Best uploads plugins for WordPress
The most popular uploads plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Add From Server leads with 60K+ active installs, ahead of Media Sync (50K+) and WP Offload Media Lite for Amazon S3, DigitalOcean Spaces, and Google Cloud Storage (30K+). All 71 plugins tagged “uploads” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 uploads plugins
- 1.Add From Server
The most installed uploads plugin, with 60K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 239 reviews, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24.
- 2.Media Sync
50K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 86 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.
WP Offload Media Lite for Amazon S3, DigitalOcean Spaces, and Google Cloud Storage30K+ active installs. Rated 3.7 from 115 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 4.
Prevent Direct Access10K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 298 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 5.
Disable Media Sizes10K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 23 reviews, updated 4 days ago.
- 6.
Bulk Media Register8K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 22 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 7.WP-Stateless
4K+ active installs. Rated 3.9 from 51 reviews, updated 1 day ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 8.Basic URL ShortCodes
4K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 6 days ago.
- 9.WP Image Size Limit
3K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 17 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.6.1.
- 10.
WP Sanitize File Name Plus1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 8 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
All 71 plugins tagged “uploads”
Add From Server
Up in the last 7 days:2#683by Dion Hulse5 years ago
Add From Server is designed to help ease the pain of bad web hosts, allowing you to upload files via FTP or SSH and later import them into WordPress.
- Installs
- 60K+
- Rating
- 4.6(239)
- Downloads
- 73/day
Media Sync
#755by erolsk82 months ago
Simple plugin to scan "uploads" directory and bring those files into Media Library.
- Installs
- 50K+
- Rating
- 4.7(86)
- Downloads
- 386/day

WP Offload Media Lite for Amazon S3, DigitalOcean Spaces, and Google Cloud Storage
Up in the last 7 days:7#996by WP Engine11 days ago
Copies files to Amazon S3, DigitalOcean Spaces or Google Cloud Storage as they are uploaded to the Media Library. Optionally configure Amazon CloudFro …
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- 3.7(115)
- Downloads
- 1.4K/day

Prevent Direct Access
Down in the last 7 days:1#1,844by WP Folio Team2 months ago
A simple way to prevent search engines and the public from indexing and accessing your files without complex user authentication.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.6(298)
- Downloads
- 120/day

Disable Media Sizes
Down in the last 7 days:1#1,889by Jeff Starr4 days ago
Provides options to disable the extra images generated by WordPress.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 5.0(23)
- Downloads
- 49/day

Bulk Media Register
Up in the last 7 days:3#2,385by Katsushi Kawamori7 days ago
Bulk register files on the server to the Media Library.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 4.5(22)
- Downloads
- 246/day
WP-Stateless
Down in the last 7 days:3#3,399by UDX Usability Dynamics1 day ago
Upload and serve your WordPress media files from Google Cloud Storage.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 3.9(51)
- Downloads
- 226/day
Basic URL ShortCodes
Up in the last 7 days:7#3,426by Vikas Sharma6 days ago
Simple shortcodes that output essential WordPress URLs inside posts, pages and widgets.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 24/day
WP Image Size Limit
Up in the last 7 days:3#4,151by Sean Butze9 years ago
Adds a new setting under Settings -> Media where an admin can set a maximum upload file size for image files.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.7(17)
- Downloads
- 11/day

WP Sanitize File Name Plus
Down in the last 7 days:34#6,025by Yslo9 years ago
Sanitize file names and enhance security.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(8)
- Downloads
- 96/day

BEA
Down in the last 7 days:16#6,130by BE API7 months ago
Remove all punctuation and accents from the filename of uploaded files.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 23/day

Drag and Drop File Upload for Elementor Forms
Down in the last 7 days:10#6,228by add-ons.org1 day ago
Allows you to add powerful Drag & Drop or choose Multiple Files Uploading area to your Elementor Forms.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 36/day
Overwrite Uploads
Up in the last 7 days:1#6,458by Ian Dunn1 year ago
Overwrites files with the same name and folder when uploading, instead of storing multiple copies with unique filenames.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.4(8)
- Downloads
- 175/day

WP Sanitize Accented Uploads
Up in the last 7 days:4#7,517by Onni Hakala10 years ago
Simple plugin which removes accented characters from uploaded files.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 41/day

Infinite Uploads
Up in the last 7 days:13#7,566by Infinite Uploads10 days ago
The all-in-one media library for WordPress. Optimize images, reclaim storage, and manage a growing library with ease.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 4.2(21)
- Downloads
- 65/day
Stage File Proxy
Up in the last 7 days:288#14,638by drubage9 years ago
Stage File Proxy Plugin for Wordpress Development. This plugin IS NOT meant for use on production websites.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 12/day

File Upload Field for Formidable Forms (lite)
Down in the last 7 days:53#15,224by Sarah Ahmad2 months ago
File Upload Field for Formidable Forms (lite) plugin consists of one module:
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Amazon S3 for WordPress
Down in the last 7 days:67#17,626by joetan18 years ago
Allows you to mirror your WordPress media uploads over to Amazon S3 for storage and delivery.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Assets Manager
Down in the last 7 days:32#18,763by Jack Reichert10 years ago
Assets Manager for WordPress is a self hosted file sharing tool, enable / disable links, set expiration and make files you share password protected.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Media Placeholders
Down in the last 7 days:45#19,561by Weston Ruter11 years ago
Redirect requests to non-existent uploaded images to a placeholder service like placehold.it or placekitten.com. For use during development.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Block Uploading Images for WP Offload Media
Down in the last 7 days:132#21,272by Sébastien Dumont7 years ago
Stops images from uploading directly to your choice of CDN storage service.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Secure Uploads
Up in the last 7 days:110#21,657by njkuiper69 years ago
This plugin will put blank index.php in every sub-directory of your wp-content/uploads folder to prevent people from browsing the directories and stea …
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

