Best attachments plugins for WordPress
The most popular attachments plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Export media with selected content (by DKZR) leads with 40K+ active installs, ahead of File Upload Types by WPForms (40K+) and Lightbox with PhotoSwipe (20K+). All 135 plugins tagged “attachments” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 attachments plugins
- 1.Export media with selected content (by DKZR)
The most installed attachments plugin, with 40K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 93 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 2.
File Upload Types by WPForms40K+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 20 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 3.
Lightbox with PhotoSwipe20K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 115 reviews, updated 6 days ago.
- 4.Unique Headers
10K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 160 reviews, updated 5 months ago.
- 5.
Media Deduper9K+ active installs. Rated 3.8 from 44 reviews, updated 11 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 6.Document Gallery
8K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 112 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 7.
Download Attachments8K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 46 reviews, updated 5 months ago.
- 8.
Responsive WordPress Slider7K+ active installs. Rated 3.8 from 12 reviews, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.7.21.
- 9.forumAttachments for bbPress
6K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 26 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 10.Attachment Importer
3K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 26 reviews, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.
All 135 plugins tagged “attachments”
Export media with selected content (by DKZR)
Up in the last 7 days:6#827by joost de keijzer19 days ago
Include all relevant attachments in your export.
- Installs
- 40K+
- Rating
- 4.5(93)
- Downloads
- 112/day

File Upload Types by WPForms
#884by Syed Balkhi1 month ago
Easily allow WordPress to accept and upload any file type extension or MIME type, including custom file types.
- Installs
- 40K+
- Rating
- 4.0(20)
- Downloads
- 156/day

Lightbox with PhotoSwipe
Up in the last 7 days:1#1,089by Arno Welzel6 days ago
Integration of PhotoSwipe (http://photoswipe.com) for WordPress.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.9(115)
- Downloads
- 217/day
Unique Headers
#1,470by Ryan Hellyer6 months ago
Add unique custom header images to individual pages, posts, categories, or tags.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.9(160)
- Downloads
- 84/day

Media Deduper
Down in the last 7 days:3#2,271by cornershop11 months ago
Save disk space and bring some order to the chaos of your media library by removing and preventing duplicate files.
- Installs
- 9K+
- Rating
- 3.8(44)
- Downloads
- 68/day
Document Gallery
Up in the last 7 days:5#2,404by Dan Rossiter11 days ago
This plugin generates thumbnails for documents and displays them in a gallery-like format for easy sharing.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 4.8(112)
- Downloads
- 117/day

Download Attachments
Down in the last 7 days:9#2,417by 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

Responsive WordPress Slider
Down in the last 7 days:65#2,585by richardgabriel5 years ago
A responsive image rotator plugin that easily creates WordPress slideshows. Now 100% Organic!
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 3.8(12)
- Downloads
- 16/day
forumAttachments for bbPress
Down in the last 7 days:5#2,822by Milan Petrovic14 days ago
Implement attachment upload to the topics and replies in bbPress plugin through a media library and add additional forum-based controls.
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 4.3(26)
- Downloads
- 106/day
Attachment Importer
Down in the last 7 days:14#3,872by Spencer Piontkowski12 years ago
Import attachments from another WordPress blog using a WXR file.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.3(26)
- Downloads
- 22/day

WP Attachments
Up in the last 7 days:4#3,904by Marco Milesi1 month ago
Attach files to any post or page and let WP Attachments list them for you, with icons, file sizes and a download counter.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.5(43)
- Downloads
- 47/day

Notification Attachments for Gravity Forms
Down in the last 7 days:15#4,388by kgmservizi1 day ago
Send attachment in Gravity Forms Notification
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(12)
- Downloads
- 23/day

File Upload For WPForms
#5,117by wpdebuglog2 months ago
Enhance WPForms with a secure file upload field, allowing users to upload files directly through forms.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(25)
- Downloads
- 42/day
Import external attachments
Down in the last 7 days:32#5,292by ryanpcmcquen9 years ago
Makes local copies of all the linked images and pdfs in a post, adding them as gallery attachments.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.3(26)
- Downloads
- 17/day
Fix Media Library
Down in the last 7 days:20#5,345by wowpress.host8 years ago
Fix Media Library inconsistency between database and wp-content/uploads folder contents. Unused image files, broken media library entries, missing att …
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.9(32)
- Downloads
- 12/day

F4 Media Taxonomies
Down in the last 7 days:31#5,972by FAKTOR VIER1 month ago
Add filters and bulk actions for attachment categories, tags and custom taxonomies.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(13)
- Downloads
- 33/day
Comment Image
Down in the last 7 days:8#6,576by Stefano Lissa5 years ago
Enable readers to attach an image to their comments.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.2(6)
- Downloads
- 13/day
Unattach
Down in the last 7 days:7#7,120by tamlyn9 years ago
Allows detaching images and other media from posts, pages and other content types.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 4.9(18)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Medialist
Down in the last 7 days:7#7,272by mauvedev1 year ago
Organised lists. Items are displayed elegantly styled on a page. Ideal for displaying policies, documents, newsletters, media, posts and more.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day

