Media Vault

Protected Attachment Files

Media Vault cordons off a section of your WordPress uploads folder and secures it, protecting all files within by passing requests for them through a powerful, flexible and completely customizable set of permission checks.

After activating the plugin, to protect attachment files with Media Vault you can:

• use the Media Uploader admin page to upload new protected attachments,
• use the Media Vault metabox to toggle file protection on the ‘Edit Media’ admin page,
• use the the Media Vault Protection Settings fields in the new Media Modal, or,
• using bulk actions in your Media Library page, you can change file protection on multiple pre-existing attachments at once.

By default the only permission check that the plugin does on media files is that the user r…