Media Library Tools – AI-Powered Rename, Clean & CSV Import/Export

Media Library Tools is the most complete WordPress media management plugin available. It gives you full control over your media library — export your entire library to CSV, bulk-import metadata updates, rename files for better SEO, bulk edit alt text, compress JPEG, PNG, and WebP images and convert them to modern WebP/AVIF to speed up your site, find and remove duplicate images, clean up orphaned files, track where every image is used, and generate AI-powered metadata using ChatGPT, Gemini, or Claude.

Whether you run a blog, WooCommerce store, or content-heavy site, Media Library Tools helps you keep your media library clean, organized, and SEO-optimized.

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Why Media Library Tools?

Most WordPress sites accumulate hundreds or thousands of media files over time — poorly named, missing alt text, duplicated across posts, and cluttered with orphaned files that waste disk space. Media Library Tools solves all of this from a single, intuitive admin interface:

• SEO — Rename files to keyword-rich slugs, bulk-fill missing alt text, and generate AI-optimized metadata.

• Performance — Compress images and generate modern WebP/AVIF copies to cut page weight, and delete duplicate images, rubbish files, and unnecessary image sizes to reduce server storage.

• Organization — Group media, track image usage across posts and pages, and filter by any column.

• Automation — Auto-rename on upload, auto-compress new uploads, auto-fill metadata from post titles, and inject missing alt text on the frontend.

Free Features

Media Table

• View your entire media library in a fast, paginated, and filterable table

• Sort by filename, date, alt text, caption, and description

• Filter by date range, Group, status, or keyword search

• Inline single-item editing — title, alt text, caption, and description

• Bulk edit multiple items at once with a single save action

• Move selected images to trash or restore them; permanently delete when ready

• Copy file URL to clipboard with one click

AI Content Generator

• Generate SEO-optimized alt text, title, caption, description, and filename for any media file

• Supports three AI providers: ChatGPT (GPT-4o, GPT-5, and more), Google Gemini (2.0 Flash, 1.5 Pro), and Anthropic Claude (Haiku, Sonnet, Opus)

• AI considers your site name, tagline, existing metadata, and attached post context for accurate, relevant results

• Free plan includes 1 AI suggestion per field

Media File Renamer

• Rename individual media files with SEO-friendly slugs directly from the rename table

• Bulk rename selected files using a custom name

• See the attached post for each file to make informed rename decisions

• Inline AI filename suggestions in the rename table

• Prefix and suffix apply automatically during bulk rename (Pro)

Duplicate Image Finder

• Scan your entire media library for duplicate files using MD5 hash comparison

• View duplicate groups with file count, individual file size, and total wasted space

• See exactly where each duplicate is used — in posts, pages, featured images, and custom fields

• Batch scanning with a visual progress bar — no timeouts on large libraries

Rubbish File Finder (Media Library Cleaner)

• Scan your WordPress uploads directory for orphaned files not registered in the media library

• Identify leftover files from deleted plugins, failed uploads, or manual file operations

• Filter rubbish files by file extension

• Mark files as “ignored” to exclude known safe files from future scan results

• Re-scan specific directories or clear the full scan history

• Automated background scanning via WordPress cron

Image Usage Tracker (Used Where)

• Track exactly where every image is used across your WordPress site

• Detect images in post content, featured images, Elementor data, and custom meta fields

• Batch scan the full site or enable passive frontend tracking to capture usage automatically

• Filter media by “Used” vs “Unused” status to find images that can be safely removed

• View a per-image breakdown: how many posts use it, which post types, and direct links

Auto Metadata on Upload

• Automatically set alt text, caption, and description when a new image is uploaded

• Choose between using the image filename or a custom default text as the alt text source

SVG Upload Support

• Safely upload SVG files with automatic sanitization — removes XSS vectors, remote references, and other security risks

• Proper width and height metadata generation for SVG files

• Maximum SVG file size: 500KB (filterable via tsmlt_upload_max_svg_file_size )

Disable Image Sizes

• Stop WordPress from generating unnecessary thumbnail sizes and save disk space

• Disable default sizes: Thumbnail, Medium, Large, Medium Large (768px), 1536×1536, 2048×2048, and the “Big” scaled size

