Title: Rename Media Files Author: Milan Dinić Published: July 8, 2010 Last modified: April 17, 2016 --- Search plugins ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/rename-media-files.svg) # rename-media-files By [Milan Dinić](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dimadin/) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/rename-media-files/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/rename-media-files/#reviews) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/rename-media-files/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/rename-media-files/) ## Description This plugin has been closed as of November 3, 2023 and is not available for download. Reason: Security Issue. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8adc905340370a98fe1d2dec74faa130e6c610835423206f9b40de75d8fe3728? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Great Plugin Only Missing delete old files](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-plugin-only-missing-delete-old-files/)󠁿 [sagive](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sagive/) October 20, 2017 Great Plugin Only Missing delete old files and thumbnails of old image. 1. It changes the name of the file itself (or creates a copy) 2. If it creates a copy it attaches it to the relevant post / post. Works fast using ajax. Thanks a lot to the author. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d54f47afc1c75eedcba0cb45bfc245dd6feb5d5704fed4e02772687c3119fdfd? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Saved me tons of time](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/saved-me-tons-of-time-4/)󠁿 [serenademaio](https://profiles.wordpress.org/serenademaio/) July 31, 2017 Great Plugin – super smooth, bought the PRO version to support the developer. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/9fc4761c94744417f29d086bca11f5ba1a7f8d43032d34c4566f3dd611971d89? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Does the job but not how you expect](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-the-job-but-not-how-you-expect/)󠁿 [81](https://profiles.wordpress.org/81-1/) March 28, 2017 It DOES rename the file but as other reviews have shown the plugin creates a copy naming the new one. Still leaving the original file with the old name on the server. While it does what it says it should just rename the existing file as I have to manually delete every old file. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1661163a11599c260b2bccb155c9ea9e00e6870ee51305649b81ed216e5e33a5? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[It works perfect.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/it-works-perfect-25/)󠁿 [misagues](https://profiles.wordpress.org/misagues/) January 26, 2017 It works perfect. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3272f94e622c23cdadcebdf2e2970e40398b256aa1ee9ee670c597767b093544? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Восхитительно](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/%d0%b2%d0%be%d1%81%d1%85%d0%b8%d1%82%d0%b8%d1%82%d0%b5%d0%bb%d1%8c%d0%bd%d0%be/)󠁿 [neosoft](https://profiles.wordpress.org/neosoft/) January 2, 2017 Очень полезный плагин ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f2949e1420c186ba7fe9eafb8f5c406b6b29ddebb639e7c7da6f93d39b784643? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Does not rename but creates a copy](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-not-rename-but-creates-a-copy/)󠁿 [Martin Sauter](https://profiles.wordpress.org/martinsauter/) December 6, 2016 2 replies This plug-in does NOT what its name indicates: It does not rename a media file, it simply creates a copy under a new name. This is not what you expect, and it has some disadvantages. First: You waste disk space. Second: You create a mess, because there are files in your server directory that do not show up in the WordPress Media Library. Third: If you decide to go back to the original filename this is not possible. [ Read all 11 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/rename-media-files/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Rename Media Files” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Milan Dinić ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dimadin/) “Rename Media Files” has been translated into 5 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/rename-media-files/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “Rename Media Files” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/rename-media-files) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/rename-media-files/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/rename-media-files/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/rename-media-files/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/rename-media-files/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Meta * Version **1.0.1** * Last updated **10 years ago** * Active installations **N/A** * WordPress version ** 3.1 or higher ** * Tested up to **4.5.33** * Languages * [English (UK)](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/rename-media-files/), [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/rename-media-files/), [German](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/rename-media-files/), [Russian](https://ru.wordpress.org/plugins/rename-media-files/), [Serbian](https://sr.wordpress.org/plugins/rename-media-files/), and [Spanish (Spain)](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/rename-media-files/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/rename-media-files) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/rename-media-files/advanced/)