPress Media Library Folders & File Manager

filebird 200K installs · 4.7 stars
#3

Force Regenerate Thumbnails

force-regenerate-thumbnails 200K installs · 4.7 stars
#3

Imsanity

imsanity 200K installs · 4.9 stars
#6

Instant Images – One-click Image Uploads from Unsplash, Openverse, Pixabay, Pexels, and Giphy

instant-images 100K installs · 4.8 stars
#6

Real Media Library: Media Library Folder & File Manager

real-media-library-lite 100K installs · 4.8 stars
#6

Simple Local Avatars

simple-local-avatars 100K installs · 4.6 stars
#6

Big File Uploads – Increase Maximum File Upload Size

tuxedo-big-file-uploads 100K installs · 4.9 stars
#10

Download Manager

download-manager 90K installs · 4.1 stars
#10

Folders – Unlimited Folders to Organize Media Library Folder, Pages, Posts, File Manager

folders 90K installs · 5.0 stars
#10

Media Cleaner: Delete Unused Images & Clean Your Media Library

media-cleaner 90K installs · 4.6 stars
#13

Download Monitor

download-monitor 80K installs · 4.5 stars
#14

Media Library Assistant

media-library-assistant 70K installs · 4.8 stars
#14

EasyMedia – Increase Media Upload File Size | Role-Based Upload Limit | Increase Execution Time

wp-maximum-upload-file-size 70K installs · 4.9 stars
#16

Add From Server

add-from-server 60K installs · 4.6 stars
#16

Enhanced Media Library

enhanced-media-library 60K installs · 4.3 stars
#16

Featured Image from URL (FIFU)

featured-image-from-url 60K installs · 4.6 stars
#16

ImageMagick Engine

imagemagick-engine 60K installs · 4.4 stars
#16

reGenerate Thumbnails Advanced

regenerate-thumbnails-advanced 60K installs · 3.2 stars
#16

Simple Image Sizes

simple-image-sizes 60K installs · 4.6 stars
#16

Perfect Images: Regenerate Thumbnails, Image Sizes, WebP & AVIF

wp-retina-2x 60K installs · 4.8 stars
#23

Default Featured Image

default-featured-image 50K installs · 4.8 stars
#23

Media Sync

media-sync 50K installs · 4.7 stars
#23

Phoenix Media Rename

phoenix-media-rename 50K installs · 4.7 stars
#23

Add MIME Types

wp-add-mime-types 50K installs · 4.2 stars
#27

Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail)

auto-post-thumbnail 40K installs · 3.8 stars
#27

Crop-Thumbnails

crop-thumbnails 40K installs · 4.6 stars
#27

Easy SVG Support

easy-svg 40K installs · 5.0 stars
#27

File Upload Types by WPForms

file-upload-types 40K installs · 4.0 stars
#27

WP Extra File Types

wp-extra-file-types 40K installs · 3.4 stars
#32

AJAX Thumbnail Rebuild

ajax-thumbnail-rebuild 30K installs · 4.8 stars
#32

WP Offload Media Lite for Amazon S3, DigitalOcean Spaces, and Google Cloud Storage

