Best library plugins for WordPress
The most popular library plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Media Library Categories leads with 20K+ active installs, ahead of Link Library (10K+) and Document Gallery (8K+). All 91 plugins tagged “library” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 library plugins
- 1.
Media Library CategoriesThe most installed library plugin, with 20K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 52 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
Link Library10K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 97 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 3.Document Gallery
8K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 112 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 4.Media Library Enable Infinite Scrolling
7K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 25 reviews, updated 9 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 5.
Media Library Downloader5K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 8 reviews, updated 3 months ago.
- 6.
Snippet Shortcodes3K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 25 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 7.
Media Sweep1K+ active installs. Rated 3.8 from 11 reviews, updated 3 days ago.
- 8.
F4 Media Taxonomies1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 13 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 9.
Store file uploads for Contact Form 71K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 7 reviews, updated 5 months ago.
- 10.
Polaroid Gallery1K+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
All 91 plugins tagged “library”

Media Library Categories
Up in the last 7 days:2#1,247by jeffrey-wp2 months ago
Adds the ability to use categories in the media library.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.2(52)
- Downloads
- 116/day

Link Library
Down in the last 7 days:1#2,095by Yannick Lefebvre8 days ago
The purpose of this plugin is to add the ability to output a list of link categories and a complete list of links with notes and descriptions.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.7(97)
- Downloads
- 268/day
Document Gallery
#2,406by Dan Rossiter12 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
- 124/day
Media Library Enable Infinite Scrolling
Down in the last 7 days:4#2,500by David Baumwald9 months ago
A small plugin to re-enable infinite scrolling in the Media Library after WordPress 5.8 is released.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 5.0(25)
- Downloads
- 27/day

Media Library Downloader
Up in the last 7 days:29#3,057by M.Code3 months ago
Professional media download solution with bulk operations, smart management, and enterprise-grade security for WordPress
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 4.8(8)
- Downloads
- 68/day

Snippet Shortcodes
Up in the last 7 days:6#3,646by YeKen2 months ago
Create a library of custom shortcodes and reusable content, and seamlessly insert them into your posts and pages.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.7(25)
- Downloads
- 34/day

Media Sweep
Up in the last 7 days:25#5,941by WPCreatix3 days ago
Clean up your WordPress Media Library by finding and removing unused media. Scan, preview, then sweep away orphaned files to keep your site fast.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.8(11)
- Downloads
- 94/day

F4 Media Taxonomies
Up in the last 7 days:9#5,968by 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

Store file uploads for Contact Form 7
Up in the last 7 days:7#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
- 28/day

Polaroid Gallery
#6,535by janisto9 years ago
Polaroid Gallery is a CSS3 & jQuery Image Gallery plugin for WordPress Media Library.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.8(4)
- Downloads
- 13/day
Library
Down in the last 7 days:56#6,983by Patrick Daly11 years ago
Create a library of reusable terms (strings) and display their contents anywhere on your site with a shortcode.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

WP Media Categories
Down in the last 7 days:3#7,504by 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

FontFlow Custom Icons for Elementor
Up in the last 7 days:7#8,020by M Gogul Saravanan1 year ago
Elevate your Elementor website with FontFlow Custom Icons, a dynamic plugin that seamlessly integrates an extensive icon library.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

Library Bookshelves
Down in the last 7 days:110#8,921by photonicgnostic1 year ago
Create bookshelves that link to your library catalog. Use shortcodes to display book covers in carousels.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 4.6(9)
- Downloads
- 11/day

LibWp
Down in the last 7 days:21#10,445by Mostafa Soufi5 years ago
Provide some simple functionality to register some hooks that could not register inside the WordPress themes
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Webp Transformer
Up in the last 7 days:1#11,169by Informatiza2 years ago
Convert images from library to webp and resize them during upload
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Library Management System
Up in the last 7 days:27#11,743by Online Web Tutor21 days ago
The best library management system plugin for WordPress — manage books, borrowers, branches, bookcases, sections, borrow/return workflows and receipts …
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.4(14)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Book Review Library
Up in the last 7 days:71#12,858by Chris Reynolds1 month ago
A book cataloguing and review system designed with bookophiles and librarians in mind.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.8(16)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Allow Word/Powerpoint/Excel file uploads
Down in the last 7 days:65#12,893by yohman16 years ago
This plugin allows you to upload Word, Powerpoint and Excel files through the media library uploader.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
Scissors and Watermark
Down in the last 7 days:164#13,048by Aleš Loziak14 years ago
Scissors and Watermark enhances WordPress' handling of images by introducing cropping, resizing, rotating, and watermarking functionality.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.1(7)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Sheet Music Libary
Down in the last 7 days:27#13,930by Nick Halsey3 months ago
The sheet music library plugin is a framework that leverages WordPress to post sheet music online in a structured way. Using a sheet music custom post …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.3(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Rocksite Kit
Down in the last 7 days:104#14,274by netbiel3 years ago
Collection of ready-to-use Gutenberg sections (block patterns) based on Kadence Blocks Library: Hero Sections, Features Sections, Call to Actions etc.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Delete Thumbnails
Down in the last 7 days:50#14,486by David Sword9 years ago
Find and delete thumbnails & resized images from your Media Library
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.9(15)
- Downloads
- 6/day
AutoThumb
Down in the last 7 days:4#18,046by maff14 years ago
The plugin is actually just a port of a plugin/snippet I wrote for MODx a while ago (see here). It scans your content's source code for <img&g …
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Easy Download Media Counter
Up in the last 7 days:27#19,256by Remi Corson13 years ago
Requires at least 3.0 Tested up to 3.3.1 Stable tag: 1.2 This plugin allows easy media downloads count using shortcodes
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
OEmbed in Library
Down in the last 7 days:243#19,594by Cyril Batillat13 years ago
Easily add external files in library using OEmbed API
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

