Allows to find all posts where a particular attachment is used.
As of April 2026, Find Posts Using Attachment is a WordPress image plugin with 1.0K+ active installations and a 4.4/5 rating from 27 reviews. It has been downloaded 12K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.5+ and PHP 5.2.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Last updated 4 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are down 16% this week. Top alternative: Firelight Lightbox.
Allows to find all posts where a particular attachment (image, video, etc.) is used.
Adds a “Used In” column to the list view in Media Library, as well as to the attachment details modal.
Finds posts that use the image (including any of its intermediate sizes) in post content, or as a featured image. Works with custom post types too.
Inspired by a WP Tavern post on image attachments.
Despite not having been updated, this plugin works flawlessly for us. Makes it very easy to see where an image has been used and to replace a file.
Excellent plugin, still working with WP 6.8.1. If your https website contains media with http prefix, they will not be detected as used, It’s better to fix this problem before running this plugin.
This plugin is really invaluable! Something like it should be included in the WP core.
This identified a number of images that were actually still being used – in one case, it even identified our corporate logo.
This plugin needs some serious work.
great
| WordPress | 3.5+ requiredTested up to 5.8.13 |
| PHP | 5.2.4+ required |
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