amazon-s3-and-cloudfront 30K installs · 3.7 stars
#32

Clean Image Filenames

clean-image-filenames 30K installs · 4.6 stars
#32

Easy Watermark

easy-watermark 30K installs · 3.7 stars
#32

Export Media Library

export-media-library 30K installs · 4.9 stars
#32

Increase Maximum Upload File Size

upload-max-file-size 30K installs · 3.9 stars
#32

WP SVG Images

wp-svg-images 30K installs · 5.0 stars
#39

Image Aspect Ratio Crop Field for Advanced Custom Fields

acf-image-aspect-ratio-crop 20K installs · 4.8 stars
#39

Auto Upload Images

auto-upload-images 20K installs · 4.3 stars
#39

Media Library Organizer – Folders, File Manager & Media Categories

media-library-organizer 20K installs · 4.7 stars
#39

Simple Download Monitor

simple-download-monitor 20K installs · 4.7 stars
#39

Media Library Categories

wp-media-library-categories 20K installs · 4.2 stars
#44

Disable "BIG Image" Threshold

disable-big-image-threshold 10K installs · 4.2 stars
#44

Disable Media Sizes

disable-media-sizes 10K installs · 5.0 stars
#44

Disable Real MIME Check

disable-real-mime-check 10K installs · 4.9 stars
#44

Enable SVG, WebP, and ICO Upload

enable-svg-webp-ico-upload 10K installs · 4.6 stars
#44

Image Hub – Free Images from Unsplash, Pixabay, Pexels, Openverse & Giphy

image-hub 10K installs
#44

Media Library Folders

media-library-plus 10K installs · 4.3 stars
#44

Mime Types Plus

mime-types-plus 10K installs · 3.8 stars
#51

Disable Media Pages

disable-media-pages 9K installs · 5.0 stars
#51

Filenames to latin

filenames-to-latin 9K installs · 4.9 stars
#51

Media Deduper

media-deduper 9K installs · 3.8 stars
#51

The Paste

the-paste 9K installs · 4.8 stars
#55

Attachments

attachments 8K installs · 4.8 stars
#55

Bulk Media Register

bulk-media-register 8K installs · 4.5 stars
#55

Download Attachments

download-attachments 8K installs · 4.5 stars
#55

Easy Media Download

easy-media-download 8K installs · 4.0 stars
#55

Export Media URLs

export-media-urls 8K installs · 5.0 stars
#55

Rename Media Files: Improve Your SEO

file-renaming-on-upload 8K installs · 4.8 stars
#55

Max upload filesize

max-upload-filesize 8K installs · 5.0 stars
#55

Replace Image

replace-image 8K installs · 4.6 stars
#63

Advanced Media Offloader – Offload Media to Amazon S3, Cloudflare R2, DigitalOcean Spaces & More

advanced-media-offloader 7K installs · 4.7 stars
#63

rtMedia for WordPress, BuddyPress and bbPress

buddypress-media 7K installs · 3.7 stars
#63

Enable virtual card upload – vcf,vcard

enable-virtual-card-upload-vcardvcf 7K installs · 4.0 stars
#63

Image Regenerate & Select Crop

image-regenerate-select-crop 7K installs · 4.7 stars
#63

Manual Image Crop

manual-image-crop 7K installs · 4.1 stars
#63

Media Library Enable Infinite Scrolling

media-library-enable-infinite-scrolling 7K installs · 5.0 stars
#63

Smart Image Resize for WooCommerce

smart-image-resize 7K installs · 4.6 stars
#63

StockPack – Stock photos and AI images from Unsplash, Adobe Stock, Freepik and more

stockpack 7K installs · 4.4 stars
#71

CatFolders – WordPress Media Library Folders & Categories

catfolders 6K installs · 4.3 stars
#71

Disable Generate Thumbnails

disable-generate-thumbnails 6K installs · 5.0 stars
#71

Image Rotation Repair

image-rotation-repair 6K installs · 4.6 stars
#71

iOS images fixer

ios-images-fixer 6K installs · 4.6 stars
#71

Media Library File Size

media-library-file-size 6K installs · 4.6 stars
#71

WP Media Category Management

wp-media-category-management 6K installs · 4.7 stars
#77

Allow Webp image

allow-webp-image 5K installs · 3.7 stars
#77

Custom Upload Dir

custom-upload-dir 5K installs · 4.4 stars
#77

EXMAGE – WordPress Image Links

exmage-wp-image-links 5K installs · 5.0 stars
#77

Media Library Downloader

media-library-downloader 5K installs · 4.8 stars
#77

Media Search Enhanced

media-search-enhanced 5K installs · 4.4 stars
#77

Optimize Images Resizing

optimize-images-resizing 5K installs · 4.6 stars
#77

Smart Auto Upload Images – Import External Images

smart-auto-upload-images 5K installs · 4.3 stars
#77

WP Original Media Path

wp-original-media-path 5K installs · 4.9 stars
#77

WP Paint – WordPress Image Editor

wp-paint 5K installs · 4.8 stars
#86

Add From Server Lite

add-from-server-reloaded 4K installs · 5.0 stars
#86

AVIF Uploader – Upload, Display and Fix AVIF Images

avif-support 4K installs · 3.4 stars
#86

Document Library Lite

document-library-lite 4K installs · 4.1 stars
#86

Fix Image Rotation

fix-image-rotation 4K installs · 4.4 stars
#86

Free Assets Library – Openverse/Pixabay 600+ Million Images

free-images 4K installs · 4.4 stars
#86

HEIC Support

heic-support 4K installs · 5.0 stars
#86

Media Hygiene: Remove or Delete Unused Images and More!

