PMR vs Media Library Categories

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

Media Library Categories is the safest pick: health A · 86 against 46 for PMR, led by lower removal risk.

PMR

by pmriley21

Health D46

Media Library Categories

by jeffrey-wp

Health A86

Active-install trajectory

PMRMedia Library Categories

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	PMR	Media Library Categories
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	20–30	20K–30K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-50%	Stable ✓
Overall health	D · 46	A · 86 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	78/100	80/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.1★	4.2★ ✓
Reviews	3	52 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	38/100	96/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	8.7y ago	3mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	34	3.2K ✓
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%	-5%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.8%	3.4% ✓
Category	Media	Media

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

Release activity

PMRMedia Library Categories

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.