Disable Generate Thumbnails vs Disable Media Pages

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

Disable Generate Thumbnails

by Katsushi Kawamori

Health A89

Disable Media Pages

by joppuyo

Health B73

Active-install trajectory

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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	Disable Generate Thumbnails	Disable Media Pages
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	6K–7K	10K–20K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	A · 89 ✓	B · 73
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	59/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	89/100	90/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.51★	4.54★ ✓
Reviews	15	17 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	90/100 ✓	84/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	13d ago ✓	1.1y ago
Downloads · 30d	754	1.1K ✓
Category	Media	Media

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

Release activity

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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.