My Templates Thumbnails for Elementor
Up in the last 7 days:51#19,795by heinvv4 years ago
This plugin adds a thumbnail to the My Templates library in Elementor.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Spinex Bulk Image Rotator
Up in the last 7 days:266#21,179by Andrei Ghițan7 months ago
Rotate multiple images at once directly from the WordPress Media Library.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Change Media Parent
Down in the last 7 days:77#21,426by 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

JT Media Folders
Up in the last 7 days:753#21,638by JTruax17 days ago
A lightweight solution to add categorized folders to your WordPress Media Library. Works with bulk selection. Optimized for the Gutenberg editor.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Add Youtube Video to Media Library
Down in the last 7 days:115#21,683by merganser15 years ago
Add Youtube Video to Media Library.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Simple Link Library
Down in the last 7 days:3#21,917by MaikelM5 months ago
Manage your link collection in a simple way.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 4.5(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day

JetReader
Up in the last 7 days:1,527#22,621by mehdituran4 months ago
JetReader turns WordPress into a digital library with a fullscreen React document reader and advanced document management.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Media Search
Down in the last 7 days:70#24,598by Valera Satsura14 years ago
Search media library items by assigned post or page
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Manager for Steam
Down in the last 7 days:500#24,605by Mariusz Kobak5 months ago
Complete Steam integration with visual customization, Gutenberg blocks, and comprehensive Steam Web API support.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Viström Media Library Categories
Up in the last 7 days:79#24,765by Viström2 years ago
Categorize and filter your media library by categories, added support for bulk editing in both list-view and the grid-view.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

seljeDrive Document Library for Google Drive
Up in the last 7 days:913#25,383by Tormod Seljenes1 month ago
Embed a Google Drive folder as a browsable document library on your WordPress site using a simple shortcode.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
PMR
Up in the last 7 days:359#25,659by pmriley218 years ago
Adds width and height columns to the Media Library.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Classroom Library
#26,999by mdburnette10 months ago
Classroom library plugin to catalog books and create a check in/out system for students.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
BNC BiblioShare
Down in the last 7 days:240#29,193by John Miedema7 years ago
Displays a book's cover image, title, author, and other book data from BiblioShare
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Document Library Hub
#31,606by WPRetro1 year ago
Organizing documents in customizable formats, with advanced access control options.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Koha Search Widget
Down in the last 7 days:158#32,194by wizzyrea13 years ago
A tiny widget that allows you to easily add a search box for your Koha catalog, as long as you know the URL of your Koha OPAC.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Attachment Usage
Down in the last 7 days:55#32,721by Konstantin Kröpfl6 years ago
Find easily attachment and media files used in different locations on your website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Geo IP Library
#35,456by Ricardo Miguel9 years ago
Provides simple geo ip country location features for Wordpress.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP ISBN
Up in the last 7 days:8,012#35,609by Rafa Poveda11 years ago
wp-isbn plugin allows you use ISBN shortcode and maintain a personal library in your WordPress..
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
iG:Custom Metaboxes
Up in the last 7 days:10,085#36,604by Amit Gupta11 years ago
A WordPress plugin to provide an object oriented and clean API for creating custom meta-boxes on wp-admin post_type add/edit screens.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Asset Lending Manager
#37,545by IoClaudio21 days ago
Open-source plugin to manage shared physical assets and loan workflows for associations, schools, libraries, and any organization.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Steam Library GT
Up in the last 7 days:3,296#37,594by virusav12 years ago
Display your Steam game library and grab related game information from the thegamesdb.net.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Koha Login Widget
#38,045by wizzyrea13 years ago
A tiny widget that allows you to easily add login boxes for your Koha catalog, as long as you know the URL of your Koha OPAC.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Do Not Load jQuery
Up in the last 7 days:5,835#38,920by Websitedesignernc15 years ago
Stops WordPress plugins from loading jQuery.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day