• Works with sizes added by your theme or other plugins

Media Groups

• Organize your media library with a custom Groups taxonomy

• Assign media to Groups from the media table — per item in Edit Mode, or in bulk via Bulk Edit

• Choose whether a bulk assignment adds to, replaces, or removes the selected Groups

• Filter media by Group using the dropdown filter

• Import and export Group assignments with the groups CSV column

• Groups appear as clickable links in the native WordPress media list view

Media Download Shortcode

• Add styled download buttons anywhere on your site using a simple shortcode:

[tsmlt_download_button id=’123′ text=’Download Now’ class=’my-btn’ /]

• Also supports direct file URLs:

pdf’ text=’Download PDF’ /]

• Forces a browser download prompt — works with images, PDFs, documents, audio, video, archives, and more

Compress Images

• Compress JPEG, PNG, and WebP images from a dedicated Compress Images page — no external service or API key required

• See at a glance how many images your library has, how many are already compressed, and how many remain

• Choose a compression level and compress everything that is left in one click — progress is shown in real time

• Three compression presets: High Quality (smallest visual change), Balanced (recommended), and Maximum Compression (largest savings)

• Uses the image library already installed on your server — ImageMagick where available, otherwise GD

• Compress or restore an individual image straight from its row in the Media Table

• Results show the before and after size, the percentage saved, and the total disk space reclaimed

• Images that are already fully optimised are marked skipped rather than reported as failures — a file is never made larger

• Originals are never overwritten directly: each image is compressed to a temporary file that is validated before it replaces the original

• Compression runs on the server, so you can close the window and the job keeps going

• Free version compresses up to 20 images per run

Convert to WebP/AVIF

• Generate modern WebP copies of your JPEG and PNG images to cut page weight

• Converted files are saved alongside the originals — image.jpg keeps its place in the media library and image.webp is created next to it

• Your original images are never replaced, and the media library keeps one entry per image

• Detects what your server can actually produce and disables any format it cannot

• Uses the image library already installed on your server — ImageMagick where available, otherwise GD

• See how many images are convertible, how many are done, and how many remain

• Progress runs on the server, so you can close the window and the job keeps going

• Delete or regenerate the generated files at any time

• Free version converts up to 20 images per run

Regenerate Thumbnails

• Regenerate all registered image thumbnail sizes for every image in your media library in a single click

• Automatically detects and deletes orphaned thumbnail files for image sizes that are no longer registered — frees disk space without manual cleanup

• Processes images in batches of 10 to avoid server timeouts on large libraries

• Real-time progress bar with stats: total images, processed, succeeded, and errors

• Stop and restart at any time — the progress bar shows stopped, running, or completed state clearly

• Per-image error log with dismiss support so you can identify and track any failed regenerations

• After completion, jump directly to the Rubbish File Finder to clean up any remaining orphaned files

Empty Directories Cleanup

• Detects empty directories left behind in your WordPress uploads folder after files are deleted or moved

• View a full list of empty directories with their relative paths

• Delete directories one at a time or remove all empty directories at once with a single click

• Prevents confusion from stale folder structures and keeps your uploads directory tidy

• Accessible from within the Rubbish Files page

CSV Export

• Export Selected media items form “media table” library to a CSV file — IDs, slugs, URLs, titles, alt text, captions, descriptions, and custom meta fields

• Select which columns to include before exporting

Documentation

Pro Features

All free features, plus:

CSV Import

• Upload a CSV file to bulk-update existing media metadata or create new attachments from external URLs

• Supported columns: ID, slug, url, rename_to, title, caption, description, alt_text, post_parent, menu_order, groups, custom_meta:_key

• Batch processing with progress tracking — handles large libraries without timeouts

• Rename files during import using the rename_to column

• Assign media to Groups with the groups column (comma-separated group names; missing groups are created)

• Set the attached post and sort order with the post_parent and menu_order columns

Duplicate Merge

• Select which copy of a duplicate group to keep, then merge with one click

• All references to the deleted copies are automatically updated across:

