WP Dev Shed

Ryan Sutana

<p>Attracting links to your site is the hard part of SEO. Ideally your content will speak for itself and naturally attract links over time. But why not encourage linking by making it easy for other webmasters to link to you?</p>
<p>If you have unique and interesting images, photos, or infographics on your site the chances are that other webmasters are already picking these up and using them on their own sites. That’s great if they link back to you, but many won’t. This is why we built WP Image Embeds. It is a simple plugin designed to make it easy for other webmasters to embed your images, while at the same time linking back to you.</p>
<h3>Plugin Demo</h3>
<p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bs6BlW-r2AA</p>
<h3>How does it work?</h3>
<p>When you install and activate the plugin you will have access to a new option in the Customizer, Display Image Embed. Here you can choose to activate the plugin site wide on posts and/or pages. By default the plugin is not active on pages or posts.</p>
<p>If you only want to run the plugin on certain pages you can leave these site wide settings unchecked and instead simple activate the plugin on a particular page or post. This option appears on the page or post edit screen as a new meta box below the main content editor.</p>
<p>And that it is. We purposefully tried to make this early version of the plugin very simple to use. If you have any ideas on how we could enhance the plugin with additional features, please <a href="https://wpdevshed.com/wp-admin/" rel="nofollow ugc">contact us</a>.</p>
<h3>More reading</h3>
<p>We have written more about the plugin <a href="https://wpdevshed.com/wp-image-embeds-plugin/" rel="nofollow ugc">here</a>, and you will find our massive WordPress hosting review <a href="https://wpdevshed.com/wordpress-hosting/" rel="nofollow ugc">here</a>.</p>


WP Image Embeds

Smart image SEO for WordPress sites. Passively build links back to your site by letting other webmasters embed your images on their site.

Alex Somale

<p>File Media Renamer for SEO is a lightweight and fast WordPress plugin designed to improve your website’s SEO by allowing you to rename media files directly from the WordPress Media Library.<br />
The plugin automatically updates all references to renamed files throughout your website, ensuring no broken links or missing images.</p>
<p>The plugin focuses on safe renaming, performance, and SEO best practices, with features to keep your media metadata aligned with new filenames and preserve search equity via 301 redirects.</p>
<h3>Features</h3>
<h4>Individual File Renaming</h4>
<ul>
<li>Rename any media file directly from the WordPress Media Library</li>
<li>Convert file names to SEO-optimized formats automatically</li>
<li>Update all references to the renamed file across your website</li>
<li>Rename all thumbnail sizes along with the main file</li>
<li>Built-in rename history with quick undo</li>
</ul>
<h4>Bulk Renaming</h4>
<ul>
<li>Rename multiple files at once via Media Library bulk actions</li>
<li>Sequential naming (e.g., new-name-1, new-name-2) for consistent batches</li>
<li>Real-time progress and batch processing up to 50 files</li>
</ul>
<h4>Automatic Content Updates</h4>
<ul>
<li>Updates references in posts, pages, custom post types, and metadata</li>
<li>Handles serialized data structures</li>
<li>Efficient background processing via WordPress cron</li>
<li>Automatic cache clearing after operations</li>
</ul>
<h4>SEO Enhancements</h4>
<ul>
<li>Optionally update media titles to match the new file name</li>
<li>Automatically update alt text attributes for better accessibility and SEO</li>
<li>Converts hyphens/underscores to readable titles</li>
</ul>
<h4>Redirect Management</h4>
<ul>
<li>Creates 301 redirects from old file URLs to new ones</li>
<li>Stores redirects in a dedicated database table for performance</li>
<li>Handles redirects for all thumbnail sizes</li>
</ul>
<h4>Advanced Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Prevents filename conflicts by generating unique names</li>
<li>Validates files before renaming for safety</li>
</ul>
<h3>Usage</h3>
<h4>Individual File Renaming</h4>
<ol>
<li>Go to <strong>Media <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Library</strong>.</li>
<li>Click on a file to open the attachment details.</li>
<li>Enter the new SEO name in the <strong>SEO Name</strong> field.</li>
<li>Click <strong>Save SEO Name</strong> — all references will update automatically.</li>
</ol>
<h4>Bulk Renaming</h4>
<ol>
<li>Switch the Media Library to <strong>List view</strong>.</li>
<li>Select multiple files and choose <strong>Rename</strong> from <strong>Bulk actions</strong>.</li>
<li>Enter a base name and click <strong>Start Rename</strong> to process all selected files.</li>
</ol>
<h4>History and Undo</h4>
<ul>
<li>View the rename history for any file in the attachment details.</li>
<li>Click any previous name to revert instantly (last 2 versions kept).</li>
</ul>
<h3>Settings</h3>
<p>Find settings under <strong>Media <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> FMR Settings</strong>:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Rename Title</strong> — Automatically update the media title when renaming files</li>
<li><strong>Rename Alt Text</strong> — Automatically update the alt text attribute when renaming files</li>
</ul>
<h3>Technical Details</h3>
<ul>
<li>Custom table: <code>wp_fmrseo_redirects</code> for redirect mappings</li>
<li>Background processing for large operations (WordPress cron)</li>
<li>File validation and conflict prevention</li>
<li>Optimized database queries and cache management</li>
</ul>
<h3>Requirements</h3>
<ul>
<li>WordPress 4.0 or higher</li>
<li>PHP 7.0 or higher</li>
<li>Write permissions for the uploads directory</li>
</ul>


File Media Renamer for SEO

Nice and simple

Rename media files with SEO-friendly names, auto-update references, alt/title sync, and 301 redirects — fast and safe.

WP Image Embeds vs File Media Renamer for SEO