Best attachment plugins for WordPress
The most popular attachment plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Fluent PDF Generator leads with 20K+ active installs, ahead of Attachment Pages Redirect (10K+) and Disable Media Pages (9K+). All 101 plugins tagged “attachment” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 attachment plugins
- 1.Fluent PDF Generator
The most installed attachment plugin, with 20K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 2.Attachment Pages Redirect
10K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 47 reviews, updated 9 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 3.
Disable Media Pages9K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 17 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 4.Attachments
8K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 53 reviews, updated 10 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 5.
Download Attachments8K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 46 reviews, updated 5 months ago.
- 6.
Product Attachment for WooCommerce6K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 24 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 7.
DCO Comment Attachment5K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 10 reviews, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.
- 8.Media Search Enhanced
5K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 28 reviews, updated 1 month ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 9.Attachment Importer
3K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 26 reviews, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.
- 10.
DX Delete Attached Media3K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 28 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
All 101 plugins tagged “attachment”
Fluent PDF Generator
Up in the last 7 days:6#1,273by WPManageNinja1 month ago
Generate PDF from Your Form Submissions and Download/Email Them
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 135/day
Attachment Pages Redirect
Down in the last 7 days:10#1,486by Samuel Aguilera9 months ago
Redirect attachment pages or return a 404 error for them based on the parent post status.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.9(47)
- Downloads
- 49/day

Disable Media Pages
Down in the last 7 days:69#2,188by joppuyo1 month ago
Completely remove "attachment" pages for WordPress media. Improve SEO and prevent conflicts between page and image permalinks.
- Installs
- 9K+
- Rating
- 5.0(17)
- Downloads
- 69/day
Attachments
Up in the last 7 days:1#2,394by Jon Christopher10 months ago
Attachments allows you to simply append any number of items from your WordPress Media Library to Posts, Pages, and Custom Post Types
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 4.8(53)
- Downloads
- 50/day

Download Attachments
Down in the last 7 days:11#2,419by dFactory5 months ago
Download Attachments is a new approach to managing downloads in WordPress. It allows you to easily add and display download links in any post or page.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 4.5(46)
- Downloads
- 51/day

Product Attachment for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:3#2,714by Dotstore10 days ago
Plugin lets you easily upload any file type (images, documents, videos, etc.) to customer orders.
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 4.5(24)
- Downloads
- 94/day

DCO Comment Attachment
Down in the last 7 days:5#3,031by Denis Yanchevskiy4 years ago
Allows your visitors to attach files with their comments
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 4.9(10)
- Downloads
- 21/day
Media Search Enhanced
Down in the last 7 days:5#3,051by Yoren Chang2 months ago
Search through all fields in Media Library.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 4.4(28)
- Downloads
- 36/day
Attachment Importer
Down in the last 7 days:14#3,871by Spencer Piontkowski12 years ago
Import attachments from another WordPress blog using a WXR file.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.3(26)
- Downloads
- 19/day

DX Delete Attached Media
Down in the last 7 days:12#3,908by Mario Peshev14 days ago
Automatically deletes attached media from posts and custom post types added via the Media button.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.9(28)
- Downloads
- 64/day

Autoremove Attachments
Down in the last 7 days:7#4,132by Polygon Themes6 months ago
Remove child attachments when parent post, page or custom post type is deleted.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 5.0(15)
- Downloads
- 23/day
Bulk Change Media Author
Down in the last 7 days:12#4,317by Ruslan Mikhno3 years ago
Bulk change author for multiple media files, using the default WP Media Library.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.9(8)
- Downloads
- 13/day
Pro Mime Types
Down in the last 7 days:7#4,682by Sybre Waaijer11 months ago
Pro Mime Types adds a nifty admin interface for allowing or blocking many file extensions for uploading media, documents, and other attachments.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 23/day

LH Add Media From Url
Down in the last 7 days:23#5,122by shawfactor2 years ago
Upload files from an url to wordpress media library, either enter file urls in an onsite input box or click a bookmarklet.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.2(9)
- Downloads
- 22/day

Attachment Taxonomies
Down in the last 7 days:7#6,904by Felix Arntz2 months ago
This plugin adds categories and tags to the WordPress media library - lightweight and developer-friendly.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.6(10)
- Downloads
- 88/day

Find Posts Using Attachment
Down in the last 7 days:10#7,099by Sergey Biryukov5 years ago
Allows to find all posts where a particular attachment is used.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 4.4(27)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Smart Attachment Page Remove
Down in the last 7 days:26#7,242by WP User Manager16 days ago
Completely remove Attachment Pages from your Blog
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 4.7(13)
- Downloads
- 19/day

Disable Media Permalink by Hardweb.it
Down in the last 7 days:123#7,502by giangel848 months ago
Completely disable the Media Permalink generated by WP.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 4.1(7)
- Downloads
- 11/day

LH Copy Media File
Up in the last 7 days:2#7,566by shawfactor2 years ago
Allows you to create duplicate images in the media library.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 4.0(7)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Custom Post Type Attachment
Up in the last 7 days:17#7,669by aviplugins.com1 year ago
This plugin will allow you to upload files to your post or pages or any other custom post types.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 13/day

