Title: Uploaded file name sanitizer Author: devliudaseu Published: 4 March 2016 Last modified: 29 February 2016 --- Search plugins This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest three major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/uploaded-file-name-sanitizer.svg) # Uploaded file name sanitizer By [devliudaseu](https://profiles.wordpress.org/devliudaseu/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/uploaded-file-name-sanitizer.zip) * [Details](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/uploaded-file-name-sanitizer/#description) * [Reviews](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/uploaded-file-name-sanitizer/#reviews) * [Installation](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/uploaded-file-name-sanitizer/#installation) * [Development](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/uploaded-file-name-sanitizer/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/uploaded-file-name-sanitizer/) ## Description Replaces uploaded file name chars which are not in \’a-z\’, \’0-9\’ and \’ \'(space) range. Helpful when dealing with non-latin letters. Especially when dealing with urls. ## Installation 1. Upload the plugin files to the `/wp-content/plugins/uploaded-file-name-sanitizer` directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly. 2. Activate the plugin through the \’Plugins\’ screen in WordPress 3. Use the Settings->’Uploaded file name sanitizer’ screen to configure the plugin ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5d3636b809a4776b6f9e6f314786cbbaf48878de84dfbeb081361c08aba83055? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Works just fine](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-just-fine-72/)󠁿 [Fungafly](https://profiles.wordpress.org/fungafly/) 20 December 2016 It works just fine and prevents problems with invalid file names under some server configurations, which will lead to inaccessible images. I did replace the plugin's own sanitization with a custom function though, in order to not just replace characters that are out of range with hiphens, but to also transform the file name into lowercase, replace characters with diacritics by their simple forms and join sequences of hiphens into a single character. [ Read all 1 review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/uploaded-file-name-sanitizer/reviews/) ## Contributors and Developers “Uploaded file name sanitizer” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ devliudaseu ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/devliudaseu/) [Translate “Uploaded file name sanitizer” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/uploaded-file-name-sanitizer) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/uploaded-file-name-sanitizer/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/uploaded-file-name-sanitizer/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/uploaded-file-name-sanitizer/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/uploaded-file-name-sanitizer/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Change Log Initial release ## Meta * Version **1.0** * Last updated **11 years ago** * Active installations **10+** * WordPress version ** 3.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **4.2.39** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/uploaded-file-name-sanitizer/) * Tags * [file name](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/file-name/)[filename](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/filename/) [sanitizer](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/sanitizer/)[upload](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/upload/) * [Advanced View](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/uploaded-file-name-sanitizer/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 1 5-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/uploaded-file-name-sanitizer/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/uploaded-file-name-sanitizer/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/uploaded-file-name-sanitizer/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/uploaded-file-name-sanitizer/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/uploaded-file-name-sanitizer/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/uploaded-file-name-sanitizer/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/uploaded-file-name-sanitizer/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ devliudaseu ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/devliudaseu/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/uploaded-file-name-sanitizer/)