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Folder Manager Free + Pro options

Organise WordPress media and posts into folders

Drag media, posts and pages into folders, so you can find things in a library of thousands of files.

Download free or read the Folder Manager docs

Free on WordPress.org. Pro adds the extra options listed below.

with extra Pro options
Free
settings to configure
2
developer hooks
5
updates since 2025
11
An agency team in a brick-walled studio reviewing WP Extended settings on a wall screen

Why you need Folder Manager

The WordPress media library is one long grid sorted by date. On a site with years of uploads, finding last spring’s product photos means scrolling and searching by file name.

What Folder Manager does

  • Drag and drop

    Create nested folders and drag items into them.

  • Media and content

    Folders for the media library, and with Pro for any post type you choose.

  • Folder counts

    Pro shows how many items each folder holds.

Free and Pro options

What you can set in the free plugin, and what WP Extended Pro adds.

Added by Pro Pro

  • Post Types Select which post types to enable folder manager for.
  • Show Folder Counts Display item counts next to folder names.

Pro options unlock on any Pro plan, from $29 a year.

Where Folder Manager helps

  • A photographer in her studio with WP Extended open on a desktop monitor

    Large media libraries

    Group images by client, campaign or product range.

  • A freelance web designer on a sofa with WP Extended open on her laptop, her dog asleep beside her

    Big page trees

    Group pages by section on sites with hundreds of them.

Folder Manager vs FileBird

FileBird has 200k+ active installs on WordPress.org. If you only need this one job, that’s a fine choice. If the site also needs other modules on this list, it’s one less plugin to update.

The difference
Folder Manager does the same core job inside WP Extended, so it shares one settings screen, one update and one support team with every other module you use.

For developers

Folder Manager has 5 hooks for changing its behaviour per project, without editing the plugin.

All Folder Manager hooks
filter functions.php or a Code Snippet
add_filter( 'wpextended/folder-manager/available_post_types', function ( $options ) {
    // Filters the post types offered in this module’s settings.
    return $options;
} );
  • folder-manager/available_post_types
  • folder-manager/editor_script_data
  • folder-manager/enabled_post_types
  • folder-manager/is_post_type_enabled
  • folder-manager/script_data

Recent changes

The latest updates to Folder Manager, from the WP Extended changelog.

Full changelog
  1. v3.4.0 3 Nov 2026
    • fixed

      REST requests failed on some sites — they now go through WordPress’s apiFetch.

  2. v3.3.0 10 Sept 2026
    • fixed

      A bulk move to a folder did not check permissions for each post.

    • fixed

      A post duplicated from inside a folder was dropped out of it.

    • fixed

      Sort links and status views kept the folder you had just left.

  3. v3.2.6 21 Apr 2026
    • fixed

      “Could not move to folder” error when changing folder assignment from the block editor sidebar.

Folder Manager questions

Folder Manager documentation

Yes. Folders are free. Choosing post types and showing counts are part of WP Extended Pro.

No. Folders are for organising in the admin. File paths and URLs stay the same.

Pairs well with

All Content Management

Get Folder Manager free

Folder Manager is in the free plugin on WordPress.org, alongside 34 other free modules you can switch on when you need them.

Download free See Pro pricing

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