media-hygiene 4K installs · 4.2 stars
#86

OTF Regenerate Thumbnails

otf-regenerate-thumbnails 4K installs · 4.6 stars
#86

Shared Files – File Upload & Download Manager

shared-files 4K installs · 4.4 stars
#86

Support WebP – Upload webp files in wordpress without hassle

support-webp 4K installs · 5.0 stars
#86

WP SmartCrop

wp-smartcrop 4K installs · 3.7 stars
#97

Acme Fix Images – Regenerate Thumbnails

acme-fix-images 3K installs · 2.5 stars
#97

Autoremove Attachments

autoremove-attachments 3K installs · 5.0 stars
#97

DX Delete Attached Media

dx-delete-attached-media 3K installs · 4.9 stars
#97

Export Media as ZIP

export-media-as-zip 3K installs · 3.7 stars
#97

GIF Master – Awesome GIFs with Giphy and Tenor

gif-master 3K installs · 5.0 stars
#97

Image Source Control Lite – Show Image Credits and Captions

image-source-control-isc 3K installs · 4.6 stars
#97

Lana Downloads Manager

lana-downloads-manager 3K installs · 5.0 stars
#97

OSS Aliyun

oss-aliyun 3K installs · 4.8 stars
#97

Clean Filenames

sanitize-spanish-filenames 3K installs · 4.6 stars
#97

Thumbnail Upscale

thumbnail-upscale 3K installs · 4.8 stars
#97

WP Attachments – Smarter File Management & Download Lists

wp-attachments 3K installs · 4.5 stars
#97

WP-DownloadManager

wp-downloadmanager 3K installs · 4.0 stars
#97

WP Image Size Limit

wp-image-size-limit 3K installs · 4.7 stars
#110

Allow ePUB and MOBI formats upload

allow-epub-and-mobi-formats-upload 2K installs · 5.0 stars
#110

Better image sizes

better-image-sizes 2K installs · 5.0 stars
#110

Disable Responsive Images Complete

disable-responsive-images-complete 2K installs · 4.3 stars
#110

Enable vCard Upload

enable-vcard-upload 2K installs · 4.8 stars
#110

Faster Image Insert

faster-image-insert 2K installs · 3.8 stars
#110

Getty Images

getty-images 2K installs · 3.0 stars
#110

IMGspider – 图片采集抓取插件

imgspider 2K installs · 4.5 stars
#110

Media Grid

media-grid 2K installs · 4.4 stars
#110

Media Library Tools – AI-Powered Rename, Clean & CSV Import/Export

media-library-tools 2K installs · 4.7 stars
#110

My Eyes Are Up Here

my-eyes-are-up-here 2K installs · 5.0 stars
#110

Organize Media Folder

organize-media-folder 2K installs · 4.1 stars
#110

PDF Thumbnail Generator

pdf-thumbnail-generator 2K installs · 5.0 stars
#110

Pro Mime Types – Manage file media types

pro-mime-types 2K installs · 5.0 stars
#110

Thumbnail Crop Position

thumbnail-crop-position 2K installs · 3.8 stars
#110

Delete product images for WooCommerce

wc-delete-product-images 2K installs · 5.0 stars
#110

Microsoft Azure Storage for WordPress

windows-azure-storage 2K installs · 3.9 stars
#110

WP Document Revisions

wp-document-revisions 2K installs · 3.7 stars
#110

WP Upload Restriction

wp-upload-restriction 2K installs · 3.7 stars
#110

WP Upload Size

wp-upload-size 2K installs · 4.5 stars
#110

Photo Engine (Media Organizer & Lightroom)

