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WP Media Replace

WP Replace Media is a useful and smooth plugin to replace an image to some other existing or new media image. It automatically replaces the old image …

By Prakash Rao·Media·Free
5(2 reviews)
·40 active installs·Updated 6 years ago
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As of April 2026, WP Media Replace is a WordPress media plugin with 40 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 1.9K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.0+ and PHP 5.2.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2019. Last updated 6 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Safe SVG.

5/52 reviews
40active installs
1.9K+total downloads
7 yearssince 2019

Overview

Many of the WordPress website users fetches the media image in featured image section or content editor to be displayed at front-end. Now, the big headache is if we want to change an image to some new image then we will have to change it in all the posts types where this image has been used.

WP Media Replace solves this headache by managing everything smoothly.

A brief about the logics:

  • Goto to edit more section of a media item and in bottom you will find “Replace Media” section.
  • Upload and new image which will replace the exisiting image in this media item.
  • Suppose you are having an image named as “existing.png” and you want to replace it with “new.png”.
  • Upload “new.png” in “Replace Media” section and click on “Update…
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Ratings & Reviews

52 reviews
5 ★
2
4 ★
0
3 ★
0
2 ★
0
1 ★
0

Compatibility

WordPress4.0+ requiredTested up to 5.1.22
PHP5.2.4+ required

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Contributors

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Plugin Info
Version
1.0.0
Last Updated
Apr 29, 2019
WP Requires
4.0+
Tested Up To
5.1.22
PHP Requires
5.2.4+
Active Installs
40
Downloads
1.9K+
Added
Apr 29, 2019
Business
Free

Tags

mediaattachmentreplace media

Developer

P
Prakash Rao
1 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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