10 Best File Upload Types Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
File Upload Types has 40,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to File Upload Types
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Branda – White Label & Branding, Free Login Page Customizer
4.5 (30) 20,000+ active installsWhite label & rebrand your login page & WordPress dashboard. Customize system emails & get everything to rebrand WordPress with Branda.
About half the installs, last updated 19 days ago.
- 2
Website Builder by SeedProd — Theme Builder, Landing Page Builder, Coming Soon Page, Maintenance Mode
4.9 (4,699) 700,000+ active installsEasy Drag & Drop Page Builder. A complete solution to create a WordPress Website, Custom Themes, Landing Pages, Coming Soon & Maintenance Mode Pages.
About 18 times the installs, last updated 14 days ago.
- 3
FluentSMTP – WP SMTP Plugin with Amazon SES, SendGrid, Mailgun, Postmark, Cloudflare, toSend, Gmail and Any SMTP
4.8 (400) 600,000+ active installsFree WP Mail SMTP plugin - fix WordPress email deliverability with Gmail, Amazon SES, SendGrid, Mailgun, Cloudflare, Postmark, Brevo and any SMTP.
About 15 times the installs, last updated 26 days ago.
- 4
4.9 (34) 10,000+ active installsRestores the ability to upload non-image files in WordPress 4.7.1 and 4.7.2.
Shares the mime, upload tags on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, no update since November 28, 2017.
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Shared Files – File Upload & Download Manager
4.4 (34) 4,000+ active installsFile management plugin featuring file upload, download manager, statistics and download log.
Shares the file upload, upload tags on WordPress.org. 4,000+ installs against 40,000+, last updated 18 days ago.
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4.5 (46) 8,000+ active installsDownload Attachments is a new approach to managing downloads in WordPress. It allows you to easily add and display download links in any post or page.
Shares the attachments, files tags on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, last updated May 26, 2026.
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4.4 (25) 5,000+ active installsKeeps your uploaded files organized in smart folder structures.
Shares the files, upload tags on WordPress.org. 5,000+ installs against 40,000+, no update since July 26, 2022.
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4.6 (21) 30,000+ active installsThis plugin automatically converts language accent characters to non-accent characters in filenames when uploading to the media library.
Shares the files, upload tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated January 14, 2026.
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GD bbPress Attachments
Paid version available4.3 (26) 6,000+ active installsImplement attachments upload to the topics and replies in bbPress plugin through a media library and add additional forum-based controls.
Shares the attachments, upload tags on WordPress.org. 6,000+ installs against 40,000+, last updated April 12, 2026.
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LightStart – Maintenance Mode, Coming Soon and Landing Page Builder
4.3 (873) 400,000+ active installsEasy Drag & Drop Page Builder that adds a splash page to your site that it's perfect for a coming soon page, maintenance or landing page.
About 10 times the installs, last updated 18 days ago.
Switching from File Upload Types: common questions
What is the best alternative to File Upload Types?
Branda is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 20,000+ active installs with a 4.5 out of 5 rating.
Which File Upload Types alternative has the most users?
Website Builder by SeedProd, with 700,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which File Upload Types alternative is rated highest?
Website Builder by SeedProd, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 4,699 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these File Upload Types alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with File Upload Types score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against File Upload Types on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Branda is the closest match to File Upload Types by the data we track, and Website Builder by SeedProd has the widest reach with 700,000+ active installs. Website Builder by SeedProd shipped the most recent release, on August 24, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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