Physical Media Folders vs Enhanced Media Library

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

Enhanced Media Library is the only plugin here with enough reviews to score.

Physical Media Folders

by Vinod Ram

Health B79

Enhanced Media Library

by webbistro

Health C55

Active-install trajectory

Physical Media FoldersEnhanced Media Library

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	Physical Media Folders	Enhanced Media Library
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	40–50	60K–70K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	+300% ✓	-14%
Overall health	—	C · 55 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	97/100 ✓	20/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	83/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	4.3★ ✓
Reviews	0	298 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	88/100 ✓	64/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	Elevated
Last updated	4mo ago ✓	2.3y ago
Downloads, last 30d	176	4.9K ✓
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.	+20%	+49%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	2.5% ✓	2.3%
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.