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Archivarix External Images Importer vs Media Cleaner: Delete Unused Images & Clean Your M

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

Media Cleaner: Delete Unused Images & Clean Your M is the safest pick: health A · 89 against 83 for Archivarix External Images Importer, led by stronger maintenance.

Active-install trajectory

No change to chart. WordPress.org reports active installs in coarse bands, so neither plugin crossed a band during this window. The download trend below moves daily and is the better read over a period this short.

Metric	Archivarix External Images Importer	Media Cleaner: Delete Unused Images & Clean Your M
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	1K–2K	90K–100K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable	Stable
Overall health	B · 83	A · 89 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	90/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	85/100	91/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.4★	4.6★ ✓
Reviews	9	779 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	91/100	98/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	6mo ago	4d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	740	221.1K ✓
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.	-15%	+37%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	3.1% ✓	1.7%
Category	Content & Feeds	Media

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

Release activity

Archivarix External Images ImporterMedia Cleaner: Delete Unused Images & Clean Your M

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.