External files in Media Library vs Media Cleaner: Delete Unused Images & Clean Your M

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

External files in Media Library and Media Cleaner: Delete Unused Images & Clean Your M are close on health (A · 90 vs A · 89). External files in Media Library has the stronger support.

External files in Media Library

by threadi

Health A90

Media Cleaner: Delete Unused Images & Clean Your M

by Jordy Meow

Health A89

Active-install trajectory

External files in Media Library moved up one install band, 400+ to 500+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	External files in Media Library	Media Cleaner: Delete Unused Images & Clean Your M
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	500–600	90K–100K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	+25% ✓	Stable
Overall health	A · 90 ✓	A · 89
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	80/100	91/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	89/100 ✓	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.2★	4.6★ ✓
Reviews	4	779 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	87/100	98/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	13d ago	3d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	2.2K	222.7K ✓
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.	+159%	+40%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	2.9% ✓	1.7%
Category	Media	Media

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

Release activity

External files in Media LibraryMedia 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.