by Marco Milesi 4.5 (43 reviews)

WP Attachments – Smarter File Management & Download Lists

Name: WP Attachments – Smarter File Management & Download Lists
Rating: 4.5 (43 reviews)
Author: Marco Milesi

Attach files to any post or page and let WP Attachments list them for you, with icons, file sizes and a download counter.

WP Attachments ranks #3,905 among WordPress.org plugins with 3,000+ active installations, is #120 of 1,182 in the Editor & Writing category, a 4.5/5 rating from 43 reviews, and was last updated Oct 5, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.2

v6.1 Current Version v6.1

Updated 1 month ago Last Update on 05 Oct, 2026

Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on

#120 of 1,182 in Editor & Writing Top 5% by installs Downloads -29% this week

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Active Installs

3K+

-22.7%

KW Avg Position

53.3

1.3 worse

Downloads

105.1K

+37 today

Support Resolved

100%

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Rating

90%

Review 4.5 out of 5

4.5 (43 reviews)

Next Milestone 4K

Total Progress 88.1%

3K+ 4K+

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Reviews & Ratings

4.5

43 reviews

Overall 90%

34 (79%)

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3 (7%)

1 (2%)

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Total Threads

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Unresolved

100%

Resolution Rate

Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

5 known vulnerabilities on record · 2 in the last 24 months · checked 1 month ago

Dec 31, 2025

WP Attachments [wp-attachments] < 5.2.1

CVE-2025-62888 · Fixed in v5.2.1
May 27, 2025

WP Attachments [wp-attachments] < 5.1

CVE-2025-5082 · Fixed in v5.1
Oct 12, 2023

WP Attachments [wp-attachments] < 5.0.12

CVE-2023-45651 · Fixed in v5.0.12
Dec 21, 2022

WP Attachments [wp-attachments] < 5.0.6

CVE-2022-4330 · Fixed in v5.0.6
Oct 18, 2022

WP Attachments [wp-attachments] < 5.0.5

CVE-2022-3469 · Fixed in v5.0.5

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Plugin Details

Version: 6.1
Last Updated: Oct 05, 2026
Requires WP: 5.0+
Tested Up To: 7.2
PHP Version: 7.4 or higher
Author: Marco Milesi

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5
Reviews: 43
Support Threads: 1
Resolved: 100%

Keywords

ClassicPress attachments file list media

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TL;DR

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This plugin is for WordPress site owners and administrators who need to manage file attachments on posts and pages. It solves the manual work of adding download links by automatically displaying attachments and providing tools to attach, unattach, and reattach files.

Automatically displays attachments after content
Backend metabox for managing attachments
Quick Attach, Unattach, Reattach actions
Download counter with anti-spam filtering
Developer hooks and filters
WooCommerce compatible
Five icon packs
Customizable themes

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about WP Attachments – Smarter File Management & Download Lists

Open the Media Attachments metabox while editing and switch off Display attachments in frontend, at the bottom left. The files stay attached, they are simply not listed on the site. To hide the list for a whole post type, untick Enable Frontend under Settings → WP Attachments → Post Type Permissions.

Three ways, all of which save straight away: drag a row by the grip on its left; use the Move up / Move down buttons on each row; focus the grip and press the up or down arrow key.

The Files column in the post and page lists shows how many files each one has, and an eye icon tells whether they are shown on the site. Click the number to open the Media Library filtered to just those files. The Files filter above the list finds posts with or without files, or with the list hidden.

Yes, under Settings → WP Attachments → Date Format. It accepts the standard PHP date characters and applies to the %DATE% tag. Leave it empty to follow Settings → General → Date Format.

No. It skips browser prefetch requests and known crawlers, and it ignores repeat hits from the same visitor on the same file for a few minutes. Those requests still receive the file, they just do not move the number.

Images, video, audio, PDF and plain text open in a preview dialog. Any other format shows its icon and a download link. Developer filters wpatt_list_html — the whole list markup ($html) wpatt_before_entry_html — a single entry, before the tags are replaced ($html) wpatt_after_entry_html — a single entry, after the tags are replaced ($html) wpatt_accepted_formats — return a falsy value to hide a file ($mime) wpatt_download_throttle — how long the same visitor is ignored for the same file ($seconds, $attachment_id) wpatt_count_download_request — whether the current request may increment a counter ($countable) wpatt_can_download — whether the current visitor may follow a download link ($allowed, $attachment_id) wpatt_should_render — whether the list is appended to this content ($render, $post) Examples function my_custom_function( $html ) { // Alter the final HTML return $new_html; } add_filter( 'wpatt_list_html', 'my_custom_function' ); function my_pdf_only( $mime ) { // Only show PDFs in the list return $mime === 'application/pdf'; } add_filter( 'wpatt_accepted_formats', 'my_pdf_only' ); // Count each visitor at most once per hour add_filter( 'wpatt_download_throttle', function () { return HOUR_IN_SECONDS; } ); There is also wpatt_get_attachments_html( $parent_id ), which returns the list for any parent ID without going through the the_content filter.