Media Library Thumbnail Enhancer vs Fix Media Library

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

Fix Media Library is the safest pick: health D · 51 against 45 for Media Library Thumbnail Enhancer, led by stronger rating quality.

Media Library Thumbnail Enhancer

by Nick Ciske

Health D45

Fix Media Library

by wowpress.host

Health D51

Active-install trajectory

Media Library Thumbnail Enhancer moved down one install band, 50+ to 40+; Fix Media Library moved down one install band, 2K+ to 1K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Media Library Thumbnail Enhancer	Fix Media Library
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	40–50	1K–2K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-20% ✓	2K+ → 1K+
Overall health	D · 45	D · 51 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	92/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★	4.7★ ✓
Reviews	1	32 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	32/100	46/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	High
Last updated	12.6y ago	7.9y ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	85	323 ✓
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.	+50%	+48%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.0%	2.6% ✓
Category	Media	Media

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

Release activity

Media Library Thumbnail EnhancerFix Media Library

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.