Best file plugins for WordPress
The most popular file plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Phoenix Media Rename leads with 50K+ active installs, ahead of Theme Editor (50K+) and What The File (40K+). All 73 plugins tagged “file” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 file plugins
- 1.
Phoenix Media RenameThe most installed file plugin, with 50K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 75 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 2.
Theme Editor50K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 128 reviews, updated 7 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 3.
What The File40K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 883 reviews, updated 8 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 4.
Download Attachments8K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 46 reviews, updated 5 months ago.
- 5.
FileBird Document Library5K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 8 reviews, updated 4 weeks ago.
- 6.
WP Attachments3K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 43 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 7.WP-DownloadManager
3K+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 37 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 8.
Store file uploads for Contact Form 71K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 7 reviews, updated 5 months ago.
- 9.
Custom Post Type Attachment700+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 10.BP Group Documents
500+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 15 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
All 73 plugins tagged “file”

Phoenix Media Rename
Up in the last 7 days:5#745by crossi7210 days ago
The Phoenix Media Rename plugin allows you to easily rename (and retitle) your media files, once uploaded.
- Installs
- 50K+
- Rating
- 4.7(75)
- Downloads
- 947/day

Theme Editor
Down in the last 7 days:2#762by mndpsingh2877 months ago
Theme Editor allows you to edit theme files, create folder, upload files and remove any file and folder in themes and plugins.
- Installs
- 50K+
- Rating
- 4.6(128)
- Downloads
- 234/day

What The File
Up in the last 7 days:1#891by Barry Kooij8 months ago
What The File is the best tool to find out what template parts are used to display the page you're currently viewing!
- Installs
- 40K+
- Rating
- 4.9(883)
- Downloads
- 187/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

FileBird Document Library
Up in the last 7 days:11#3,160by Ninja Team29 days ago
Create WordPress document library using FileBird and Gutenberg or any WordPress page builder.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 4.9(8)
- Downloads
- 69/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
WP-DownloadManager
Down in the last 7 days:5#4,173by Lester Chan1 month ago
Adds a simple download manager to your WordPress blog.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.0(37)
- Downloads
- 52/day

Store file uploads for Contact Form 7
Up in the last 7 days:12#6,031by mirceatm5 months ago
When this is active, attachments sent trough Contact Form 7 shortcode [file ] will be stored in your Media Library
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 29/day

Custom Post Type Attachment
Up in the last 7 days:5#7,681by 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
BP Group Documents
Down in the last 7 days:37#8,554by lenasterg1 year ago
BP Group Documents creates a page within each BuddyPress group to upload and any type of file or document.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(15)
- Downloads
- 12/day
Disable File Editor
Down in the last 7 days:355#9,433by Nikunj Soni1 year ago
This plugin will disable file editing tool in your WordPress admin panel.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

m1.DownloadList
Up in the last 7 days:63#9,759by 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
Increase upload file size & Maximum Execution Time limit
Down in the last 7 days:37#10,364by ttodua2 years ago
Discontinued! Please use Additional WP options
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
File Permissions & Size Check
Down in the last 7 days:117#10,672by wycks13 years ago
Simple plugin that checks your WordPress install and shows your file permissions, size, and last modified date.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.8(4)
- Downloads
- 6/day

JSM file_get_contents() Shortcode
Down in the last 7 days:17#11,122by JS Morisset10 days ago
A safe and reliable WordPress shortcode for PHP's file_get_contents() function.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

File Download
Down in the last 7 days:59#13,558by avneetk6 years ago
A simple file download widget for frontend interface. Lets your visitors download brochures etc.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

WP FILE SEARCH
Up in the last 7 days:61#16,755by MariaOik11 years ago
WP SEARCH FILE enables searching on pdf, docx and odt files
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
s2member Secure File Browser
Down in the last 7 days:8#18,691by Potsky10 years ago
The best way to share files securely with your clients, customers, friends and community.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 4.7(15)
- Downloads
- 6/day

Random File
Up in the last 7 days:194#18,726by Scott Reilly1 year ago
Retrieve the name, path, or link to a randomly chosen file or files in a specified directory.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Frontend File Upload
Up in the last 7 days:525#18,873by Muneeb2 months ago
Allows users to upload files directly in WordPress Database from frontend.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 12/day
Read Text File
Up in the last 7 days:201#19,948by Aaron Sonnenberg15 years ago
Allows you to display the contents of a text file within a post by adding a simple shortcode and including a path from the root folder.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