Rename WP Media Files Name
Down in the last 7 days:1#8,896by Sajjad Hossain Sagor5 months ago
Change Media Attachments Files Name Easily.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Gravity Forms
Down in the last 7 days:60#9,071by Timothy Wood12 years ago
A WordPress addon for Gravity Forms to add attachments to notification emails.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 4.1(14)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Gallery Widget
Up in the last 7 days:42#9,412by cybio15 years ago
Simple widget to show the latest/random images of the WordPress media library as a Widget, using a shortcode or directly with a php-function.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day

m1.DownloadList
Up in the last 7 days:16#9,773by maennchen1.de2 months ago
This plugin easily displays the folders and files from a selected directory. It can be placed by shortcode in any post.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.7(21)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Disable Attachment Pages
Down in the last 7 days:14#10,050by greatestview3 months ago
Redirects attachment pages to the post, where they are placed, and hides backend option to link images to attachment page (if not default).
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 8/day
VA Removing Exif
Down in the last 7 days:7#10,849by kuck1u10 years ago
Automatically remove all Exif data from the new JPEG images when uploading.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
WP Smush.it NextGEN Gallery Integration
Down in the last 7 days:15#12,223by Alex Dunae15 years ago
This is a very basic integration made by popular request: the only thing it does is smushes new images.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 3.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
CW Image Optimizer
Up in the last 7 days:6#12,457by Jacob Allred12 years ago
Reduce image file sizes and improve performance using Linux image optimization programs.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 3.9(14)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Media Author
#14,000by John Luetke14 years ago
Allows you to change the author of a piece of media
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Attachment Slugs for WordPress
Down in the last 7 days:199#14,143by Sébastien Dumont3 years ago
Enables permalink support for media attachments making the URLs more friendly and great for SEO.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Clean Unused Medias
Up in the last 7 days:14#14,156by xuxu.fr5 years ago
Clean Unused Medias, another simple way to delete the medias you don't need anymore.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.8(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Order Attachment for Woocommerce
Down in the last 7 days:106#14,240by Phoeniixx6 years ago
This is a simple plugin which helps you to attached the files on your customer orders.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Show Private
Down in the last 7 days:99#14,339by AMIB5 years ago
Using this plugin everyone can get access to Private Pages and Attachments knowing their direct link without requiring admin rights.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Media Post Permalink
Down in the last 7 days:20#14,564by Sami Ahmed Siddiqui9 years ago
Media Post Permalink is simply the easiest solution to separate your media/attachment Permalinks.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Creative Contact Form
Up in the last 7 days:28#15,058by Creative-Solutions11 years ago
Creative Contact Form is a responsive contact form builder with amazing visual effects. Over 46,000+ sites are already using Creative Contact Form.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.1(24)
- Downloads
- 0/day

MCOD Delete Media by Content
Down in the last 7 days:76#15,777by Cristian Leguizamón8 months ago
Bulk delete WordPress media files linked to any post type. Clean your media library in batches with smart exclusions and WooCommerce/ACF support.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Viable URL Media Uploader
Up in the last 7 days:44#16,978by Ahsan Amin17 days ago
Media uploader that adds attachments from URLs to your WordPress media library. Upload images, videos, PDFs, and more with just a URL.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Gravity Forms To Excel AddOn
Down in the last 7 days:23#19,372by Dieter Pfenning10 years ago
Gravity Forms AddOn which saves form data into a given Excel document and attaches it to notification emails
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Auto Files
Up in the last 7 days:202#20,029by Serkan Algur11 years ago
Auto Files is a minified version of Auto Attachments. This Plugin show you attached files in your the_content(). Supported file types are doc, docx, x …
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 4/day

Safe Attachment Names
Down in the last 7 days:261#20,110by nuagelab1 year ago
Automatically detect and change the name of attachments containing special characters such as accented letters.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Auto Save Remote Image
Down in the last 7 days:192#20,402by prebhdevsingh14 years ago
This plugin automatically downloads the first remote image from a post and sets it as the featured image.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 4.3(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Change Media Parent
Down in the last 7 days:245#21,630by pantsonhead11 years ago
Allows editors to change the parent post of an attachment after it has been set.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Automatic File Renamer
Up in the last 7 days:124#21,682by Cellophile2 months ago
Automatic File Renamer let you rename with prefix or suffix media's name, and redirect attachment pages where you want (3 options).
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Close Comments on Media Attachment Pages
Up in the last 7 days:50#22,600by Janmejai10 years ago
This plugin disable/Closes comments on media attachment pages in your WordPress blog.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 3/day

File URL Replacer for Contact Form 7
Down in the last 7 days:109#22,783by Bonny Elangbam11 months ago
Automatically replaces Contact Form 7 file upload fields with clickable download URLs in email notifications.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Smart Image II
Down in the last 7 days:152#22,968by Dario Ferrer12 years ago
Powerful, reliable and lightweight plugin which helps you to easily show post images and handle them. Essential tool for web designers and developers.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

WP Media Replace
Down in the last 7 days:94#23,650by Prakash Rao7 years ago
WP Replace Media is a useful and smooth plugin to replace an image to some other existing or new media image. It automatically replaces the old image …
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Attachment Taxonomy Support
Down in the last 7 days:209#23,779by Ben Huson14 years ago
Improved taxonomy support for media and attachments in versions of WordPress prior to 3.5.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Post Background
Down in the last 7 days:28#26,573wp-post-background11 years ago
This plugin allows you to add and image as background of posts, pages or custom post type in general (in the same way as a thumbnail).
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Add EXIF and IPTC meta data to Attachment Post
Down in the last 7 days:550#27,028by Mark Howells-Mead11 months ago
Extends the attachment meta data to include a much wider range of EXIF and IPTC information when an image is uploaded. This plugin does not output any …
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day