Description
Pixloade Image Manager is the fastest way to browse, export and tidy up the images in your WordPress Media Library.
Need to download every image from your site? Move a client’s photos to a new host? Grab only the PNG files? Find the heaviest images that slow your pages down? Fix missing alt text on dozens of images? Pixloade does all of this from one clean screen under Media Image Manager.
Bulk download Media Library images as ZIP
- Download all images in your Media Library as a single ZIP file with one click.
- Select the images you want with checkboxes (Shift-click selects a range) and download only those.
- The ZIP always follows what you see: the current format tab, search and filters.
- Download only one format: JPEG, PNG, GIF, WebP, SVG or any other image type on your site.
- The ZIP contains your original uploads, not the resized thumbnails or “-scaled” copies WordPress creates.
- Duplicate file names are renamed automatically, so nothing gets overwritten.
Find images that need attention
- Missing alt text filter lists every image without alt text, with a live count and a “No alt text” badge on each card.
- Large files filter shows images of 500 KB or more, the ones that slow your pages down.
- See your library size at a glance, in total and per format (JPEG, PNG, WebP…).
Search, filter and sort images
- Search by title, caption, description or file name.
- Filter by upload month and by format tabs with live counts.
- Sort by name, upload date, or file size (smallest or largest first) to find heavy images quickly.
- Combine everything, for example “PNG + Large files + Missing alt text”.
- Large libraries load in pages with a “Load more” button, so the screen stays fast.
Preview and edit image details
- Click any image to open a detail view with file name, type, size, dimensions, upload date and author.
- Edit the title, caption, alt text and description in place and save without leaving the screen. Great for fixing missing alt text and improving image SEO and accessibility.
- Save & next saves and jumps straight to the next image, so you can fix alt text for a whole list in minutes.
- Move between images with the arrow buttons or the keys.
- Copy the image URL with one click, or download a single image.
- See extra data other plugins store on an image (for example Rank Math, Yoast SEO or Elementor).
Safe for teams
- Uses the same permissions as the WordPress Media Library: Authors, Editors and Administrators can browse and download, and people can only edit images they are allowed to edit.
- Lightweight: no extra database tables, no tracking and no external services.
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Installation
- Install the plugin from Plugins Add New by searching for “Pixloade Image Manager”, or upload the
pixloade-image-managerfolder to/wp-content/plugins/. - Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu in WordPress.
- Go to Media Image Manager.
FAQ
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How do I download all images from my WordPress Media Library?
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Go to Media Image Manager, keep the All Images tab selected and click Download ZIP. Every image is added to one ZIP file.
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Can I download only PNG or only JPEG images?
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Yes. Click the format tab you want (for example PNG) and then click Download ZIP. Only images of that format are included.
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Does the ZIP include all thumbnail sizes?
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No. The ZIP contains only the original uploaded files, not the resized thumbnails WordPress generates.
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Can I download only some images?
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Yes. Hover an image and tick its checkbox (hold Shift to select a range, or use Select all), then click Download selected.
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How do I find images without alt text?
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Click the Missing alt text filter. Every image without alt text is listed and marked with a “No alt text” badge.
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Can I find the largest images on my site?
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Yes. Click the Large files filter, or choose Size: Largest First in the sort menu to see your heaviest images at the top. Developers can change the 500 KB limit with the
pixloade_large_image_sizefilter. -
Can I edit alt text for many images quickly?
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Yes. Turn on the Missing alt text filter, open the first image, type the alt text and click Save & next. Repeat until the list is done.
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What image formats are supported?
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Every image format stored in your Media Library, including JPEG, PNG, GIF, WebP, AVIF and SVG. Any format found on your site gets its own tab automatically.
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Is the PHP ZipArchive extension required?
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Yes, for the ZIP download. ZipArchive is enabled by default on most hosting providers. Browsing, previewing and editing work without it.
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Who can use the Image Manager?
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Users with the
upload_filescapability (Authors, Editors and Administrators by default) can browse and download images. Editing an image’s title, caption, alt text or description additionally requires permission to edit that image, the same rule the Media Library uses. Developers can change the base capability with thepixloade_capabilityfilter. -
Does it change or compress my images?
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No. Pixloade never modifies your image files. It only reads them, and saves the text fields you edit.
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Contributors & Developers
“Pixloade Image Manager – Bulk Download Media Library Images as ZIP” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
1.1.0
- New: select images with checkboxes (Shift-click for a range, or Select all) and download only the selected ones as ZIP.
- New: “Missing alt text” filter with a live count, plus a “No alt text” badge on each image card.
- New: “Large files” filter for images of 500 KB or more (adjustable with the
pixloade_large_image_sizefilter). - New: search by title, caption, description or file name.
- New: filter by upload month.
- New: library size summary, in total and per format.
- New: “Save & next” button in the image details.
- Improvement: Download ZIP now follows the current search and filters.
- Improvement: image cards are now proper buttons for better keyboard and screen reader support.
1.0.2
- New: plugin logo in the page header.
- New: a one-time, dismissible review request on the Image Manager page after one week of use.
- Fix: admin notices from other plugins no longer break the Image Manager page header.
- Tweak: clean up the plugin’s saved data on uninstall.
- Docs: improved description, FAQ and screenshots.
1.0.1
- Security: editing and viewing details now only works on image attachments the current user is allowed to edit, matching core Media Library permissions.
- Security: base capability changed from
edit_poststoupload_files; format filter now only accepts image MIME types. - Fix: arrow keys and Escape no longer discard edits while typing in a field; unsaved changes now ask before closing.
- Fix: saving no longer strips HTML from caption/description or backslashes from text.
- Fix: saving an image without a title no longer stores “Untitled” as its title.
- Fix: ZIP download now contains original uploads, cleans up its temporary files and handles duplicate file names safely.
- Fix: upload date now respects the site timezone.
- Fix: sort menu and Download ZIP button now have the same height.
- Performance: format counts use a single query and the grid loads in pages with a “Load more” button.
1.0
- Initial release with image format filtering, sorting, bulk ZIP download, and detailed image modal with inline editing.