by crossi72 4.7 (75 reviews)

Phoenix Media Rename

Name: Phoenix Media Rename
Rating: 4.7 (75 reviews)
Author: crossi72

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

Phoenix Media Rename ranks #755 among WordPress.org plugins with 50,000+ active installations, is #89 of 6,333 in the Media category, a 4.7/5 rating from 75 reviews, and was last updated Sep 11, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v3.13.5 Current Version v3.13.5

Updated 1 week ago Last Update on 11 Sep, 2026

Refreshed 13 hours ago Last Refreshed on

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1 known vulnerability on record · 0 in the last 24 months · checked 1 week ago

Oct 6, 2021

Phoenix Media Rename [phoenix-media-rename] < 3.4.4

CVE-2021-24816 · Fixed in v3.4.4

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Plugin Details

Version: 3.13.5
Last Updated: Sep 11, 2026
Requires WP: 5.0+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: 8.0 or higher
Author: crossi72

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Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7
Reviews: 75
Support Threads: 1
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TL;DR

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This plugin is for WordPress site owners and administrators who manage media files. It solves the problem of media files having non-descriptive filenames by allowing them to be renamed and retitled after upload to improve SEO.

Rename media files
Retitle media files
Improve SEO

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Phoenix Media Rename

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. Go to WPML -> Media Translation and edit the localized version of your media files, you can change both the image title and the file attached to localized version. Rename images using Phoenix Media Rename. Go to your media library, select the rename operation, check all the files you want to rename, edit the filenames and confirm the bulk operation, Phoenix Media Rename and WPML will do all the rest! Please look at the screenshoot section to see how the process works.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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! Please note: the bulk action are only available in List View, switch from Grid View to List View if needed.

Go to the Media section of the admin panel, select the "Rename from Post" or "Rename & Retitle from Post" bulk action (depending on if you want the media get retitled too) from the dropdown, check the medias you would like to rename and hit the "Apply" button

Sure, you can use the "do_rename" static function, located at the Phoenix_Media_Rename class. Prototype: do_rename($attachment_id, $new_filename, $retitle = 0, $title_from_post = 0, $name_from_post = 0, $check_post_parent = true ). On success the function returns 1, and on error - the error message. The function do_rename is a static method wrapped inside the Phoenix_Media_Rename class: call it using Phoenix_Media_Rename::do_rename

Yes, it uses up to four technical cookies to store informations during the rename process, the cookies are Strict, so they can be accessed only by the same domain and expires after 60 minutes These are the cookies and their purpose: - phoenix_media_rename_current_image_index, stores current image index during bulk rename operations - phoenix_media_rename_bulk_rename_in_progress, store bulk rename status - phoenix_media_rename_bulk_rename_from_post_in_progress, store bulk rename status for "rename from post" operation - phoenix_media_rename_bulk_rename_bulk_filename_header, store bulk rename constant filename part

Sure, you can use the "pmr_renaming_successful" that fires when the rename process is complete and returns old and new filenames. Feel free to ask for more custom actions! Example: /** * my_callback * * @param [string] $old_filename * @param [string] $new_filename */ function my_callback( $old_filename, $new_filename ) { // your code } add_action( 'pmr_renaming_successful', 'my_callback', 10, 2 );