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AP Extended MIME Types vs Disable Real MIME Check

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

Disable Real MIME Check is the safest pick: health D · 51 against 47 for AP Extended MIME Types, led by stronger rating quality.

Active-install trajectory

AP Extended MIME Types moved down one install band, 300+ to 200+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	AP Extended MIME Types	Disable Real MIME Check
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	200–300	10K–20K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	300+ → 200+	Stable ✓
Overall health	D · 47	D · 51 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	81/100	92/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.2★	4.6★ ✓
Reviews	5	34 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	37/100	42/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	High
Last updated	14.6y ago	8.9y ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	146	844 ✓
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower.	+35%	+24%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.1%	6.2% ✓
Category	Media	Media

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

AP Extended MIME TypesDisable Real MIME Check

7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.