Organize uploaded media in folders: A file manager for WordPress

Real Media Library helps you with media management. Organize thousands of uploaded files into folders, collections and galleries. A real file manager that allows you to manage large amounts of files such as pictures, videos or documents in WordPress. Media library folders for everyone!

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Complete file and folder manager: Create, rename, move and delete a folder

Drag & Drop your files in folders: Drag & Drop an image to move it into a folder, where you can find other files

Create shortcuts for files: Hold SHIFT and move a file with drag & drop to another folder in order to create a shortcut

Filter in inserting media dialog: In the WordPress inserting media dialog, you find the folder on the left hand side to filter your files

Custom image order: Move files per drag & drop to change their order or use some order function e.g. to oder all files of the folder your are currently in by title ascending

Works also great in list-mode: Real Media Library with a the WordPress media library in list-mode

Advanced upload management: On uploading a file, a modal appears, which shows the current status, remaining time of the upload and the upload speed

Upload files directly to folders: In the WordPress media upload dialog you choose in which folder your file should be uploaded

Create galleries from folder: Create a gallery with the images of one gallery folder in the Gutenberg editor

You want a list of all features? Get it by scrolling down!

Supported Languages: Real Media Library is in multiple languages available. The plugin is translated into English, German, Dutch, Spanish, French, Indian, Chinese and Russian.

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Top rated WordPress plugin: 4.8 out of 5.0 stars rated plugin. What customer says: “This is an absolutely indispensable tool, if you want to structure your media library properly. I am completely satisfied!” written by stilwaechter; “Really useful plug-in, in conjunction with WooCommerce makes life easier when categorizing images relating to products.” written by RobWSI; “Just an excellent plugin. Well-designed, high useability, with solid support. Essential for WP sites.” written by hughlaterrriere; “I can't tell you what's better. The plugin does exactly what it's supposed to do and the support is first class.” written by Gerhard Werner

Free Sandbox: You want to try Real Media Library before buying? Take a free sandbox and play around! A sandbox is a WordPress installation with the pre-installed plugin just for you. You can do what every you want on this installation.

Support: Do you have questions before you buy? Or are you already a user of the Real Media Library and need support? Then simply read our Knowledge Base, open a support ticket or write to us in the live chat. We are happy to help you!

Real Media Library is compatible with the most popular page builders, themes and popular WordPress plugins. You can buy our plugin in the security that it works with your WordPress. In the rare case that the Real Media Library is not compatible with a popular page builder, theme or plugin, just open a support ticket and we will make it work. Page Builder: Gutenberg, Visual Composer, WPBakery Page Builder, Elementor, Divi Builder, Beaver Builder; Themes: Avada, X The Theme, Enfold, BeTheme, The7, Jupiter, Bridge, Flatsome, Salient, Divi; Plugins: WooCommerce, WPML, PolyLang, Justified Image Grid, FooGallery, Slider Revolution, WP Slick Slider and Image Carousel, Thrive Quiz Builder, Material WP, WP/LR Sync, Export Media Library, Dark Mode

WordPress 5.x / Gutenberg ready
Folder for the WordPress media library
Drag & Drop your files
Works great on touch devices
Create shortcuts of files in multiple folders. Shortcuts do not require physical storage space (0 kb).
Full control over your folders in one toolbar (create, rename, delete)

Rearrange folders by drag & drop or by criterium (e.g. name in ascending order)
Sort folder contents by drag & drop or criteria (e.g. A-Z) automatically or once
Bulk select folders and delete multiple folders at once
Filter in the WordPress insert media dialog
Advanced media library uploader
Upload files directly to a folder
Create dynamic galleries from a folder with Gutenberg block or shortcode
Order folder contents by drag & drop or by criterion (date, name, ...)
Quickly navigate to folders with quick folder search

Translated into several languages
Compatible with all major themes, page builders and many plugins
Supports WordPress Multisite (each page has its own folder tree)
GPDR/DSGVO: The plugin does not collect personal data without your consent!
Import categories/folders from plugins like FileBird, WP Media Folder, Advanced Media Library, Media Library Wizard and more

Real Media Library creates a virtual folder structure to make it easy for you: URLs of uploads do not change if you reorganzize and move files. GET EVEN MORE OUR OF YOUR FOLDERS The add-on Real Physical media reflects the folder structure created with Real Media Library into your file system (URLs of uploads changes). The extra feature not only gives you a better file structure when working with an FTP client, but a more descriptive file path. This SEO optimization will drive traffic directly to your website from image search engines!

Real Media Library is a WordPress plugin that empowers you with advanced media management. With this plugin you are able to organize the thousands of images, audio, video and PDF files in your media library into folders. Basically it is a file manager like Windows Explorer or Mac Finder, but for WordPress.

Why do you need this plugin?

A growing WordPress blog or website means that you add a lot of new media files to your database every day. In a few weeks your website will be filled with thousands of media files. How will you be able to find one of these files in a flat list? Of course, you can use the WordPress search function and spend a few hours to find a file, but who can remember the names of thousands of files?

Organize your media with ease

This is where the Real Media Library Plugin comes in. With this plugin you can easily create folders, collections and galleries for your pictures to organize your media library properly. Next time you’re looking for a file, it’s just a click away in the file manager.

Organizing your blog media files with the Real Media Library plugin is as easy as dragging and dropping them into folders. You can rearrange the order of your files by dragging them around to move the important files to the top of the list for faster access.

Additionally, you can use the Real Media Library plugin to add media galleries into your posts directly from the WordPress ‘New Post’ editor. This allows you to add an entire media folder as a customizable gallery to your WordPress posts.

The Real Media Library is the must-have WordPress plugin for media management, which can save you a lot of time that you have to spend on managing your media files.

Folders, Collections and Galleries

As you can see from the Real Media Library plugin screenshots (GIFs), it supports three ways to order your files:

Folder: A folder can contain any type of file and collections, but not galleries. To create a subfolder, simply select a folder from the list and click this button.

Collection: A collection cannot contain files. But you can create other collections and galleries there. The above mentioned gallery is only a gallery data folder, which means that they are not automatically placed in your frontend (your website). You can create a visual gallery from this gallery data folder using the Gutenberg editor in your page/post.

Gallery: A gallery data folder can only contain images. It is easier for you to distinguish where your visual galleries are located. You can also drag and drop the images into your own image order.

Developer Friendly: You are a developer and want to write an add-on for Real Media Library or make your plugin compatible with ours? We are happy to help you!

Frontend API: Our plugin is written in React and we provide you with a JavaScript API that you can use inside a React application or with plain JavaScript. Read frontend documentation; Backend API: Our modern PHP backend offers WordPress actions & filters, an extensible PHP API and REST API endpoints. Work with what you prefer. Read backend documentation

We like to work with other WordPress developers. If you need assistants to use our product for your code projects, just open a support ticket.

Real Media Library is a modern and high quality plugins. But we try our best to ensure backwards compatibility so you can use it even if your setup is not the latest.

PHP Version: 7.4 or newer (PHP 8 supported)
WordPress Version: 5.8 or newer
Database Version: MySQL 5.7 or newer or MariaDB 10.3 or newer
Browser: Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge or Apple Safari (latest versions)

We update Real Media Library regularly. Not only do we fix bugs, we also add new features. All updates are included and free. Read about our latest updates!

Navigate to the complete release notes here.

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