• Post content and excerpts

• Featured images

• Elementor page builder data

• Custom post meta fields

• Keeps your site fully functional after cleanup — no broken image references

Rubbish File Pro Actions

• Bulk Delete — delete all selected rubbish files with a single confirmation

• Single Delete — delete individual rubbish files with confirmation

• Restore to Library — import a rubbish file back into the WordPress media library, generating proper thumbnails and metadata

• Ignore / Unignore — mark files as safe to keep and exclude them from future scan results

Bulk Rename by Post Title

• Rename all selected media files based on their attached post or page title

• Prefix and suffix are automatically applied

Bulk Rename by Product SKU

• Rename WooCommerce product images using the product’s SKU

• Ideal for WooCommerce stores managing large product catalogs

Bulk Rename by Alt Text

• Rename media files using their existing alt text as the new filename

• Keeps filenames and alt text consistent for stronger SEO alignment

Auto Rename on Upload

• Automatically rename uploaded files based on the attached post title

• Or set a custom global rename pattern for all uploads

Auto Metadata from Post Title

• Automatically set alt text, caption, and description from the attached post title at upload time

• No manual editing needed for images uploaded directly to a post

Rename Prefix & Suffix

• Prepend and append custom text to every renamed filename

• Applies to all bulk rename strategies: by post title, SKU, alt text, and CSV import

Auto Alt Text on Frontend

• Automatically inject missing alt text into image tags when WordPress renders frontend pages

• Fallback strategy: post title → filename → custom default text

• Improves accessibility (WCAG 2.1) and SEO without editing every image manually

Register Custom Image Sizes

• Define custom image sizes (width, height, crop) that WordPress generates on every upload

• Sizes are prefixed with tsmlt_ to avoid conflicts

• Reduce storage waste by generating only the sizes your theme actually uses

Compress Images Pro

• Unlimited compression — compress your entire media library instead of 20 images per run

• Backup Original Images — keep a pristine copy of every original before it is replaced, stored inside your uploads folder with the same year/month structure

• Restore Original Images — put any original back with one click; restores the full-size image and every backed-up thumbnail

• Compress Generated Image Sizes — also compress thumbnails, medium, large, and any custom registered image size, for substantially larger savings

• Custom Compression Quality — set an exact quality value from 1 to 100 instead of using a preset

• Automatic Compression on Upload — newly uploaded images are compressed automatically, after WordPress has finished generating all image sizes

• Compression history — see each image’s original size, current size, percentage saved, engine used, quality, and compression date

• Backups are never deleted automatically, so a restore stays available for as long as you need it

Convert to WebP/AVIF Pro

• AVIF conversion — the smallest modern format, typically 20–30% below WebP

• Unlimited conversion — convert your whole library instead of 20 images per run

• Convert generated image sizes — also produce thumbnails and custom registered sizes in each format

• Custom quality per format — set WebP and AVIF quality independently

• Automatic conversion on upload — new uploads get their modern copies straight away

Enhanced AI Features

• Send the actual image to the AI provider for visual analysis — get far more accurate alt text and captions

• Up to 10 AI suggestions per field to choose from (vs. 1 in the free version)

AI Content Generator – Supported Models

ChatGPT

1, and more

Google Gemini

5 Flash

Anthropic Claude

Claude Haiku, Claude Sonnet, Claude Opus

What the AI generates:

• Title — 3 to 8 words, title case

• Alt Text — SEO-friendly, WCAG 2.1 accessible, maximum 125 characters

• Caption — 1 to 2 sentence engaging description

• Description — 2 to 4 sentence SEO-optimized description

• Filename — lowercase, hyphenated, maximum 50 characters

Media File Rename — SEO Benefits

Descriptive, keyword-rich filenames help search engines understand your images, improving rankings in Google Image Search and general web search. Well-named files also make your media library easier to navigate and audit over time.

Before renaming, we strongly recommend:

• Practice on a staging environment first

• Back up your database and files before any bulk rename operation

• Test renaming a single file before running bulk actions

• Clear your site and CDN cache after renaming to prevent broken references