This plugin is not required anymore if you are using Tainacan 0.21.0, as the URL metadata type has become an official metadata type inside the plugin.
As of April 2026, Tainacan URL Metadata Type is a WordPress museums plugin with 100 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 5.0K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.9+ and PHP 7.0+. Available on WordPress.org since 2020. Last updated 1 year ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Tainacan.
Tainacan is an open-source, powerful and flexible digital repository platform for WordPress.
This plugin expands the Tainacan plugin functionality by adding support to an extra metadata type, useful for displaying URL links as an embed content, either via WordPress auto embed feature or by forcing the usage of an iframe. It is a solution for those interested on having more than one Document of type URL or expecting the attachments list to accept URL as well.
| WordPress | 5.9+ requiredTested up to 6.5.8 |
| PHP | 7.0+ required |
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