Avif Express
by Pijush Gupta · Performance
Autogenerate avif image on image upload and serve autogenerated Avif images instead of jpeg/png to browsers that supports Avif.
Daily downloads
Since 2023-01-21 · 1,272 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Trailing 30-day total · the growth curve wp.org stopped showing
Directory rank
Popularity rank over time · lower is better
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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 “400+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2023-01-20 · 1,269 observations
Details
- Version
- 2025.08.29
- Last updated
- 9mo ago
- Added
- 2023-01-17
- Requires WP
- 6.0
- Tested up to
- 6.8.5
- Requires PHP
- 7.3
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-01-22 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-01-21 400+ → 500+ up after 2 days in band
- 2026-01-19 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-01-18 400+ → 500+ up after 4 days in band
- 2026-01-14 500+ → 400+ down after 3 days in band
- 2026-01-11 400+ → 500+ up after 12 days in band
- 2025-12-30 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-12-29 400+ → 500+ up after 1 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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