Better Media Library Fields vs Media Cleaner: Delete Unused Images & Clean Your M

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

Better Media Library Fields

by bradvin

Health D47

Media Cleaner: Delete Unused Images & Clean Your M

by Jordy Meow

Health A89

Active-install trajectory

Better Media Library FieldsMedia Cleaner: Delete Unused Images & Clean Your M

Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	Better Media Library Fields	Media Cleaner: Delete Unused Images & Clean Your M
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	70–80	90K–100K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-22%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 47	A · 89 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	82/100	91/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.3★	4.6★ ✓
Reviews	7	779 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	36/100	98/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	11.8y ago	2d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	75	225.9K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.6%	1.7% ✓
Category	Media	Media

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

Release activity

Better Media Library FieldsMedia 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.