wplr-sync 2K installs · 4.9 stars
#130

Archivarix External Images Importer

archivarix-external-images-importer 1K installs · 5.0 stars
#130

Attachment Taxonomies

attachment-taxonomies 1K installs · 4.6 stars
#130

BEA – Sanitize Filename

bea-sanitize-filename 1K installs · 5.0 stars
#130

BuddyDrive

buddydrive 1K installs · 4.3 stars
#130

Cache Images

cache-images 1K installs · 4.0 stars
#130

Export/Import Media – CSV Media Library Import & Export

calliope-media-import-export 1K installs · 3.7 stars
#130

Canvas Image Resize

canvas-image-resize 1K installs · 4.6 stars
#130

Categorify – WordPress Media Library Category & File Manager

categorify 1K installs · 2.0 stars
#130

Disable JPEG Compression

disable-jpeg-compression 1K installs · 3.9 stars
#130

Disable Thumbnails, Threshold and Image Options

disable-thumbnails-and-threshold 1K installs · 5.0 stars
#130

Display All Image Sizes

display-all-image-sizes 1K installs · 5.0 stars
#130

Download Media Library

download-media-library 1K installs · 3.2 stars
#130

F4 Media Taxonomies

f4-media-taxonomies 1K installs · 5.0 stars
#130

WP GIF Uploader – Animated GIF Upload and Thumbnails

gif-uploader-wp-grandplugins 1K installs · 5.0 stars
#130

GS Only PDF Preview

gs-only-pdf-preview 1K installs · 5.0 stars
#130

HEIC to JPEG

heic-to-jpeg 1K installs · 3.0 stars
#130

Image Cleanup

image-cleanup 1K installs · 3.5 stars
#130

Image Rotation Fixer

image-rotation-fixer 1K installs · 3.4 stars
#130

ImageMagick Sharpen Resized Images

imagemagick-sharpen-resized-images 1K installs · 4.7 stars
#130

Img Title Removal

img-title-removal 1K installs · 3.0 stars
#130

Import external attachments

import-external-attachments 1K installs · 4.3 stars
#130

LH Add Media From Url

lh-add-media-from-url 1K installs · 4.2 stars
#130

Make Filename Lowercase

make-filename-lowercase 1K installs · 4.8 stars
#130

Media Cloud Sync

media-cloud-sync 1K installs · 4.9 stars
#130

Media Library File Download

media-download 1K installs · 4.3 stars
#130

Media Sweep – WordPress Media Cleaner

media-sweep 1K installs · 3.8 stars
#130

Media Tracker – Track Unused, Duplicate & Used Media

media-tracker 1K installs · 4.1 stars
#130

Mediamatic – Media Library Folders

mediamatic 1K installs · 3.9 stars
#130

No Image Link

no-image-link 1K installs · 4.4 stars
#130

ONet Regenerate Thumbnails

onet-regenerate-thumbnails 1K installs · 4.5 stars
#130

Overwrite Uploads

overwrite-uploads 1K installs · 3.4 stars
#130

PDF Thumbnails

pdf-thumbnails 1K installs · 4.6 stars
#130

Real Thumbnail Generator: Efficient regeneration of thumbnails in all sizes

real-thumbnail-generator-lite 1K installs · 3.7 stars
#130

Relative Image URLs

relative-image-urls 1K installs · 4.2 stars
#130

Remove Unrestricted Uploads

remove-unrestricted-uploads 1K installs · 5.0 stars
#130

Replace Broken Images

replace-broken-images 1K installs · 4.5 stars
#130

Sharpen Resized Images

sharpen-resized-images 1K installs · 5.0 stars
#130

Store file uploads for Contact Form 7

store-file-uploads-for-contact-form-7 1K installs · 5.0 stars
#130

SVGator

svgator 1K installs · 5.0 stars
#130

Ultimate Watermark – Image Watermark, Image Protection & Bulk Watermarking

ultimate-watermark 1K installs · 3.3 stars
#130

Upload Url and Path Enabler

upload-url-path-enabler 1K installs · 4.3 stars
#130

URL Image Importer – Import External Images to the Media Library from URL, CSV & XML

url-image-importer 1K installs · 5.0 stars
#130

Fix Media Library

wow-media-library-fix 1K installs · 4.9 stars
#130

WP Docs

wp-docs 1K installs · 4.8 stars
#130

WP Sanitize File Name Plus

wp-sanitize-file-name-plus 1K installs · 5.0 stars
#175

Instant AI Image Generator – Create & Import Images

ai-image 900 installs · 3.0 stars
#175

Insert Amz Images

insert-amazon-images 900 installs · 4.3 stars
#175

Seriously Simple Transcripts

seriously-simple-transcripts 900 installs · 3.0 stars
#178

WP Media Categories

wp-media-categories 800 installs · 4.6 stars
#178

WPOSS阿里云对象存储

wposs 800 installs · 4.6 stars
#178

WPSSO Tune WP Image Editors

wpsso-tune-image-editors 800 installs · 5.0 stars
#181

Filr – Secure document library

filr-protection 700 installs · 4.6 stars
#181

Image Editor by Pixo

image-editor-by-pixo 700 installs · 3.5 stars
#181

Remove Broken Images

remove-broken-images 700 installs · 4.0 stars
#184

Easy Replace Image

easy-replace-image 600 installs · 4.9 stars
#184

Enable All Font Uploads

enable-all-font-uploads 600 installs
#184

PDF Compressor & Watermark – iLovePDF

ilovepdf 600 installs · 3.4 stars
#184

Media from ZIP

media-from-zip 600 installs · 5.0 stars
#184

Thumbnail Editor

thumbnail-editor 600 installs · 3.0 stars
#189

DevDome Media Cleaner: Remove Unused Images & Media Library Cleanup

devdome-safe-media-cleaner 500 installs · 5.0 stars
#189

External files in Media Library

external-files-in-media-library 500 installs · 5.0 stars
#189

Sync QCloud COS

sync-qcloud-cos 500 installs · 5.0 stars
#189

Rename WP Media Files Name

wp-media-files-name-rename 500 installs · 5.0 stars
#193

All Sources Images – Free Images from Pixabay, Unsplash, Openverse, Pexels & Giphy

all-sources-images 400 installs · 5.0 stars
#193

Download Media File

download-media-file 400 installs · 5.0 stars
#193

Media Trash Button

media-trash-button 400 installs · 5.0 stars
#193

Picture Gallery – Frontend Uploads & Image Editor

picture-gallery 400 installs · 3.7 stars
#193

Publitio

publitio 400 installs · 5.0 stars
#193

WPQiNiu七牛云对象存储

wpqiniu 400 installs · 5.0 stars
#193

ZIP from Media

zip-from-media 400 installs
#200

Exif Details

exif-details 300 installs · 5.0 stars
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