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Overwrite Uploads · Version history

Overwrite Uploads changelog and version history

Latest version
1.2.2
Aug 4, 2025 (1 year ago)
Releases
6
since 2011
In the last year
0
Tested up to
WordPress 6.8.12

Releases each year

  • 20112 releases
  • 20121 release
  • 20151 release
  • 20201 release
  • 20251 release

20251 release

  1. Overwrite Uploads 1.2.2Latest

    • [SECURITY] Fix a bug where Author accounts could overwrite media created by editors and administrators. If desired, the previous behavior can be restored using the ovup_can_overwrite_upload filter. Props phycox69.

20201 release

  1. Overwrite Uploads 1.2

    • [NEW] Added support for sideloaded images (typically done by plugins), in addition to regular manual uploads. Props wayneallen-1
    • [FIX] Filenames with spaces and other non-standard characters are now overwritten. Props ascottmccauley

20151 release

  1. Overwrite Uploads 1.1

    • [NEW] Delete existing attachments before a new one is uploaded. This avoids the need to modify WordPress core files.
    • [UPDATE] General code cleanup and modernization
    • [UPDATE] Removed unnecessary debugging method, activation logic and admin notices support
    • [UPDATE] Moved requirements check into bootstrap script
    • [UPDATE] Moved overwrite-uploads.php into classes directory
    • [UPDATE] Fixed improperly capitalized overwriteUploads class name

20121 release

  1. Overwrite Uploads 1.0.2

    • Fixed bug where old Media Library entries weren’t removed if the ‘Organize my uploads into year and month folders’ setting was enabled.
    • Setting removed because it’s unnecessary. Plugin will overwrite uploads if activated, and won’t if it isn’t.

20112 releases

  1. Overwrite Uploads 1.0.1

    • Added network-wide activation for WPMS blogs

  2. Overwrite Uploads 1.0

    • Initial release

Questions about Overwrite Uploads’s releases

What is the latest version of Overwrite Uploads?

1.2.2, released on Aug 4, 2025 (1 year ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 6.8.12.

How often is Overwrite Uploads updated?

It had no release in the last year; the latest came out 1 year ago. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from March 2011.

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Release dates come from the day each version’s folder was made in Overwrite Uploads’s WordPress.org SVN repository; the notes from its readme’s changelog, as its authors wrote it.