Best uploads plugins for WordPress

IT Empower Media Audit

Up in the last 7 days:13,669#57,458

by itempowersolutions2 months ago

WordPress site with a huge uploads folder of unused old files: find them, back them up, then delete safely.

Sprint Collect

#58,024

by sprintplugins2 months ago

Securely collect, review, and manage supporting documents for WordPress users.

Brightery File Lockdown

#59,797

by Brightery2 months ago

Locks down code-changing capabilities and restricts WordPress uploads to approved media types.

DiluxOne Offload

Up in the last 7 days:9,616#62,929

by Pablo Di Loreto1 month ago

Move your media to cloud object storage and serve it from there. Replaces /uploads/ transparently, with no URL rewriting.

Developersd Manage Media Support

Up in the last 7 days:10,396#63,000

by Sudip Debnath2 months ago

Control exactly which file types WordPress accepts, with per-role permissions, upload limits, and built-in MIME, magic-byte, and SVG security checks.

Super Interactive Image Placeholders

#64,323

by Super Interactive4 years ago

Display placeholder Lorem Picsum images to avoid chains of 404 requests caused by an incomplete uploads directory (while developing)

Uploads Relay for Local Development by Carl Alberto

Down in the last 7 days:11,503#65,338

by Carl Alberto5 months ago

Proxy missing upload files from a remote server during local development. No need to download the entire uploads folder.

KDA Custom Upload Structure

Up in the last 7 days:216#66,877

by deniskey2 months ago

Store uploads outside wp-content in a custom folder, organized by post type. Includes a migration tool for existing media.

Refaxination

#67,421

by Butiá Labs4 months ago

Audits and manages orphaned files in the Uploads folder. All operations via WP-CLI.

Digiter Security Lite

#68,199

by digiterorg7 days ago

Local login throttling, executable upload protection, security configuration checks and a trusted file integrity baseline.

xpressium Image Limit

Down in the last 7 days:1,568#69,169

by jcastroa879 years ago

Adds a new setting under Settings -> Media where an admin can set a maximum upload file size for image files.

Disable Animated Subsizes

Up in the last 7 days:1,573#70,049

by Adam Silverstein13 days ago

Generates static first-frame sub-sizes for animated image uploads.

Detectant Malware Scanner

Down in the last 7 days:2,373#70,199

by detectant1 month ago

Scans WordPress uploads synchronously with Detectant and quarantines malware found by background reconciliation.

Divine Apparitions Uploads Proxy

Down in the last 7 days:4,671#70,272

by philltran4 months ago

Proxy missing media to a production origin so staging and local environments don't need a full copy of the uploads directory.

Bauhaus File Cleanup for Tainacan

#70,540

by bauhaustech2 months ago

Removes a Tainacan item's documents, attachments and files from disk on permanent deletion, so deleted items stop leaving orphaned uploads behind.

UploadSleuth

Down in the last 7 days:1,596#71,295

by Vagelis1 month ago

Find files that may be unused in WordPress uploads, spot missing Media Library files, and safely review, quarantine, back up, or delete them.

Uploads Protector

Down in the last 7 days:19,378#71,604

by Roku7 years ago

This plugin makes uploaded files only accessible by logged-in users.

CrushEdge Orphaned Upload Cleaner

Down in the last 7 days:23,611#73,205

by SepedaTua9 days ago

Detect and permanently delete orphaned uploads (files physically present on disk without an attachment in the Media Library).