Archivarix External Images Importer
by Archivarix Support · Content & Feeds
Also makes 1 other plugin · 1.2K+ installs across the portfolio →
Import external images in posts and pages from external sources or Web Archive if original sources are not available anymore.
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Health
B 83/100
Few reviews
Active installs
1K+
≈1.5K estimated
Momentum
-13%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: Swap “archive” for “importer”. “archive” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “importer” sits at #18 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
83 health vs 64 average across 1,202 Content & Feeds plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.1%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 31.8K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Content & Feeds plugin keeps 0.8%, across 867 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Content & Feeds plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 5 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 162 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8; the current branch is 7.1
5.0★ over 9 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.2★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
43
Momentum
Holding steady
0.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
32%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.1
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| external images | #2 | #6 | 0 |
| wayback your tag | #4 | #4 | 0 |
| external | #7 | #11 | up 1 |
| archive importer | #3 | #5 | 0 |
| web archive | #12 | #23 | up 1 |
| importer | #18 | #14 | down 2 |
| external posts | #8 | #17 | down 1 |
| external page | #12 | #17 | down 1 |
| post importer | #18 | #14 | 0 |
| page importer | #18 | #12 | up 1 |
| wordpress importer | #22 | #16 | down 3 |
| archive your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| images your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| import your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| media your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
47 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 11 listed. 36 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “archive” for “importer”. “archive” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “importer” sits at #18 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,491 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.6K · peaks are release surges
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
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
5
releases in the last 12 months
5mo ago
latest release · v2.1.0 · 25 May 2026
10
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 33% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 7 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 13 Aug 2020
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Kyle Charlton4.5y ago
Works great! I imported several posts into a site running WordPress 5.9.3 with Gutenberg and the Archivarix External Images Importer plugin imported the external images without any issues. I’ve tested a few other image importer plugins but none of them had the ability to scan a site and import from existing content like this one does.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ 邱榮彥5.2y ago
This is the best WP image capture plugin I have ever used! But I hope to add a feature to automatically check whether there is an external image every time an article is updated, and if there is one, it will automatically grab and replace it! Thank you!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Anonymous5.4y ago
I created a site and bulk scraped articles with images from other sites. But my scraper could only scrape the page html, not import the image itself into wordpress. So I used this plugin. The scraping software scraped the post and image in HTML format from the other sites and created new posts on my site. Then this plugin downloaded the image so it is hosted on my actual site and CDN, and renamed it according to my parameters. Perfect!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ kkzm5.5y ago
Worked perfect, thank you!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ dean345.8y ago
this plugin is crap, 100% scam i don’t recommend this for anybody
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ kalamun6.2y ago
I configured the plugin in just 30 seconds and run the batch processing of all my posts: it did the job as expected with no hassle and a clear interface, no ads… lovely
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ WPpress6.4y ago
It works. Saved my time. Thanks.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ lbm16.9y ago
Works as intended
Read on wp.org ↗
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 2 languages, 0 at 90% or more
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
5 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Import external images in posts and pages from external sources or Web Archive if original sources are not..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 7 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 7 of 7 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 3 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,410 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "media" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-04-12 2K+ → 1K+ down after 249 days in tier
- 2025-08-06 1K+ → 2K+ up after 293 days in tier
- 2024-10-17 2K+ → 1K+ down after 744 days in tier
- 2022-10-04 1K+ → 2K+ up after 516 days in tier
- 2021-05-06 700+ → 1K+ up
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Media Cleaner: Delete Unused Images & Clean Your Media Library 90K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Media Library Assistant 70K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A - A Add From Server 60K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags C
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Media Sync 50K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Clean Image Filenames 30K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B -
Disable Media Sizes 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
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