Title: Alex Vitola Upload Metadata
Author: Alex Vitola
Published: <strong>July 3, 2026</strong>
Last modified: July 3, 2026

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# Alex Vitola Upload Metadata

 By [Alex Vitola](https://profiles.wordpress.org/alexvitola/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/alexvitola-upload-metadata.0.9.1.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/alexvitola-upload-metadata/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/alexvitola-upload-metadata/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/alexvitola-upload-metadata/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/alexvitola-upload-metadata/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/alexvitola-upload-metadata/)

## Description

Alex Vitola Upload Metadata automatically processes uploaded images in WordPress.

It performs three main actions:

 * Renames uploaded image files using a unique timestamp
 * Sets the media title based on the filename
 * Fills the media caption using embedded image metadata (EXIF/IPTC), such as copyright,
   credit, creator or title

The plugin is lightweight, automatic, and requires no configuration.

## Installation

 1. Upload the plugin folder to /wp-content/plugins/
 2. Activate the plugin through the WordPress admin panel
 3. Upload an image and the plugin will handle everything automatically

## FAQ

### Does this plugin overwrite existing titles or captions?

Yes, it automatically sets title and caption on upload based on filename and metadata.

### Does it support all image formats?

It supports standard WordPress image types (JPG, PNG, WEBP where metadata is available).

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Alex Vitola Upload Metadata” is open source software. The following people have
contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Alex Vitola ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/alexvitola/)

[Translate “Alex Vitola Upload Metadata” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/alexvitola-upload-metadata)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/alexvitola-upload-metadata/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/alexvitola-upload-metadata/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/alexvitola-upload-metadata/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/alexvitola-upload-metadata/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 0.9.1

 * Initial public-ready version
 * Automatic file renaming using timestamp
 * Media title generation from filename
 * Caption extraction from EXIF/IPTC metadata

## Meta

 *  Version **0.9.1**
 *  Last updated **8 hours ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 6.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **7.0**
 *  PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
 * Tags
 * [images](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/images/)[media](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/media/)
   [metadata](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/metadata/)[rename](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/rename/)
   [upload](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/upload/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/alexvitola-upload-metadata/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Alex Vitola ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/alexvitola/)

## Support

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