Title: Safe SVG
Author: 10up
Published: ଜୁଲାଈ 3, 2015
Last modified: ଏପ୍ରିଲ 14, 2026
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# Safe SVG
By [10up](https://profiles.wordpress.org/10up/)
[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/safe-svg.2.4.0.zip)
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## Description
Safe SVG is the best way to Allow SVG Uploads in WordPress!
It gives you the ability to allow SVG uploads whilst making sure that they’re sanitized
to stop SVG/XML vulnerabilities affecting your site. It also gives you the ability
to preview your uploaded SVGs in the media library in all views.
#### Current Features
* **Sanitised SVGs** – Don’t open up security holes in your WordPress site by allowing
uploads of unsanitised files.
* **SVGO Optimisation** – Runs your SVGs through the SVGO tool on upload to save
you space. This feature is disabled by default but can be enabled by adding the
following code: `add_filter( 'safe_svg_optimizer_enabled', '__return_true' );`
* **View SVGs in the Media Library** – Gone are the days of guessing which SVG
is the correct one, we’ll enable SVG previews in the WordPress media library.
* **Choose Who Can Upload** – Restrict SVG uploads to certain users on your WordPress
site or allow anyone to upload.
Initially a proof of concept for [#24251](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/24251).
SVG Sanitization is done through the following library: [https://github.com/darylldoyle/svg-sanitizer](https://github.com/darylldoyle/svg-sanitizer).
SVG Optimization is done through the following library: [https://github.com/svg/svgo](https://github.com/svg/svgo).
## Blocks
This plugin provides 1 block.
* Safe SVG Display the SVG icon
## Installation
Install through the WordPress directory or download, unzip and upload the files
to your `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
## FAQ
### Can we change the allowed attributes and tags?
Yes, this can be done using the `svg_allowed_attributes` and `svg_allowed_tags`
filters.
They take one argument that must be returned. See below for examples:
```
add_filter( 'svg_allowed_attributes', function ( $attributes ) {
// Do what you want here...
// This should return an array so add your attributes to
// to the $attributes array before returning it. E.G.
$attributes[] = 'target'; // This would allow the target="" attribute.
return $attributes;
} );
add_filter( 'svg_allowed_tags', function ( $tags ) {
// Do what you want here...
// This should return an array so add your tags to
// to the $tags array before returning it. E.G.
$tags[] = 'use'; // This would allow the