Media Rename lets you safely rename images, videos, PDFs, and any media files in the WordPress Media Library without breaking your site — and automatically cleans up filenames the moment files are uploaded.

Before you rename, you see an impact report showing where the file is used. After you rename, the plugin updates old file URLs across posts, custom fields, widgets, and site options — including data stored by page builders and block editors.

Rename any file safely

Stem Rename panel in the Media Library and attachment edit screen
Impact report with usage locations and risk level
File tree preview (main file, thumbnails, WebP/AVIF siblings)
SEO filename score with tips as you type
Site-wide URL replacement in posts, post meta, options, term meta, and user meta
Support for JSON-escaped, serialized, and HTML-encoded URLs
Post-rename verification scan
One-click rollback of the last rename
Quick-fill suggestions from title, alt text, or parent post

Auto-rename on upload (new)

Stop uploading files named IMG_4832.jpg or screenshot-3.png. Set rules once and every upload is cleaned automatically — before the file even touches disk.

Force lowercase — MyPhoto.JPG myphoto.jpg
Replace underscores and spaces with hyphens — my photo.jpg my-photo.jpg
Strip junk prefixes — IMG_4832.jpg 4832.jpg
Prepend parent post slug — upload from a post and get my-post-photo.jpg automatically
Custom prefix — add your own brand or year prefix to every file
Works with Classic Editor, Gutenberg block editor, and the Media Library
Multilingual support — accented characters (French, German, Spanish) are transliterated automatically

Privacy

This plugin does not contact external servers, track users, or collect personal data. All processing runs on your WordPress site.

Permissions

By default, only users with the manage_options capability can rename files. Use the orbitstem_rename_capability filter to change this.

Media Rename — OrbitStem