Best media plugins for WordPress

Manage Upload Types

Up in the last 7 days:2#9,391

by jmadea11 years ago

This plugin adds a panel to the Settings->Media page, enabling changes to the file types which are permitted to be uploaded to the media library.

Gallery Widget

Up in the last 7 days:17#9,428

by 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.

Featured Audio

Down in the last 7 days:30#9,463

by Nick Halsey2 years ago

Add featured audio to your posts and pages, like featured images.

Transcoder

Up in the last 7 days:34#9,528

by rtCamp1 year ago

Transcoding services for ANY WordPress website. Convert audio/video files of any format to a web-friendly format (mp3/mp4).

ZIP from Media

Down in the last 7 days:20#9,611

by Katsushi Kawamori2 months ago

Compress from Media Library to ZIP archive.

WaveSurfer-WP

Down in the last 7 days:12#9,718

by X-Raym9 months ago

Customizable HTML5 Audio controller with waveform preview (mixed or split channels), using WordPress native audio and playlist shortcode.

MD5 Media Renamer

Down in the last 7 days:15#9,773

by neoslab13 years ago

Sanitize and rename automatically media files during upload using PHP time() as prefix and the file name encrypted in MD5() as suffix.

Unused Media Checker

Up in the last 7 days:53#9,984

by Der Webfuchs2 months ago

Identify, inspect and delete unused media files in your media library, including integrations for Advanced Ads and Photo Gallery (10Web).

WPArtisan Filename Sanitizer

Up in the last 7 days:7#10,042

by OzTheGreat9 years ago

Sanitize media filenames to remove non-latin special characters and accents

Image Quality

Up in the last 7 days:3#10,128

by Gagan Deep Singh9 months ago

Lets you adjust the quality of image thumbnails that WordPress generates.

Able Player, accessible HTML5 media player

Up in the last 7 days:225#10,213

by Joe Dolson4 months ago

Accessible HTML5 media player

Image Background Remover

Up in the last 7 days:39#10,237

by Moez Cherif12 days ago

Allows you to access all images on the WordPress site and remove their background.

PDF Thumbnails Support Test

Down in the last 7 days:38#10,238

by eclev918 years ago

Determine if your server is missing software for WordPress 4.7's native PDF thumbnail generator.

Custom Upload Folder

Down in the last 7 days:36#10,668

by Motekar4 years ago

Upload files to custom directory in WordPress Media Library.

Virtual Media Folders

Up in the last 7 days:302#10,701

by Per Søderlind14 days ago

Virtual folder organization and intelligent management for the WordPress Media Library, without altering file locations on disk.

Frontier Restrict Media

Down in the last 7 days:46#10,753

by finnj3 years ago

Frontier Restrict media will restrict users to only access their own media files

Media Playback Speed

Up in the last 7 days:20#10,788

by LewisCowles4 years ago

Add speed controls to audio and video hosted from your WordPress blog.

Automatic Featured Image Posts

Up in the last 7 days:25#10,806

by Jeremy Felt13 years ago

Automatic Featured Image Posts creates a new post with a Featured Image every time an image is uploaded.

Media Categories

Down in the last 7 days:32#10,823

by Eddie Moya14 years ago

Easily assign categories to media with a clean, simple, and searchable category meta box. Then use the gallery shortcode to display category galleries

Restrict WP Upload Type

Up in the last 7 days:6#10,829

by Kushang Tailor4 months ago

Restrict WP Upload Type gives you complete control over which files your users can upload to WordPress.

Media Files Tools

Down in the last 7 days:27#10,943

by Jose Conti6 years ago

Add tools for media files.

SMNTCS Image Dimensions

Up in the last 7 days:99#11,154

by Niels Lange1 month ago

Shows the dimensions and the file size of every image in the media library list view.

AP Extended MIME Types

Up in the last 7 days:18#11,221

by Josh Maxwell14 years ago

This plugin extends the allowed uploadable MIME types to include a WIDE range of file types. Created specifically for WPMS...

Better Image Credits

Down in the last 7 days:47#11,368

by Claude Vedovini6 years ago

This plugin adds credits, link and license fields to media uploads and offer several options to display image credits on your posts and pages.

Upload Media Exif Date

Up in the last 7 days:60#11,435

by Katsushi Kawamori6 days ago

When registering images in the media library, register with the date of EXIF information.

