Troy Chaplin

<p>Smart Media Replacement is a WordPress plugin that allows you to replace media files while maintaining their original URLs and metadata. This is particularly useful for updating files like PDFs, images, or other documents without breaking existing links, especially when organizing media in year and month based folders.</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Replace media files while maintaining original URLs</li>
<li>Preserves all existing links (both internal and external)</li>
<li>Maintains file metadata and relationships</li>
<li>Simple and intuitive interface in the WordPress Media Library</li>
<li>Supports all file types supported by WordPress</li>
<li>Validates file names to prevent accidental URL changes</li>
<li>Enforces dimension matching for images to prevent layout issues</li>
<li>Automatically handles WordPress scaled images</li>
<li>Validates file type matching to ensure consistency</li>
<li>AJAX-based replacement with error handling</li>
</ul>
<h4>Important Requirements</h4>
<p><strong>Filename Matching</strong><br />
The new file MUST have exactly the same filename as the original file. For example, if your original file is <code>logo.png</code>, your replacement must also be named <code>logo.png</code>.</p>
<p><strong>Image Dimensions (Images Only)</strong><br />
For images, the replacement MUST have identical dimensions (width × height) to prevent layout issues.</p>
<p><strong>File Types</strong><br />
The replacement file must be the same file type as the original. The plugin validates MIME types to ensure consistency.</p>
<h4>Privacy</h4>
<p>This plugin:<br />
* Does not collect or transmit any user data<br />
* Does not use cookies<br />
* Only processes files locally on your server<br />
* Does not communicate with external services</p>
<h3>Usage</h3>
<ol>
<li>Go to the WordPress Media Library</li>
<li>Find the file you want to replace</li>
<li>Click on the file to view its details</li>
<li>Look for the “Replace File” button in the attachment details</li>
<li>Click “Replace File” and select your new file</li>
<li>The replacement will happen automatically</li>
</ol>


Smart Media Replacement

Replace media files while maintaining their original URLs and metadata. Update PDFs, images, or documents without breaking existing links.

OnPoint Plugins

Mat Lipe

<h3>Change the domain on your site with one click.</h3>
<p>Goes through entire site and replaces all instances of an old URL with a new one. Used most often when changing the domain of your site.</p>
<p>Automatically detects and handles special domain circumstances to give you an accurate update every time without side effects.</p>
<p><strong>Developed and supported by <a href="https://onpointplugins.com/go-live-update-urls/" rel="nofollow ugc">OnPoint Plugins</a>.</strong></p>
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Database table by table selection.</li>
<li>Updates serialized data in core tables.</li>
<li>Updates encoded URL.</li>
<li>Easy to use admin page – which may be found under Tools.</li>
<li>Works on both multisite and single site installs.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Updates Entire Site Including</h3>
<ul>
<li>Posts</li>
<li>Pages</li>
<li>Image URLs</li>
<li>Excerpts</li>
<li>Post meta data</li>
<li>Custom post types</li>
<li>Widgets and widget data</li>
<li>Options and settings</li>
<li>And much more</li>
</ul>
<h3>Domain Update Process</h3>
<p>Full step-by-step instructions for a changing a site’s domain <a href="https://onpointplugins.com/how-to-change-your-domain-name-on-wordpress/" rel="nofollow ugc">may be found here</a>.</p>
<h3>Included Language Translations</h3>
<ul>
<li>English (en_US).</li>
<li>French (fr_FR).</li>
<li>German (de_DE).</li>
<li>Spanish (es_ES).</li>
</ul>
<h3>Developers</h3>
<p>Developer docs <a href="https://onpointplugins.com/go-live-update-urls/developer-docs-go-live-update-urls/" rel="nofollow ugc">may be found here</a>.</p>
<h3>Troubleshooting</h3>
<p>Troubleshooting information <a href="https://onpointplugins.com/go-live-update-urls/go-live-update-urls-troubleshooting/" rel="nofollow ugc">may be found here</a>.</p>
<h3>Contribute</h3>
<p>Send pull requests via the <a href="https://github.com/lipemat/go-live-update-urls/" rel="nofollow ugc">Github Repo</a></p>
<h3>Go PRO</h3>
<p>Our <a href="https://onpointplugins.com/product/go-live-update-urls-pro/?utm_source=readme&utm_campaign=gopro&utm_medium=dot-org" rel="nofollow ugc">PRO version</a> brings additional functionality to this plugin. Check out <a href="https://onpointplugins.com/go-live-update-urls/go-live-update-urls-pro-demo/?utm_source=demo&utm_campaign=gopro&utm_medium=dot-org" rel="nofollow ugc">the demo</a> to see if the PRO version is useful for you.</p>
<ul>
<li>Updates database tables created by plugins.</li>
<li>Database tables are organized into simple intuitive sections.</li>
<li>Ability to choose between tables or sections.</li>
<li>Ability to convert relative URL into absolute URL.</li>
<li>Updates serialized data across any table.</li>
<li>Updates encoded URL across any table.</li>
<li>Updates JSON data across any table.</li>
<li>Ability to test URL changes before running them.</li>
<li>URL testing report is provided for peace of mind.</li>
<li>Option to fix common mistakes automatically when entering a URL.</li>
<li>View and use history of your site’s address.</li>
<li>Accessible update history including count and location of updated URL. <strong>New</strong></li>
<li>Predictive URL automatically fill in the “Old URL” and “New URL.”</li>
<li>Real time reporting of count and location of URL which will be updated.</li>
<li>Report of count and location of URL which were updated.</li>
<li>WP-CLI support for updating URL from the command line.</li>
<li>Priority support with access to members only support area.</li>
</ul>


Go Live Update Urls

Change the domain on your site with one click.

Smart Media Replacement vs Go Live Update Urls