WP Sanitize File Name Plus

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1. ★★★★★ dzso

   8.1y ago

   Should be a part of WordPress. Brilliant work, thanks so much! <3

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2. ★★★★★ joseyaz

   9.4y ago

   THANKS for the great work you have done

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3. ★★★★★ vgz

   9.9y ago

   I tested some other file name sanitize plugins, but this is the only one which I had absolutely no issues with. File names get sanitized in a way I expect it (like “ä” gets “ae” and not “-” like other plugins handle it). Also, WordPress features like suffixing of file names if a file name is duplicate still works. It’s just a great little plugin, thanks for sharing it with us.

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4. ★★★★★ jimmy_r

   10.3y ago

   No more pesky nginx / git deploy explosions with this plugin! So much win.

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5. ★★★★★ Bjarne Oldrup

   10.4y ago

   WP Sanitize File Name Plus might not have many installs, but that does not change, that its one of the most useful small plugins I install every time I create a new site, to ensure sane and friendly filenames on uploaded media, be it images or pdf files. Highly recommended. Hoping for af WP 4.5 verification and update any time soon! 😀

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6. ★★★★★ chgsantos

   10.8y ago

   After testing multiple plugins, this is the best!

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7. ★★★★★ netbjarne

   10.9y ago

   My end-users attach documents and pictures with horrendous names (I live in Denmark), and while it should be ok for a file to be named “Opskrift på æblegrød.pdf” it results in horrible URLs when space and non-latin characters are encoded. WP Sanitize File Name Plus FIXES that for me, both when uploading files manually, and when imported by Postie (mailing posts to site). I’m very satisfied. Would be great if plugin would be officially verified to be compatible with the current WordPress version, alas it seems to be working fine.

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8. ★★★★★ Marlimant

   11.9y ago

   Works great in WordPress 4.0. Correct file names at upload in the fly. Very light code. Thank you!

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

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1. 2024-07-25 2K+ → 1K+ down

Competes with

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• Image Watermark 40K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags B
• Auto Upload Images 20K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D

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WP Sanitize File Name Plus: 1K+ active installs, 5.0★ (8 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-sanitize-file-name-plus