WP Media File Type Manager

Up in the last 7 days:9#11,766

by Seerox4 months ago

WP Media File Type Manager will allow you to manage different file types in Media Library.

Yctvn Media Offload for Cloudflare R2

Up in the last 7 days:63#11,771

by Kangta1 year ago

Automatically offload your WordPress media library to Cloudflare R2 Storage for improved performance and reduced hosting costs.

Alt Text Updater

Up in the last 7 days:133#11,835

by Anushka Deshingkar9 months ago

Easily bulk update image alt text in WordPress using image titles or a CSV upload. Improve accessibility and SEO with just a few clicks.

Ultimate media cleaner

Down in the last 7 days:60#11,849

by nicearma4 years ago

Find used medias from you from the database and/or your upload folder and give the way to delete them the ones "unused"

Paste To Media

Up in the last 7 days:19#11,978

by davisvilums7 years ago

This is a simple plugin that allows uploading images by pasting them directly to the Media library.

Disable WebP By Default

Down in the last 7 days:22#12,025

by David Baumwald1 year ago

A small plugin to control WebP image creation when JPEG images are uploaded.

Link media from TinyMCE

Up in the last 7 days:58#12,037

by A. Chappard12 years ago

This plugin allows you to create links to elements of the media in the Wysiwyg editor

Simple Menu Order Column

Up in the last 7 days:73#12,099

by chillcode1 month ago

Expose menu order column on your dashboard listings.

wp_upload_rename

Down in the last 7 days:31#12,145

by Nolan Chou7 years ago

Change upload filename to random characters / random numbers / date / other by yourself.

VertiFeed

Down in the last 7 days:175#12,416

by Loop Creators2 months ago

Show Media Library videos as a gallery grid; click a thumbnail to open a fullscreen vertical swipe player.

Compress PNG for WP

Up in the last 7 days:36#12,437

by geckodesigns11 years ago

Compress PNG files using the TinyPNG API.

Media Meta & Force Regenerate

Up in the last 7 days:18#12,722

by Jordy Meow6 years ago

Displays the metadata information in the Media Library. Regenerates the metadata and thumbnails even if they exist.

Media Size and Filter

Up in the last 7 days:147#12,881

by Mahesh Katkiya5 months ago

Add the ability to use Media Size in the media library.

Allow Word/Powerpoint/Excel file uploads

Down in the last 7 days:65#12,893

by yohman16 years ago

This plugin allows you to upload Word, Powerpoint and Excel files through the media library uploader.

swfObject Reloaded

Up in the last 7 days:56#13,021

by CodeAndReload14 years ago

Allows easy embedding (shortcode inserted via Add Media button while posting) and better management of swf files.

Healthy filenames

Up in the last 7 days:87#13,034

by Kantari Samy1 month ago

Automatically clean the filenames.

Scissors and Watermark

Down in the last 7 days:164#13,048

by Aleš Loziak14 years ago

Scissors and Watermark enhances WordPress' handling of images by introducing cropping, resizing, rotating, and watermarking functionality.

Dropbox Photo Sideloader

Down in the last 7 days:24#13,099

by Samuel Wood (Otto)12 years ago

Adds a new tab to the Add media screen, allowing you to pull images from Dropbox into WordPress.

PhotoGlue

Down in the last 7 days:22#13,103

by Poquelin5 months ago

The simplest, fastest way to create photo montages directly from your WordPress media library.

Media Folders Lite

Up in the last 7 days:67#13,123

by jbulies2 years ago

Upload files to custom folders in WP Media Library.

Image Credits nofollow

Up in the last 7 days:33#13,171

by apasionados9 months ago

Adds credits to the media uploads: Source and source URL. URLs are nofollow by default.

Rapls PDF Image Creator

Up in the last 7 days:279#13,266

by rapls24 days ago

Turns PDFs into images. Refuses to save a blank thumbnail, works around a Ghostscript fault that makes one, and tells you what to ask your host.

Force WebP

Up in the last 7 days:303#13,309

by Qrzysio2 months ago

Say goodbye to JPG and PNG - make your site run on fast, modern WebP images.

ZipMyMedia

Up in the last 7 days:98#13,449

by Dhaval Verma5 months ago

Adds a "Download Selected" button to the WordPress Media Library so you can bulk-download multiple media files as a single ZIP.

Document Gallery for Real Media Library

Up in the last 7 days:29#13,549

by Matthias Günter6 years ago

Create a gallery of documents from a folder in your media library created with Real Media Library.