Replace a file – the address stays
Media Replace replaces an image or file and keeps the name and address, so the pages that use it show the new one at once. Pro keeps every earlier version and can replace a file at a set time – and back afterwards.
In WordPress the plugin is called Datoden Media Replace – in the DT-addons menu it is listed as DT-media-replace.
DT-media-replace adds Replace file to images and files in the media library. The new file goes in the same folder, with the same name and the same address, so pages, posts, slideshows and menus that use it show the new one at once. Title, alt text, caption and description are left as they are.
The Replace file box is on the image's own page (Media → the image), in the media window (Replace file… in the details) and in the list view (Replace file under the name). Choose a new file or drag it there, with a progress bar while it uploads.
All sizes are made again from the new image. If the new image has other proportions or is smaller, the old sizes are made again under their old names, so images already placed in pages keep working.
A PNG, WebP or GIF that replaces a JPG is converted to JPG (and the other way round), so the file name can stay the same. Other files must be the same type – a PDF is replaced with a PDF.
The file from before the last replacement is kept in a protected folder and can be brought back with Undo last replacement in the box.
Image addresses get a version number (?v=…) after a replacement, so browsers and image services fetch the new file. The page cache is emptied in WP Fastest Cache, WP Rocket, W3 Total Cache, WP Super Cache, LiteSpeed and SiteGround.
Before every replacement the file in use is kept – the ten latest per file – with date, size and a small preview. The Earlier versions list sits in the Replace file box, and Restore brings a version back. The file being replaced is kept in turn, so nothing is lost.
Under Schedule a replacement you choose the new file now and when it should go in. You can also set when it goes back to the earlier file, for example after a campaign. The replacement happens at the first visit to the website after the chosen time.
On the settings page, the Earlier versions and scheduled replacements card shows how many files have earlier versions and which replacements are scheduled, with a link to each file.
Everything without a Pro label works for free. What is marked Pro is included in the Pro version.
After installing – how to set up Media Replace.
Go to DT-addons → DT-media-replace. Under Replacing, turn Keep old addresses working, Convert to the type of the old file, Make undo possible, Show the new file at once and Empty the page cache on or off – changes save by themselves.
Go to Media and click the image or file. In the list view you can also click Replace file under the name.
Choose a new file under Replace file, or drag it there. When it says Done, pages that use the file show the new one.
The same box has Earlier versions with Restore, and Schedule a replacement for a set date and time.
Pro builds on the free version – it stays as the base, with all your settings, and Pro adds the rest.
Everything in the free version, plus:
Choose how many websites and how you want to buy. Prices exclude VAT – VAT is calculated at checkout.
The licence follows your Datoden account – no key to paste.
The purchase is saved on your Datoden account as soon as the payment has gone through.
Get the Pro plugin under My account → My purchases → Licences.
Drop the zip file on Website Guard. Pro is added on top of the free version – everything you have done stays.
Connect the website in Website Guard. The Pro updates then arrive as ordinary WordPress updates.
No. The new file gets the same folder, name and address as the old one, so pages, posts and menus that use it show the new file at once.
Images can be converted: a PNG, WebP or GIF that replaces a JPG becomes a JPG, as long as the server can convert images. Other files must be the same type.
In wp-content/uploads/dt-replace-media-backup/, which cannot be opened from the web. The free version keeps the file from before the last replacement; Pro keeps the ten latest versions per file.
It runs through the WordPress scheduler, at the first visit to the website after the chosen time. A file can have one schedule at a time.
No. Title, alt text, caption and description stay as they are.
Nothing stops working. A purchase never runs out, and when a subscription ends the plugins keep every function – only the updates from Datoden stop.
The first number in the version. A purchase includes every update in that major version, for example all 1.x versions. A new major version (2.0) comes about once a year with clearly new features and comes at a discount as an upgrade. A subscription always includes it.
Websites connected to your Datoden account with a Pro plugin switched on, in the order they were connected. Disconnect a website in My websites to move the licence to another.
No. The website is connected to your Datoden account with Website Guard, and Datoden knows which updates your licences include.
Yes. Deactivate Pro – the free version keeps running with the same settings. Functions that only exist in Pro stop, but nothing is deleted.
Yes. Pro is an add-on: the free version stays installed and active as the base and is updated from WordPress.org as usual, and Pro adds the Pro features on top. On WordPress.org the free versions are called Datoden …, for example Datoden Media Replace.
Prices exclude VAT. VAT is calculated at checkout from your country. Companies in other EU countries can enter their VAT number.
Your licences, websites and downloads are under My account → My purchases → Licences.
