Auto Rename Media On Upload
by Jeff Sherk · Media
Also makes 6 other plugins · 520+ installs across the portfolio →
Automatically renames any media files you upload by adding a prefix to the beginning of the filename based on the filetype.
52 health vs 59 average across 2,205 Media plugins
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
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.
Room to improve
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 793 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 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
88
now · peak 207
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
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
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
2.2y ago
latest release · v1.1.0
7
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% 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 “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,385 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Known vulnerabilities
via Wordfence Intelligence1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.
- Medium · 4.4 Auto Rename Media On Upload <= 1.0.5 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2023-03-14 CVE-2023-0605 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.0.5 Patched in 1.1.0
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.1.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 1 at 90% or more
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2023-03-01 90+ → 100+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2023-02-27 100+ → 90+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-02-26 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-02-25 100+ → 90+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2023-02-22 90+ → 100+ up after 37 days in tier
- 2023-01-16 80+ → 90+ up after 90 days in tier
- 2022-10-18 70+ → 80+ 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).
- M MD5 Media Renamer 400+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D
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Phoenix Media Rename 50K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Media File Renamer: Rename for better SEO (AI-Powered) 40K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Clean Image Filenames 30K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B -
Auto Upload Images 20K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D - D Disable Real MIME Check 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags D
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