Search through all fields in Media Library.
As of April 2026, Media Search Enhanced is a WordPress media plugin with 3.0K+ active installations and a 4.4/5 rating from 27 reviews. It has been downloaded 44K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.5+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Recently updated within the last 3 months. Downloads are up 37% this week. Top alternative: Safe SVG.
This plugin is made for:
[mse-search-form] to insert a media search form in posts and template files. It will search for media by all fields mentioned above.Searching with this will use all resources and cripple your site. Don’t install this. Developer doesn’t update this.
I’ve noticed that a few other users on the support pages have reported that this plugin, which hasn’t been updated for the last two years, no longer works as intended. In fact, it breaks the media library search functionality completely. I can attest to this.
This is very unfortunate as the functionality that this plugin seemingly used to provide would be very useful to me.
I find this plugin really convenient because I name my media files only with alphabets, but I write the alternative text in my non-alphabetical language. After the installation, I can search both titles and ALT text.
Also, it is a plus that it needs no set-up.
I am really grateful to the developer for creating and maintaining this useful plugin.
I had problems with finding in media library search the images that I have added in the passed few years, searching them with the file name wasn’t working at all.. till I installed this plugin, things start to work and I don’t have anymore this problem! Great job! Thanks.
This plugin was essential for my photoblog and its thousands of media library files. How else could I ever expect to find what I was looking for?
| WordPress | 3.5+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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