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Phoenix Media Rename

by crossi72Version 3.13.6

The Phoenix Media Rename plugin allows you to easily rename (and retitle) your media files, once uploaded.

Active installs
50,000+
#750 of 1,000
Downloads, all time
1.6M
1,620,245
Downloads, 30 days
25.8K
17.9K in the last 7
Rating
4.7 / 5
75 reviews
Last updated
2 days ago
Oct 29, 2026
Version
3.13.6
119 releases

Upkeep and compatibility

Last updatedOctober 29, 2026Updated in the last 3 months
Tested up toWordPress 7.1.4Covers WordPress 7.1.4, the current release
Needs WordPress5.0 or newer
Needs PHP8.0 or newer
First publishedAugust 29, 2016
Support, last two months1 of 1 threads resolved (100%)

Reviews

4.7 / 5 from 75 reviews

Reviews by star rating
5 stars66
4 stars2
3 stars2
2 stars2
1 star3

Downloads, last 30 days

Low 135 a dayHigh 12.6K a day

What the author says it does

Greatly improve your SEO: rename your media files with the “Phoenix Media Rename” plugin.

A complete guide to use and configure Phoenix Media Rename is available at Phoenix Media Rename official page

The opening of the plugin's own description. The full text, installation notes and changelog are on its WordPress.org page.

Questions the author answers

How to rename files translated with WPML?

Make sure that the WPML Multilingual CMS and WPML Media Translation plugins are activated (you can find more information on WPML in the WPML official site).

Add one or more images to your media library, WPML Media Translation will add the localized version to your media library.

How to serialize file names?

You can serialize file names enclosing the variable parts between { and }, this will cause Phoenix Media Rename to generate a sequence of filenames.

The variable part has to be an integer number, but can start with 0 (i.e. 0023).

Please note: check all the files you want to serialize and write the name for the first one, see screenshot-3.jpg for reference.

How to avoid removing accents in file name?

Go to the Phoenix Media Rename settings page and unckeck “Remove accents” option, this will prevent accents sanitization.

Please note: avoid accents sanitization can cause broken URL on some hosting.

How to avoid processing revisions?

Go to the Phoenix Media Rename settings page and unckeck “Update Revisions” option, this will prevent revions update.

Please note: avoid revision processing will speed up the rename process, but will cause broken media file link in you revert a post to an older version.

How to rename a single media?

Go to the Media section of the admin panel and open a media of your choice. You will see a new field named “Filename” and your current filename in it. Change it to whatever you want the new name to be and hit the “Update” button.

How to bulk rename medias?

Go to the Media section of the admin panel, select the “Rename” or “Rename & Retitle” bulk action (depending on if you want the media get retitled too) from the dropdown, check the medias you would like to rename and change their filenames using the “Filename” fields at the last column. When you are done, hit the “Apply” button and let the plugin do its magic!

Latest changelog entry

3.13.6

  • fixed security issue

Screenshots

From WordPress.org.

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Where this page's numbers come from

Read from the WordPress.org plugin API on , when WordPress 7.1.4 was the current release. WordPress.org rounds active installs into buckets. These are the directory's figures, not my verdict, and I haven't tested this plugin. The author takes donations at their donate page.