AJAX File Upload
Up in the last 7 days:400#20,149by DevriX10 years ago
Fast and easy front-end WordPress file uploader with shortcodes fully extensible
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 4.8(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Media Auto Hash Rename
Down in the last 7 days:211#20,628by Sparanoid27 days ago
Rename media filename during upload with unique hash.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Uploads for WooCommerce
Up in the last 7 days:86#21,340by Europa DNS1 year ago
Let customers upload files to your WooCommerce products. Perfect for online photo or document processing services. Developer friendly.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Caption Linker
Down in the last 7 days:160#21,352by weissmike11 years ago
Adds a very simple link button near the caption field of the media uploader.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 4.8(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
DISFIT
Up in the last 7 days:85#21,801by NDV Comunicazione - Sviluppo4 months ago
Disfit blocca la scrittura dei file da wp admin
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Files Addon for Event Espresso 4
Down in the last 7 days:39#22,601by wordgeniee2 years ago
Files add on plugin allows to create file upload type question which can be used in event registration form.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Permissions & Security Audit
Down in the last 7 days:251#23,911by Andrew Stewart5 years ago
Permissions & Security Audit is a plugin that runs a series of tests to check common security issues with the following areas:
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 2.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

If File Exists
#24,683by Scott Reilly1 year ago
Check if a file exists and return true/false or display a string containing information about the file.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 12/day
WP Media Metadata Fix
#24,785by Malik Naik6 years ago
Fixes the metadata of the images in the Media library.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Mime Type Check for Contact Form 7
Down in the last 7 days:196#26,756by Umar Khan5 years ago
This plugin will let you add the functionality in Contact Form 7 File fields to validate it by mime types.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
TTC WordPress Tripwire Tool
Down in the last 7 days:52#27,046by ljmacphee15 years ago
This plugin acts as a tripwire for you. It will give you a list of all files changed on your WordPress site in the last 1-99 days.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Zedna eBook download
Up in the last 7 days:197#27,986by Radek Mezulanik6 years ago
Allow user to download your ebook custom file when insert an email.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

wpEasyDocs
Up in the last 7 days:422#28,537by diffhu6 years ago
Document management made easy. A clean & easy solution for your document management needs.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

WP Htaccess Edit
Down in the last 7 days:36#29,408by asilweb6 years ago
Simple and Safe WordPress htaccess file editor.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple File Upload Limiter
#31,378by Alberto Reineri1 month ago
Set maximum upload sizes for different file types in WordPress: images, documents, audio, video and everything else.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

PDF-Preview inside File-Block
Down in the last 7 days:408#31,965by Nic12 days ago
Extends the core/file block to optionally insert a PDF preview image (generated by WordPress) before the file block and adds linking/lightbox options.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

HyperTransfer
#32,618by Luca Burchietti1 year ago
This plugin is used for the rapid transfer of files, stored on your web space, via link.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Files Inspector
Down in the last 7 days:217#32,848by alexhee12 years ago
Compare files changes within wordpress.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Allow LaTeX Uploads
#32,866by mitcho (Michael Yoshitaka Erlewine)15 years ago
Allows LaTeX and related file uploads.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

LH Image Renamer
#32,937by shawfactor4 years ago
Gives attached image uploads a intuitive file name.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Resource Versioning
Up in the last 7 days:472#34,120by Viktor Szépe8 years ago
Turn Query String Parameters into file revision numbers.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Add File Version (AFV)
Down in the last 7 days:780#34,153by Joemakev8 years ago
Add File Version (AFV) can automatically or manually add file version to the CSS/JS files that were added using wp_enqueue_style and wp_enqueue_script …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
Seo File Names
Down in the last 7 days:190#34,566by Cedric Moris Kelly4 years ago
Seo File Names aims to save you time and boost your SEO by automatically renaming the files you upload to the media library with SEO friendly names.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.5(4)
- Downloads
- 2/day
TIElogremover
#36,489by TIEro13 years ago
An extremely simple plugin which removes accumulated error log files from your web space.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

WP File Version
Up in the last 7 days:5,488#37,063by shivrajib10 years ago
This plugin is for file management system with files/document version control ability. It keeps the files in its separate directory.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
Display Attached File Size
Up in the last 7 days:3,016#38,580by momen200912 years ago
It is plug-in which displays file size on the list of Media Library.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Quick LLMS txt
Up in the last 7 days:4,179#40,028by TechBeeps Services5 months ago
Create a machine-readable llms.txt file for AI/Language Models that describes your website's content.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Users List Widget
#41,872by ashirbad.cs11 years ago
Easily display your WordPress users name on wordpress website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Medias ToolBox
Up in the last 7 days:3,152#42,317by neoslab1 year ago
Medias Toolbox allow you to sanitize and rename automatically media files during upload.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day