Media Library Folders

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 81% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ glitterandshine

   1.5y ago

   It is the only plugin that allows you to actually use your own, real folders to organize media. If keeping your media organized by folders is important to you, you will want this plugin. The interface is a little clunky, but it works. You can upload media within the mlf system, or upload via ftp and then have mlf rescan so the media will be recognized. You can also move media to different folders, and the associated links within WordPress get updated, which is excellent (there are other plugins that can do that, but it’s built in here, so those are not needed). For these reasons, I highly recommend this plugin! Now for the “except” …1. Your folder structure will NOT show up in the add media window, unless you purchase the pro version. The media will be in the usual library, but you will not be able to see the folder structure you create in media library folders. 2. You cannot upload to your folder structure from the “add media” window (while creating a post) – you need to first upload the media in mlf, then add it to your post. Just matters of convenience, but for those reasons I did purchase the pro version, because it adds those features. The pro version also comes with a bunch of other stuff I don’t need at all. 3. The biggest caveat to me is that the pro version ONLY works as long as you have an active license. When the license expires, the extra features are removed. I have never used another plugin that actually quit working after the license term. Typically they keep working, you just don’t get any updates or support. Also, the license expired screen promises a discount when you renew, but there is no discount. Although I probably would have renewed at some point for the updates, the policy of removing features on license expiration is a huge turnoff.

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2. ★★★★★ Queer as You

   1.5y ago

   It’s a good plugin, and I haven’t found an alternative yet. With the latest version of the macOS operating system, it works significantly less well.There is always a delay before the image is available, sometimes you have to refresh the page so that the media module displays the downloaded image On a folder most of the time the content is not displayed, you have to click several times on the folder for the content to appear, it disappears almost immediately. I have only observed this phenomenon on Safari.So yes, I can try to take another browser, but it is a headache to have to choose another browser for this display problem. This topic was modified 1 year, 4 months ago by Queer as You.

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3. ★★★★★ hmich

   1.6y ago

   incredible: “The ability to insert items from the Media Library Folders user interface is only available in Media Library Pro Version” you make people try and try until finding this comment in your faq, funny is the who invented this thing seems not having much clew about not hiding essential decision maling points from the triel version, because your plugin isn’t free at all, it’s a cra**y useless trial version which helps nothing without being able to use the files in the created folders, so tell me how some can know if it really works in the paid version, maybe another trickery is awaiting after …

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4. ★★★★★ coehistory

   1.8y ago

   It seemed good at first glance; creating folders is easy and moving existing files to them is a snap. The help video isn’t great, but I didn’t really need it to get that far. However, I cannot tell if it works like i need it to (I have a lot of media files to organize and wanted to be able to search for them by some sort of organization in stead of year/month as I make pages with them) because the functionality of actually using the folders you created for organizational purposes (like, say, in Page Builder or anywhere else outside of the plugin) is locked behind the Pro version, so I’m going to uninstall it- I don’t really want to buy anything essentially sight unseen.

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5. ★★★★★ gufuxd

   2.1y ago

   Difficult to show folders and synch. When uploading photo very often it crashes with an error “0” and I need to upload 1 photo at time… really really painful. User experience really bad with a feeling of not working well to upload photos.

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6. ★★★★★ CMProduct

   2.1y ago

   A fantastic plugin that I have been using for probably a year now and it just works. It replaces the URL to the folders and has no performance issues [doing that] at all. It’s seamless and is very easy to use. Thank you @maxfoundry for this great plugin!

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7. ★★★★★ danielarco

   2.2y ago

   Good plugin for modify folders

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8. ★★★★★ greatpages

   3.5y ago

   Ever since coming upon this handy little plugin I sticked to it throughout all of my projects. It’s one of those few plugins I consider to be a must have!Compared to other products available on the market Media Library Folders brings the most useful features even in the basic version and allows for a clean structure of your media files all the while being easy to use.Developing is an ongoing process. If you should ever face an issue and expect this plugin to be the reason, be sure that their support will take care of you asap- no matter if you’re a paying subscriber or free user.Thanks to the whole team behind! I have always had only the best experiences with them girls ‘n guys and it’s always been a pleasure.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 8.3.8 Fixed integration issues with the Elementor plugin Tested with WordPress 7.0 8.3.8
2. — Version 8.3.7 Added security enhancements 8.3.7
3. — Version 8.3.6 Tested with WordPress 6.9 8.3.6
4. — Version 8.3.5 Updated the upgrade to pro page 8.3.5
5. — Version 8.3.4 Fixed issue with adding images to a MaxGallery gallery 8.3.4
6. — Version 8.3.3 Added code to fix image alt data causing issues in PHP 8.3 8.3.3

8 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 4.3 Media Library Folders <= 8.3.6 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary Attachment Deletion and Rename ↗
   2026-02-13 CVE-2026-2312 Missing Authorization Affects <= 8.3.6 Patched in 8.3.7
2. Medium · 4.3 Media Library Folders <= 8.3.0 - Missing Authorization to Plugin Settings Change ↗
   2025-02-14 CVE-2025-0935 Missing Authorization Affects <= 8.3.0 Patched in 8.3.1
3. Medium · 6.3 Media Library Folders <= 8.2.3 - Missing Authorization on Various Functions ↗
   2024-08-29 CVE-2024-7858 Missing Authorization Affects <= 8.2.3 Patched in 8.2.4
4. Medium · 6.5 Media Library Folders <= 8.2.2 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Second-Order SQL Injection ↗
   2024-08-28 CVE-2024-7857 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') Affects <= 8.2.2 Patched in 8.2.3
5. Medium · 6.1 Media Library Folders <= 8.2.0 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via 's' ↗
   2024-04-18 CVE-2024-3615 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 8.2.0 Patched in 8.2.1
6. Medium · 4.3 Media Library Folders <= 8.1.8 - Authenticated (Author+) Directory Traversal ↗
   2024-04-05 CVE-2024-31287 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') Affects <= 8.1.8 Patched in 8.1.9
7. Critical · 9.9 Media Library Folders <= 8.1.7 - Authenticated (Author+) SQL Injection ↗
   2024-03-28 CVE-2024-30486 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') Affects <= 8.1.7 Patched in 8.1.8
8. High · 8.8 Media Library Folders <= 7.1.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery ↗
   2022-09-30 CVE-2022-41634 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affects <= 7.1.1 Patched in 7.1.2

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2024-05-07 9K+ → 10K+ up after 306 days in tier
2. 2023-07-06 10K+ → 9K+ down after 3 days in tier
3. 2023-07-03 9K+ → 10K+ up after 1 days in tier
4. 2023-07-02 10K+ → 9K+ down after 5 days in tier
5. 2023-06-27 9K+ → 10K+ up after 1 days in tier
6. 2023-06-26 10K+ → 9K+ down

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• Real Media Library: Media Library Folder & File Manager 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A
• Wicked Folders – Folder Organizer for Pages, Posts, and Custom Post Types 20K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A
• Categorify – WordPress Media Library Category & File Manager 1K+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag D
• Mediamatic – Media Library Folders 1K+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag B
• iFolders – Ultimate Folder Organizer for Media Library, Pages, Posts and Users 300+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag B
• Folderify – Media Library Folders 200+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B

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Media Library Folders: 10K+ active installs, 4.3★ (463 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-28. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/media-library-plus