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Best upload plugins for WordPress

The most popular upload plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Easy Theme and Plugin Upgrades leads with 60K+ active installs, ahead of Drag and Drop Multiple File Upload for Contact Form 7 (60K+) and WP Extra File Types (40K+). All 239 plugins tagged “upload” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.

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Top 10 upload plugins

  1. 1.
    Easy Theme and Plugin Upgrades

    The most installed upload plugin, with 60K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 117 reviews, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.7.21.

  2. 2.
    Drag and Drop Multiple File Upload for Contact Form 7

    60K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 94 reviews, updated 1 week ago.

  3. 3.
    WP Extra File Types

    40K+ active installs. Rated 3.4 from 39 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.3.14.

  4. 4.
    File Upload Types by WPForms

    40K+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 20 reviews, updated 1 month ago.

  5. 5.
    Clean Image Filenames

    30K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 21 reviews, updated 9 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.

  6. 6.
    Auto Upload Images

    20K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 106 reviews, updated 1 month ago.

  7. 7.
    Disable "BIG Image" Threshold

    10K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 35 reviews, updated 1 month ago.

  8. 8.
    Disable Real MIME Check

    10K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 34 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.

  9. 9.
    Media Deduper

    9K+ active installs. Rated 3.8 from 44 reviews, updated 11 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.

  10. 10.
    Filenames to latin

    9K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 14 reviews, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24.

All 239 plugins tagged “upload”