Title: Safe Attachment Names
Author: nuagelab
Published: <strong>May 4, 2015</strong>
Last modified: September 26, 2025

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# Safe Attachment Names

 By [nuagelab](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nuagelab/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/safe-attachment-names.zip)

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 *  [Installation](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/safe-attachment-names/#installation)
 * [Development](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/safe-attachment-names/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/safe-attachment-names/)

## Description

Accented file names can cause various problems when hosting or transferring a web
site from a server to another.

This plugin automatically detects and changes the name of attachments containing
special characters such as accented letters.

For example: if a user uploads a file named “L’École de Éric Rémillard.png”, the
file name will be transformed and the file will be stored as “l_ecole_de_eric_remillard.
png”.

#### Features

 * Detects accents in newly uploaded files’ names, and change them for their unaccented
   version (ie. é -> e)

#### Feedback

 * We are open for your suggestions and feedback – Thank you for using or trying
   out one of our plugins!
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### Traduccions

 * English
 * French
 * Spanish

## Installation

This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.

#### Installing the Plugin

_(using the WordPress Admin Console)_

 1. From your dashboard, click on “Plugins” in the left sidebar
 2. Add a new plugin
 3. Search for “Safe Attachment Names”
 4. Install “Safe Attachment Names”

_(manually via FTP)_

 1. Delete any existing ‘safe-attachment-names’ folder from the ‘/wp-content/plugins/’
    directory
 2. Upload the ‘auto-domain-change’ folder to the ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory
 3. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

## FAQ

### Do you plan to localize this plugin in a near future?

The plugin is currently available in English, French and Spanish. If you want to
help with translation in other languages, we’ll be happy to hear from you.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Safe Attachment Names” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ nuagelab ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nuagelab/)

[Translate “Safe Attachment Names” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/safe-attachment-names)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/safe-attachment-names/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/safe-attachment-names/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/safe-attachment-names/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/safe-attachment-names/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.1.0

 * Reworked structure.
 * Tested up to WordPress 6.8.2. More than 100+ stable active installs.

#### 1.0.1

 * Make filenames lowercase
 * Tested up to WordPress 6.6.2. More than 100+ stable active installs.

#### 1.0.0

 * Tested up to WordPress 4.6.0. More than 100+ stable active installs.

#### 0.0.2

 * Tested up to WordPress 4.2.2

#### 0.0.1

 * First released version. Tested internally with about 10 sites.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.1.0**
 *  Last updated **7 months ago**
 *  Active installations **70+**
 *  WordPress version ** 5.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.8.5**
 *  PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/safe-attachment-names/)
 * Tags
 * [accents](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/accents/)[admin](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/admin/)
   [administration](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/administration/)[attachment](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/attachment/)
   [latin](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/latin/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/safe-attachment-names/advanced/)

## Ratings

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## Contributors

 *   [ nuagelab ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nuagelab/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/safe-attachment-names/)

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