WP Media Categories
Down in the last 7 days:4#7,511by John James Jacoby1 month ago
Organize Media Library attachments with categories and filter them in list and grid views.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 4.6(7)
- Downloads
- 18/day
Media Vault
Down in the last 7 days:46#7,661by Max GJ Panas12 years ago
Protect attachment files from direct access using powerful and flexible restrictions. Offer safe download links for any file in your uploads folder.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 4.4(27)
- Downloads
- 11/day
WP Attachment Export
Down in the last 7 days:11#8,354by Pete9 years ago
Exports only posts of type 'attachment', i.e. your media library
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 4.6(19)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Hotlink File Prevention
Down in the last 7 days:30#8,360by swinggraphics2 years ago
Simple hotlink protection for individual files in the media library.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 4.9(7)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Default Media Uploader View
Down in the last 7 days:8#8,548by leemon7 years ago
Sets "Uploaded to this post" instead of "All media items" as the default view in the media uploader.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 4.8(13)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Disable Attachment Pages
Up in the last 7 days:3#10,047by 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
- 7/day
PDF Thumbnails Support Test
Down in the last 7 days:17#10,254by eclev918 years ago
Determine if your server is missing software for WordPress 4.7's native PDF thumbnail generator.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 3.4(5)
- Downloads
- 7/day
Disable Comments on Media Attachments
Down in the last 7 days:24#10,265by M Asif Rahman4 years ago
Disable Comments on Media Attachments Pages, Sitewide, Just Activate The Plugin.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Canonical Attachments
Down in the last 7 days:7#10,766by hivedigital1 year ago
Get more information from analytics and higher rankings by utilizing canonical http headers in htaccess for non image media attachments like pdfs.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 8/day

Unattached Media Manager
Up in the last 7 days:45#10,788by sungraizfaryad2 months ago
Fix the WordPress Unattached media filter. Automatically attach used media files to their posts so you can safely clean up your library.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 12/day
VA Removing Exif
Up in the last 7 days:18#10,862by kuck1u10 years ago
Automatically remove all Exif data from the new JPEG images when uploading.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Upgrade for Unattach and Re-attach Media Attachments
Down in the last 7 days:58#11,242by laurencebahiirwa4 years ago
Allows to unattach and reattach images and other attachments from within the media library page.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.4(7)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Modify Attachments Meta
Down in the last 7 days:1#11,406by Vladimir Vassilev10 years ago
Allows modification of meta data of attachments, such as date fields, menu order... (soon to add more, I guess).
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 3.3(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

BuddyPress Message Attachment
Down in the last 7 days:23#12,137by ckchaudhary1 year ago
Send attachments with private messages in BuddyPress!
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.3(11)
- Downloads
- 6/day
WP Smush.it NextGEN Gallery Integration
Down in the last 7 days:47#12,255by 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
Down in the last 7 days:23#12,477by Jacob Allred12 years ago
Reduce image file sizes and improve performance using Linux image optimization programs.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 3.9(14)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Reorder Entry Images
Down in the last 7 days:82#13,916by Vayu Robins9 years ago
Get all the attachments (images only) that belong to a post/page/post-type and display them in a list. This list can be reordered by drag and drop.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.8(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Attachment Slugs for WordPress
Down in the last 7 days:188#14,134by 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

Attach Files Widget
Up in the last 7 days:25#14,716by VeXell12 years ago
Simple attachment widget that uses native Wordpress upload manager to add files link widgets to your site.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
bbPress Multi Image Uploader
Down in the last 7 days:146#14,859by Ankit Gade8 years ago
Upload multiple images to bbPress topics and replies.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.5(8)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Add External Media
Down in the last 7 days:174#15,347by leemon7 years ago
Add external media to the media library
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.7(3)
- Downloads
- 6/day

Image Sizes Panel
Down in the last 7 days:192#15,838by Ben Huson4 years ago
Display a meta box when viewing a media item in the admin that display all generated images sizes.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Agreement
Up in the last 7 days:21#16,216by Pranav Pathak1 year ago
The Agreement plugin helps to create pop-up licence agreement or term to use before download any thing from post or page.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.7(9)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Devenia Replace Media
Up in the last 7 days:93#16,563by Bjorn Solstad1 month ago
Correct the file your pages already use. Keep the same attachment, its descriptive text and WordPress media relationships.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Documents Tab for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:140#16,888by dimitrov.adrian11 years ago
Allow attach various documents and media files to a product as separate tab.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 4.3(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

List Related Attachments
Down in the last 7 days:51#17,339by Baden7 years ago
Listed Related Attachments will display a filtered list of all related attachments for the current post or page.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Exclude Attachment Link Suggestions
Down in the last 7 days:29#17,861by Lauren @ Small Plugins2 months ago
Removes attachment results from link suggestions in the Gutenberg block editor for a cleaner linking experience.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Auto Attachments Cleaner
Down in the last 7 days:93#19,887by Stefano1 month ago
Automatically deletes attachments on post delete
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 6/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
Featured Image Resize
Down in the last 7 days:24#20,645by Louy Alakkad13 years ago
This plugin will regenerate all missing image sizes for an image when it's chosen as a featured image for any post. No settings whatsoever.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 3.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Redirect attachment pages for WordPress
Down in the last 7 days:154#21,479by code4life2 years ago
Prevent attachment pages to be viewed from users and to be indexed from search engines.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day