Moving Media Library

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 48% 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. ★★★★★ barthdesigns

   1.6y ago

   Thank you so much for the plugin! After long days of working, finally I could solve the copying and also the registering of all media files. Super!

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2. ★★★★★ douglasboza

   1.8y ago

   Several of my posts and pages disappeared after importing.It corrupted all my other pages and posts.

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3. ★★★★★ naznewsgirl

   2.2y ago

   This plugin completely wiped out my entire site built on the Goodlayers theme. All page content, etc., completely gone. I do not recommend using for the Goodlayers theme.

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4. ★★★★★ skunkworks

   2.2y ago

   The native WordPress Export/Import did not work. This plugin did. 5 Stars.

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5. ★★★★★ siki88

   2.4y ago

   Gives an error “Failed to copy” and that’s it. Hours of transfering files through FTP just to get this message in the end. Also support tickets that are very old regarding that error have been ignored.

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6. ★★★★★ eversmanwebdesign

   3.4y ago

   Plugin worked flawlessly in migrating media files from an old WP to new. Updraft would restore it, but not register it with the new WP! This plugin did the trick. THANK YOU

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7. ★★★★★ createitwebdesigns

   3.5y ago

   I was looking for a plugin that would upload the media library from the old website to the new, so I could move the posts over. The native WordPress export, just exported the xml files. Exporting them as json worked better. Thank you!

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8. ★★★★★ Priyansh Pandey

   3.9y ago

   Thank you to the developers, please keep maintaining it. <3

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.24 Fix – Loading the management screen. 1.24
2. — Version 1.23 Fix – Sanitize file names when deleting json files. 1.23
3. — Version 1.22 Fix – Fixed problem with import files not being copied. 1.22
4. — Version 1.21 Fix – Changed file operations to WP_Filesystem. 1.21
5. — Version 1.20 Changed the way files are read/written. 1.20
6. — Version 1.19 WordPress 6.4. PHP 8.0 is now required. 1.19

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 Moving Media Library <= 1.22 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Directory Traversal to Arbitrary File Deletion ↗
   2025-03-05 CVE-2024-13897 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') Affects <= 1.22 Patched in 1.23

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8

Translated into 11 languages, 5 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

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

1. 2025-11-29 3K+ → 2K+ down after 710 days in tier
2. 2023-12-20 4K+ → 3K+ down after 313 days in tier
3. 2023-02-10 3K+ → 4K+ 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).

• Media Library Assistant 70K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
• M Media Search Enhanced 4K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags B
• WP Media folders 2K+ installs · 3.7★ · 2 shared tags D
• Organize Media Folder 2K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B
• C Cache Images 1K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D
• External files in Media Library 400+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A

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Moving Media Library: 2K+ active installs, 4.6★ (30 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/moving-media-library