Moving from FileBird
FileBird organises your Media Library beautifully — but a folder tree in wp-admin is not something your visitors can browse, search or download from. FileDeck turns those folders into a real front-end library in one click, and leaves your photo library out of it.
One click, on your own site
Switch in three steps
Install FileDeck alongside
Add FileDeck Pro to the same site, with FileBird still active. It keeps working exactly as before, during and after.
Click Import
Go to Documents → Import & Export → Migrate. FileDeck shows a FileBird card with the number of documents it found — click Import.
Put the library on a page
Add the FileDeck block or [filedeck] shortcode to any page. FileBird carries on managing your media in wp-admin; FileDeck handles what visitors see.
What comes across
Your documents and your folder tree — without dragging your photo library along with them.
Documents, titles & descriptions
Each document filed in a folder becomes one FileDeck document, taking its title and its caption (or description) as the description.
Your folder tree becomes categories
Folders, including sub-folders, are rebuilt as document categories with the same nesting — the structure you already built is the structure you get.
Photos are not imported
A media folder plugin holds everything, most of which is not a document. FileDeck imports documents and leaves your images where they belong.
Linked, never copied
Each document points at the same Media Library file it always did. Nothing is duplicated on disk, and FileBird keeps working exactly as before.
Why teams move to FileDeck
Search inside your files
Full-text search reads the contents of your PDFs and Office documents, not just their titles — so people find the right file by what’s in it.
Access control that scales
Gate categories by role, by password or to logged-in users, with client areas for private document sets and per-document assignment to named people — set once for a whole category, not file by file.
Honest, flat pricing
Your renewal never jumps, and a 30-day money-back guarantee backs every plan. No switch-and-bait discounts that spike at renewal.
Prefer a hand? We’ll do it with you.
Big or unusual library? We’ll walk the import through with you and stay on it until it’s live and you’re happy — and we’ll add the time left on your current plan to your FileDeck licence, so you don’t pay for the same months twice. No credential handoff needed; it all runs on your own site.
Questions about moving
Will my photos come across as documents?
No. FileDeck imports documents, not your whole media collection — your images stay in the Media Library where they belong. See the full walkthrough.
Does FileBird keep working afterwards?
Yes. Files are linked rather than copied, so each document points at the same Media Library file as before. No copy is made and no file is moved — you can keep using FileBird to organise media in wp-admin indefinitely.
Why would I use both?
They do different jobs. FileBird organises your Media Library for you and your team inside wp-admin; FileDeck gives your visitors a searchable, access-controlled library on the front end. Plenty of sites run both.
Is it safe to run more than once?
Yes. Every document records which source record it came from, so re-running skips what is already in rather than creating duplicates.
Bring your library across today
Turn the folder tree you already built into a library your visitors can actually use.
Want to look before you buy? Install the free version — it runs happily alongside your current plugin, and the import only runs when you click it. The one-click importer is a Pro feature; you can add Pro whenever you’re ready.
Our comparison claims are tested on fresh installs, not copied from marketing pages — here’s how we test.
FileBird is a trademark of its respective owner. FileDeck is an independent product and is not affiliated with or endorsed by it; the name is used only to identify the plugin you are migrating from.