Media Sync

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 59% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

At the current install trend, crossing 60K+ in roughly 122 days.

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1. ★★★★★ warnasuriya

   2mo ago

   Saved lot of time. Thank you.

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2. ★★★★★ RaymondDay

   2mo ago

   If you edit on the command line or something to add media to /var/www/html/wp-content/uploads then the WordPress Database don’t see them. This plug can scan’s them and it will show you the ones not in the Database and you check that box and update and now the Database has that media then. Works super good. Had no problem with mine. Thank you. This topic was modified 4 weeks ago by RaymondDay. Reason: fix words

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3. ★★★★★ swinggraphics

   3mo ago

   I needed to add some PDFs to the Media Library that were uploaded via FTP, without changing their location. This plugin did that. 👍

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4. ★★★★★ kiprokoparis

   3mo ago

   So useful and simple to use

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5. ★★★★★ gopar3

   7mo ago

   I backed up a site then brought the staging site live, only to find out they’d ‘forgotten’ several important documents that had been on the old site but not the new one. I was able to restore the files, but they didn’t show up in my Media Library. This worked great and saved me a TON of time and headache. Thank you so much.

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6. ★★★★★ Cyrille Sanson

   8mo ago

   The ideal tool for adding media files via FTP to the media library.Thanks a lot to the developer!

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7. ★★★★★ remedia222

   8mo ago

   The page simply hangs the server, Javascript crash, when it finally works counts are completly off. I’m not trusting this quality of code with my database.

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8. ★★★★★ Fox Lee

   1.1y ago

   I inherited a site with a badly broken media library, thanks to half-successful imports from multiple other sites and WIP versions. Media Sync was the perfect thing for getting everything recognised, super quick and super easy. I love it when a tool just does exactly what it’s meant to!

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.5.2 When importing images or PDFs, use embedded metadata title (PDF info dictionary, XMP, or EXIF) instead of the filename. 1.5.2
2. — Version 1.5.1 Fix file name corruption on Windows caused by realpath() returning OS-native paths. Path validation now preserves the original file path after security checks pass. 1.5.1
3. — Version 1.5.0 Security: Fix path traversal vulnerability (CVE-2026-6670) in sub_dir and media_items parameters. File paths are now validated with realpath() and restricted to the “uploads” directory. Stream wrappers (e.g. ftp:// , php 1.5.0
4. — Version 1.4.9 Fix regex to avoid PHP warnings. Better error handling for expected memory or timeout issues when scanning for more files than your server is able to handle. Tested for WordPress 6.9. Tested for WordPress 6.9.4 and 7.0. 1.4.9
5. — Version 1.4.8 Tested for WordPress 6.8 1.4.8
6. — Version 1.4.7 Replace loading of external script for purchasing Pro version with simple external link Tested for WordPress 6.7 1.4.7

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

1. Medium · 6.5 Media Sync <= 1.4.9 - Authenticated (Author+) Path Traversal via 'sub_dir' and 'media_items' Parameters ↗
   2026-05-13 CVE-2026-6670 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') Affects <= 1.4.9 Patched in 1.5.0

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

Translated into 15 languages, 4 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-06-06 40K+ → 50K+ up after 277 days in tier
2. 2025-09-02 30K+ → 40K+ up after 327 days in tier
3. 2024-10-10 20K+ → 30K+ up after 506 days in tier
4. 2023-05-23 10K+ → 20K+ up

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).

• Bulk Media Register 8K+ installs · 4.3★ · 4 shared tags A
• A Add From Server 60K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags D
• Disable Media Sizes 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
• Add From Server Reloaded 3K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A
• W WP Image Size Limit 3K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D
• Archivarix External Images Importer 1K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A

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Media Sync: 50K+ active installs, 4.7★ (86 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-25. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/media-sync