Upload Url and Path Enabler vs WP Original Media Path

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

WP Original Media Path is the safest pick: health A · 90 against 46 for Upload Url and Path Enabler, led by lower removal risk.

Upload Url and Path Enabler

by Grégory Viguier

Health D46

WP Original Media Path

by RVOLA

Health A90

Active-install trajectory

Upload Url and Path Enabler moved down one install band, 2K+ to 1K+; WP Original Media Path moved down one install band, 6K+ to 5K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Upload Url and Path Enabler	WP Original Media Path
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	1K–2K	5K–6K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-50%	6K+ → 5K+ ✓
Overall health	D · 46	A · 90 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	78/100	92/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.1★	4.7★ ✓
Reviews	12	38 ✓
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	10.6y ago	3mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	422	1.2K ✓
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.	+38%	+3%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	2.3%	3.4% ✓
Category	Media	Media

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

Release activity

Upload Url and Path EnablerWP Original Media Path

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.