WP Media Categories vs Media Library Categories

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

WP Media Categories

by John James Jacoby

Health B82

Media Library Categories

by jeffrey-wp

Health A86

Active-install trajectory

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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	WP Media Categories	Media Library Categories
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	800–900	20K–30K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-11%	0% ✓
Overall health	B · 82	A · 86 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	92/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	79/100	80/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.15★	4.17★ ✓
Reviews	7	52 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	61/100	97/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	5mo ago	7d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	264	2.8K ✓
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.