As of April 2026, External files in Media Library is a WordPress embed plugin with 400 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 3 reviews. It has been downloaded 9.4K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 6.2+ and PHP 8.1+. Available on WordPress.org since 2023. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Support resolution rate: 0%. Top alternative: EmbedPress – PDF Embedder, Embed….
Add one or more files with their URLs under Media > “Add New Media File”. You can use these external files anywhere the media library is used.
Embed your files from AWS S3, DropBox, Google Drive, Google Cloud Storage, FTP, your local hosting, another website in your multisite, other WordPress REST APIs, YouTube or many other possible sources. Use them in your preferred editor such as Block Editor, Elementor, Divi, Classic Editor, WpBakery and many more as if the files were stored normally in your media library.
Automatically synchronize external directories containing files with your media library at intervals you specify.
And even more:
✅ Add the files with their external dates. This allows you to get the date, helpful for SEO, for example.
✅ Import them as real fi…
| WordPress | 6.2+ requiredTested up to 7.0 |
| PHP | 8.1+ required |
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