Advanced File Manager – Ultimate File Manager for WordPress And Document Library Solution
Use Advanced File Manager to manage WordPress files, create archives, and build document libraries—all directly from your WordPress dashboard!
4.8(435 reviews)
·100K+ active installs·Updated 2 weeks agoAs of April 2026, Advanced File Manager is a WordPress ftp plugin with 100K+ active installations and a 4.8/5 rating from 435 reviews. It has been downloaded 5.8M+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.0+ and PHP 7.0+. Available on WordPress.org since 2017. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Downloads are down 24% this week. Support resolution rate: 100%. Top alternative: File Manager.
4.8/5435 reviews
100K+active installs
100%resolved
9 yearssince 2017
Overview
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Manage WordPress files and create document libraries with ease!
Are you tired of managing your WordPress site files via FTP clients or hosting control panels like cPanel, hPanel, Plesk, DirectAdmin, or other hosting panels? 😖
If that is the case, then ✨ Download Advanced File Manager Now! ✨
With this WordPress file manager plugin, you can perform multiple file operations, such as Copy, Paste, Rename, Edit, Delete, Upload, Download, Create an archive (Zip archive), etc., directly from the WordPress dashboard—no need for any cPanel, FTP or other hosting panels.
The best part is that this WordPress file manager plugin also allows you to access files outside of the WordPress root directory, which means you can create a fully functional document l…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
It works fine
by anziosoftware·5 days ago
It works fine that’s it !
best
by alexpic·1 week ago
Good plugin
Great and easy to use!
by zeev2018·2 weeks ago·1 reply
There’s one thing I would like: It should work also when the WordPress site is broken due to an invalid PHP.
So: You should be able to turn on “debug modus” in the File Manager. To enable you to correct that error.
But maybe this is not possible…
Ony one problem
by webstpro·1 month ago·1 reply
This is a grea plugin. I have only one problem. When I left click on a folder in the left column. It opens and then automatically closes. The only way to see a folder is to right click and select open. Otherwise, I use this plugin all the time.
Awesome file manager
by bulletrainy·1 month ago
Exactly what I needed for managing content in the admin area. Saved me a lot of time.
Download Trends
Today: 2KYesterday: 2KThis week: 14KPeriod total: 1.8M
Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.0+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 7.0+ required |
Version Adoption
v5.4
67.3%
v5.2
13.5%
Other
10.6%
v5.3
8.6%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
5.4.11 – March 18, 2026
- Fix – Security enhancement.
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