Add Watermarks
by Michael Zangl · Media
Adds watermarks to selected images without changing the original image.
40 health vs 70 average across 672 Media plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.29, well behind 6.8.
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 2821 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
53
now · peak 964
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “40+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,378 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-03-25 50+ → 40+ down after 39 days in band
- 2025-02-14 40+ → 50+ up after 59 days in band
- 2024-12-17 50+ → 40+ down after 17 days in band
- 2024-11-30 60+ → 50+ down after 301 days in band
- 2024-02-03 70+ → 60+ down after 8 days in band
- 2024-01-26 60+ → 70+ up after 2 days in band
- 2024-01-24 70+ → 60+ down after 2 days in band
- 2024-01-22 60+ → 70+ up after 43 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Safe SVG 1M+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
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Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress! 90K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Media Library Assistant 70K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
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