UltimaTour Contact Forms
#22,552by tesystems2 months ago
Build secure, polished contact forms with stored submissions, email notifications, uploads, and no submission limits.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Private Media
Down in the last 7 days:92#22,709by Alexandre Froger7 years ago
Add access restrictions to specific items of the WordPress Media Library.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

SVG Safe Uploads
Down in the last 7 days:26#23,018by Muhammad Umer Shahzad1 year ago
Securely upload SVG files in WordPress with built-in sanitization and admin settings.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Sync media with AWS S3 CloudFront
Up in the last 7 days:251#25,123by SoftSprint17 days ago
Plugin uploads selected files from the WordPress uploads directory to S3 and serves registered uploads through S3 or CloudFront.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 3.4(5)
- Downloads
- 6/day

Downloadyar Remote Media
Down in the last 7 days:677#25,211by danialpg26 days ago
Offload your WordPress media to a remote download host over FTP/FTPS and automatically rewrite media URLs to the remote host.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Media Categories
Down in the last 7 days:734#25,731by iporter17 years ago
By default, Wordpress doesn't allow for categorising attachments - just posts. This plugin adds a category selection field to the attachment man …
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Selectel Storage Upload
#25,806by Roman Kapanets9 years ago
This plugin allows you to automatically synchronize media files that are downloaded to the articles or just the library, to Selectel Storage.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day

mk Simple Backups
#26,626by michitzky6 years ago
Allows you to create simple backups on a dedicated page nested in the "Tools" Menu.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Fonts to Uploads
Up in the last 7 days:283#27,961by Peter Wilson2 years ago
Relocate the WordPress fonts folder to the uploads directory.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Medifence
Down in the last 7 days:3,420#28,448by Redwoodcity2 days ago
Blocks direct access to uploaded media files for visitors who are not logged in. File URLs stay unchanged.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 45/day

Coral
Down in the last 7 days:692#29,055by Big Sea9 years ago
Save space and download time! Leave your uploaded images where they're at, in /wp-content, during development on your local.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Pro Uploads Cleaner
Up in the last 7 days:179#30,233by Hemant Jodhani3 months ago
Scan and clean unused images from your WordPress uploads folder safely.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/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

WP Encrypted Uploads
#33,082by Ahmed Hussein11 months ago
Shield your sensitive files with unbreakable encryption! 🛡️ Say goodbye to prying eyes and take full control of your private data.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Disable Client Side Media
Up in the last 7 days:600#33,981by Adam Silverstein2 months ago
Disables client-side media processing, so media uploads are processed on the server instead of in the browser.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Qaiyo Admin Booster
Up in the last 7 days:11,354#34,605by qaiyo6 days ago
Fixes the annoying wp-admin UX/UI rough edges that cost you time every day — without replacing the WordPress admin you already know.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 12/day
Multisite MediaSync
#39,627by seangruenboeck10 years ago
Multisite MediaSync syncs the Media Posts in WP Posts tables for all blogs within a multisite installation. And it makes sure that all uploads are onl …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
FunnelPfad
Up in the last 7 days:6,277#40,002by joshifre3 months ago
Build multi-step contact forms and inquiry funnels with uploads, exports, mail templates, spam protection and GDPR tools.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Secure SVG Upload
#42,177by Fahim Reza1 year ago
Safely upload SVG files in WordPress with robust SVG support and automatic sanitization.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
Resource Management for WordPress
Down in the last 7 days:1,937#43,173by soumenroy1119 years ago
Add and Manage various type of resources/ documents from wp-admin and get any resource list with download option in frontend by using shortcode.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Media File Name Guess Preventer
#44,736by nkyre12 years ago
Prepend a random string to media file uploads to prevent file name guessing.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Upload Add-on for Woocommerce
#45,563by crystalwebpro6 years ago
Upload Add-on for Woocommerce
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Copy Media url
Down in the last 7 days:4,695#46,002by DualCube8 years ago
All new Wordpress plugin by which an admin can copy media url to clipboard.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

AMW Clear Upload Folder
Down in the last 7 days:1,767#46,281by alim5119 years ago
Removes unused files from the 'uploads' folder
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Only Media Uploads
Down in the last 7 days:5,839#47,133by Riyad Arefin10 years ago
A simple plugin to restricts uploads to specified file types only (images: jpg, gif, png | videos: wmv, avi, mpeg, mp4, mkv).
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Uploads Relay for Local Development by Carl Alberto
Up in the last 7 days:22,266#50,108by Carl Alberto5 months ago
Proxy missing upload files from a remote server during local development. No need to download the entire uploads folder.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
xpressium Image Limit
Up in the last 7 days:10,824#50,127by jcastroa879 years ago
Adds a new setting under Settings -> Media where an admin can set a maximum upload file size for image files.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

IT Empower Media Audit
#52,660by itempowersolutions1 month ago
WordPress site with a huge uploads folder of unused old files: find them, back them up, then delete safely.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day