Export/Import Media – CSV Media Library Import & Export vs Media Library Helper

Need to move or rebuild a media library without manually re-uploading every file? Export/Import Media helps you import WordPress media from CSV, export media data to CSV, and keep core attachment metadata organized during the process. The free plugin focuses on the essential CSV workflow: export your current media library, prepare or upload a CSV, validate the file, preview rows before import, and process media in batches from the WordPress admin. Supported CSV columns include the media URL, relative path, title, alt text, caption, and description. During standard free imports, detected duplicates are skipped to help prevent duplicate attachments in the media library. Metadata is preserved for newly imported media rows. Updating existing attachments, controlled matching rules, rollback restore points, saved workflows, background processing, image conversion options, and replace-file workflows are handled by the separate Export/Import Media Pro add-on. Watch the demo: Why use this plugin? * CSV-first workflow: Export, validate, preview, and import media library data using a readable CSV file. * Batch processing: Import media rows in smaller AJAX batches to reduce timeout risk. * Metadata support: Preserve title, alt text, caption, and description for imported attachments. * Duplicate prevention: Skip existing matches in the standard free workflow. * Local file support: Register files that already exist inside your WordPress uploads directory. * Developer friendly: Use hooks and filters to extend CSV columns, validation, admin UI, and import/export behavior. Features CSV export: Export media library data to CSV with filters for date range, media type, and attachment context. CSV validation and preview: Upload a CSV, validate required columns, and preview rows before import. Batch import: Process media rows in batches from the WordPress admin. Metadata support: Import and export title, alt text, caption, and description columns. Duplicate prevention: Detect existing matches and skip duplicate rows in the standard free workflow. Local Import Mode: Import files that already exist in /uploads/ without downloading them again. Honor Relative Path: Reuse or preserve relative upload paths from the CSV when available. Skip Thumbnail Generation: Skip intermediate image sizes during import when speed matters more than thumbnails. Downloadable import log: Download a .txt log after an import finishes. Hooks and filters: Extend CSV columns, validation, admin UI, and import/export behavior.

If you have a large number of images in your WordPress media library and are concerned about updating their ALT tags, captions, descriptions or titles, worry no more. This plugin allows you to easily modify, delete, or update these elements with just a few clicks directly from the media library page in your WordPress dashboard. This plugin is the perfect solution to update metadata for multiple images without visiting each edit page. Accessing the WordPress media library page lets you easily view the existing images’ alt tags, captions, descriptions and titles. The plugin also identifies the images without an assigned ALT tag, caption, or description, enabling you to update them quickly and easily with just a few clicks. On-page SEO is crucial in boosting your website’s SEO score, and assigning proper image ALT tags to every image on your website is critical. With the help of this plugin, you can quickly identify images with empty or blank ALT tags, blank captions or descriptions in your media library and update them to enhance your SEO score. Features Add/edit/update the image titles, ALT tag, caption & description with one click directly from WordPress Media Library Search for a specific SEO keyword assigned to your images as an alt tag, caption or description. Search for blank or empty ALT tags, captions and descriptions and update/edit as needed. Sort media library images by ALT tag, image caption or image Description. Bulk edit image ALT tag or alt attribute Bulk edit image title Bulk edit image caption Bulk edit image description Improve SEO score by assigning the proper image metadata. How does this plugin work or How to edit image metadata Install the plugin “Media Library Helper by Codexin” From Dashboard, go to media –> Library –> Open the “List View” Unlock the edit mode. (You will see a button at the top, named “Edit mode is locked”) Continue updating image ALT text, caption and description as you need. Once finished, keep the edit mode Locked again.