Disable Media Permalink by Hardweb.it
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Disable Media Permalink by Hardweb.it has 900+ active installs on WordPress.org and 8,490 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on March 4, 2026, tested up to WordPress 6.9.7.
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Disable Media Permalink by Hardweb.it reviews and ratings
7 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.
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Just hides the URL doesn't disable it
This plug-in disables the generation of the HTML of the media permalink within a page. It does not disable the underlying functionality where, e.g., /wp-content/uploads/2023/07/nonpublic.pdf might become accessible as an automatically generated link in the page at /nonpublic/ (an "attachment post"). (I've already restricted access to wp-content/uploads using mod_rewrite to require a HTTP_REFERER from the same site; this allows me to allow links only when I create them on private pages. Except that there's no way in the UI to set an attachment post to private, so I want to get rid of them entirely. Perhaps I can do that by mangling image.php in the theme.) The code itself is very nicely concise and easy to understand and confirm it's not a security threat, so I'm leaving half stars for that, but at least for me, it's just a security-through-obscurity solution to the underlying issue of attachment posts for media.
David Brown -
This Worked When Nothing Else Did! Thank You!
Something caused all the media/ image links on the site to be broken. I noticed the permalinks were not the same as the file links. But, I could find nothing that would let me change the permalinks. With over 500 images I did not want to go through and fix them one by one. Plus, I just hate the new WordPress block editor. It drives me crazy just to add any content at all. So, fixing more than 500 image links was far more than I wanted to do. I managed to fix one but it took several minutes for just that one. I tried various other plugins to do with after migrating a site and... I don't even remember what else now. I tried at least half a dozen different things and nothing worked. I was about to give up. I tried one more search in plugins for something that would help and I found "Disable Media Permalinks". I didn't think it would work. I read the FAQ, not really 100% understanding it. But, I thought I didn't have much to lose at that point. If it didn't work I would be no better or worse off, in theory. But... it did work!!! Perfectly, and easily. I only had to install it, then save the settings (without making any changes) to Settings>Media. I checked the media library and the images were back!!! Not just there but in all the posts on the live site too. Thank you so much for this plugin! How wonderful to find such an easy fix for a problem with WordPress. Thank you, again!
thatgrrl -
Didn't work for me
Installed and activated yet my media permalinks are still loading
Morphy99 -
Excellent and simple
This plugin is perfect. You have just to install it to solve a big problem. Thank you for giving the possibility to disable the media permalinks created by WordPress just with one click!
Jose Mortellaro -
Great plugin! Fixed media permalink problem instantly
The simplest and most effective way to get rid of annoying media permalinks and the garbage pages they create. I'm very happy to find this!
altworks -
great plugin
a great plugin, thank you! it was nos easy to find it!
Giulian
Details
Completely disable the Media Permalink generated by WP.
The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.
Tags
- attachment
- images
- media
- permalink
- remove url
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- Version
- 1.0
- Last updated
- Mar 4, 2026
- First published
- May 16, 2018
- Requires WordPress
- 6.0
- Tested up to
- 6.9.7
- Requires PHP
- 7.4
- Pricing
- Free on WordPress.org
Disable Media Permalink by Hardweb.it FAQ
How many active installs does Disable Media Permalink by Hardweb.it have?
WordPress.org reports 900+ active installs for Disable Media Permalink by Hardweb.it as of September 7, 2026.
Is Disable Media Permalink by Hardweb.it still maintained?
Yes. The last release was on March 4, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 6.9.7.
Is Disable Media Permalink by Hardweb.it free?
Disable Media Permalink by Hardweb.it is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.