BEA – Sanitize Filename
Remove all punctuation and accents from the filename of uploaded files.
5(4 reviews)
·1.0K+ active installs·Updated 2 days agoAs of April 2026, BEA is a WordPress media plugin with 1.0K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 4 reviews. It has been downloaded 16K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.0+ and PHP 8.0+. Available on WordPress.org since 2018. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Downloads are up 444% this week. Top alternative: Safe SVG.
5/54 reviews
1.0K+active installs
16K+total downloads
8 yearssince 2018
Overview
This plugin allows you to sanitize files on upload, which is pretty handy. It means all punctuation and accents from the filename of uploaded files will be removed.
Features
- All accented letters will be converted to same letters without accent
- Special characters will be deleted
- Underscores will be replaced by hyphens
Warning For Mac Owners
On MAC, you can also create an accented character with the combination of ` and the wanted letter. This has the effect to create a character with a special filename system encoding format which is not sanitized. An issue is already open about this.
Who ?
Created by Be API, the French WordPress leader agency since 2009. Based in Paris, we are more than 30 people and always hiring some fun and talented guys. So we will be pleased to work with you.
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Works Fine
by Olivier GBLEM·7 years ago
A very good plugin.
Thanks
Tip top !
by GregRuelle·8 years ago·1 reply
Il est intégré à tous mes projets depuis plusieurs mois, content qu’il soit maintenant sur le repo officiel !
essential
by madvic·8 years ago·1 reply
This script is missing from the core
An absolutely must have
by Cyrille Sanson·8 years ago·1 reply
Hi,
This plugin is an absolutely must have.
It will correct at the upload each file name that are not respecting good practices.
I don’t understand why it’s not a part of WordPress.
Good job guys!
Download Trends
Today: 86Yesterday: 188This week: 337Period total: 3K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.0+ requiredTested up to 7.0 |
| PHP | 8.0+ required |
Version Adoption
v2.0
100.0%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
2.0.9 – 02 Apr 2026
- Fix invalid smart quotes in special characters list
- Migrate tests to
wp-envwith PHPUnit unit tests only - Improve testing documentation and scripts
Contributors
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