delphiknight

MediaFlock scans your WordPress posts for externally hosted media files and imports them directly into your WordPress media library. After import, it automatically replaces the old external URLs in your post content with the new local URLs, ensuring all your media is served from your own site.
<h4>How It Works</h4>
The plugin uses five complementary URL extraction strategies to find external files in your content:
<ol>
<li>Regex pattern matching — Scans raw post content for URLs matching configured file extensions.</li>
<li>HTML anchor tag parsing — Extracts URLs from <code><a href></code> links pointing to external files.</li>
<li>Media tag parsing — Finds external sources in <code><img></code>, <code><video></code>, <code><audio></code>, and <code><source></code> elements.</li>
<li>Srcset attribute parsing — Detects external images referenced in responsive <code>srcset</code> attributes on <code><img></code> and <code><source></code> tags.</li>
<li>CSS background-image parsing — Extracts URLs from <code>background-image: url(...)</code> declarations in inline styles and <code><style></code> blocks.</li>
</ol>
<h4>Key Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Batch scanning — Processes posts in configurable batches (10-200 per request) to handle sites of any size.</li>
<li>Dry run mode — Check file sizes via HEAD requests before committing to an import.</li>
<li>Duplicate prevention — Already-imported files are detected and skipped automatically.</li>
<li>Dead link detection — URLs that returned errors on previous attempts are tracked and auto-skipped.</li>
<li>Resume interrupted scans — If a scan is interrupted (browser closed, timeout), resume exactly where you left off.</li>
<li>Progress tracking — Real-time progress bars for scanning, importing, and dry runs.</li>
<li>Import logs — Every import attempt is logged with status (success, error, skipped), timestamps, and details.</li>
<li>CSV export — Download filtered logs as CSV for offline analysis or reporting.</li>
<li>Retry failed imports — One-click retry of all previously failed imports.</li>
<li>Dashboard statistics — Overview of total imports, success/error/skipped counts, disk space used, and top errors.</li>
<li>Configurable file types — Choose which file extensions to scan for using a Select2 tagging interface.</li>
<li>Multiple URL filters — Restrict scanning to specific external servers by adding one or more base URLs.</li>
<li>Post type and status filters — Target specific post types and statuses (publish, draft, pending, private, future).</li>
<li>Quick Scan — Spot-check a single post by entering its ID or URL.</li>
<li>Permission levels — Restrict plugin access to administrators only or open it to editors and above.</li>
<li>Internationalization — Fully translatable with English and Georgian (ka_GE) translations included.</li>
<li>Clean uninstall — Removes all database tables and options when deleted.</li>
</ul>
<h4>URL Replacement</h4>
After importing a file, the plugin replaces the external URL in your post content. It handles multiple URL encoding variants to ensure no references are missed:
<ul>
<li>Standard URLs</li>
<li>HTML entity-encoded URLs (<code>&amp;</code> instead of <code>&</code>)</li>
<li>URL-encoded paths (<code>%20</code> for spaces)</li>
<li>Fully encoded path segments</li>
<li>Protocol-relative URLs (<code>//example.com/...</code>)</li>
</ul>

MediaFlock

Scan WordPress posts for external media files and import them into your media library with full control and detailed logging.

Khang Minh

This plugin gives you total control over external links on your website. This plugin also comes with a comprehensive domain filtering feature. BWP External Links is based on the popular Prime Links phpBB mod by Ken F. Innes IV (Prime Halo).
Demo
If you want to see this plugin in action, you can either visit <a href="http://betterwp.net" rel="nofollow ugc">Better WordPress</a> or <a href="http://wordpress.grc.nasa.gov" rel="nofollow ugc">a user’s website</a> (NASA Glenn Research Center’s Website).
Tutorials
Check out this <a href="http://betterwp.net/wordpress-tips/redirect-external-links/" rel="nofollow ugc">redirect external links tutorial</a> for some tips on how to set up a redirection/disclaimer page using BWP External Links.
Some Features
<ul>
<li>Process links for post contents, comment text, text widgets, or the whole page</li>
<li>Domain filtering:
<ul>
<li>You can specify which sub-domains of your website to consider local (all subdomains, no subdomain, or some)</li>
<li>You can specify which external domains to consider local</li>
<li>You can forbid certain external domains (e.g. pron.com or warez.com) and replace URLs linking to them with a URL of choice (useful for filtering links in visitors’ comments)</li>
<li>Wildcard support, e.g. <code>*.example.com</code>, <code>*.subdomain.example.com</code></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>You can add <code>rel="external"</code>, <code>rel="nofollow"</code> or any custom relation tag you could think of to external links</li>
<li>You can specify CSS classes for both local and external links, as well as external image links</li>
<li>You can use provided CSS rules (an external icon is added to each external link) or define your own</li>
<li>Choose whether or not to open a completely new window for each external link</li>
<li>Choose between three ‘new window’ modes: <code>onclick</code> attribute, <code>target</code> attribute or jQuery</li>
<li>Add a prefix to external links. Example use would be a redirection page that warns your visitors about the danger of visiting external sites, e.g. <code>http://yourdomain.com/out?</code></li>
<li>WordPress Multi-site compatible</li>
<li>And more…</li>
</ul>
It is highly recommended that you give the <a href="http://betterwp.net/wordpress-plugins/bwp-external-links/#usage" rel="nofollow ugc">Official Documentation</a> a good read to make the most out of BWP External Links.
Please don’t forget to rate this plugin <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/bwp-external-links?filter=5" rel="ugc">5 shining stars</a> if you like it, thanks!
Get in touch
<ul>
<li>Support is provided via <a href="http://betterwp.net/community/" rel="nofollow ugc">BetterWP.net Community</a>.</li>
<li>You can also follow me on <a href="http://twitter.com/0dd0ne0ut" rel="nofollow ugc">Twitter</a>.</li>
<li>Check out <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/BetterWPnet" rel="nofollow ugc">latest WordPress Tips and Ideas</a> from BetterWP.net.</li>
</ul>
Languages
<ul>
<li>English – default</li>
<li>Danish – Danske (da_DK) – Thanks to <a href="http://runit.nu" rel="nofollow ugc">Randi</a>!</li>
<li>Malaysian (ms_MY) – Thanks to <a href="http://d4rkcry3r.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">d4rkcry3r</a>!</li>
<li>Dutch (nl_NL) – Thanks to Juliette!</li>
<li>Serbo-Croatian (sr_RS) – Thanks to <a href="http://www.webhostinghub.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Web Hosting Hub</a>!</li>
</ul>
Please <a href="http://betterwp.net/wordpress-tips/create-pot-file-using-poedit/" rel="nofollow ugc">help translate</a> this plugin!
Visit <a href="http://betterwp.net/wordpress-plugins/bwp-external-links/" rel="nofollow ugc">Plugin’s Official Page</a> for more information!

Better WordPress External Links

Gives you total control over external links on your website.

MediaFlock vs Better WordPress External Links