Refined Media Library The WordPress media library, rethought.
A complete redesign, worthy of your standards: folders, collections, quick preview, instant search, images optimised automatically. Free, with no hidden cost and no Pro version that unlocks the real features.
The WordPress media library, rethought.
We fully redesigned the native WordPress media library: a dark, consistent grid, crisp thumbnails, readable captions, smooth scrolling. A space you finally want to open, where you spot your files at a glance. Duplicates, meanwhile, are detected automatically and flagged with a badge.
Real folders and collections.
Sort your media into a real folder tree, nestable without limit and shared with the team. Grab any thumbnail and drop it onto a folder: drag and drop is direct. And since the same files often serve several places, cross collections group them without ever moving them.
Search, in a single keystroke.
Instant search that filters the grid as you type, plus filters by type (images, video, audio, documents, SVG) to keep only what matters. Type "comptoir": only the right files stay on screen, the rest fades away gently.
Preview, without leaving the grid.
No more full-screen modal: a Finder-style side panel slides in from the right. Large preview, dimensions, weight, date, and above all the list of pages where the media is actually used. Edit the alt text and title inline, change folder, then move to the next media easily, without ever closing the panel.
Bulk actions, without reloading.
Select several media and act in a single gesture: move them, tag them, delete them, or edit the alt text and title of the whole selection at once. Fields left empty rewrite nothing: your clean data is preserved. All of it without the slightest page reload.
Unused media, spotted.
Over the course of projects, some media end up used nowhere. RML detects them by cross-referencing featured images, content, WooCommerce galleries and custom fields, then lets you delete them in batches, safely. House rule: at the slightest doubt, the file is considered used. Never a false positive.
Coming from FileBird? Import everything.
Already have folders in FileBird, HappyFiles, Real Media Library, Folders or Enhanced Media Library? Import the whole tree in one click, without breaking anything: RML reads the source read-only, recreates your folders and their media, and the operation stays reversible. You change tool, not your filing.
The WordPress media library, at its best
Folders, collections, search, image optimisation, unused-media cleanup, import: everything you just saw and much more, grouped by intent.
Organise your media
- Hierarchical folders
- Drag and drop
- Cross collections
- Upload into the current folder
- Grid & list views
Find & handle
- Smart, browsable preview
- Instant search
- Filters by type, folder, collection
- Selection and bulk actions
Optimise images
Lighter, better referenced:
- Automatic WebP & AVIF conversion
- Automatic alt text & title
- Duplicate detection
- Unused-media spotting
Migrate
Import from third-party plugins:
- FileBird
- Folders
- HappyFiles
- Real Media Library
- Enhanced Media Library
Admire
- Dark redesign
- Clear settings
- Reversible & non-destructive
- Accessibility & i18n
- REST API & caching
WordPress is evolving. So is Refined Media Library.
We build Refined Media Library for our own projects, and we use it every day. That is the best guarantee it stays sharp: updates keep pace with WordPress, bugs are fixed fast, and your feedback shapes what comes next. The day WordPress reworks its native media library, RML will move with it.
- Regular updates, in step with WordPress
- Your feedback shapes what comes next
- Built to follow how WordPress evolves
Your media library will thank you.
Free, no asterisk: no Pro version, no feature held hostage.