Adds a very simple link button near the caption field of the media uploader.
46 health vs 59 average across 2,205 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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34, 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 3982 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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Since 2022-10-05 · 1,427 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
69
now · peak 158
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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.
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 “50+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-11-01 · 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
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ weissmike10.9y ago
The plugin author is handsome and can read good.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ biba10211.1y ago
easy to use & helpful. thanks!!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ deprims11.3y ago
this is so usefull, efficient, to put credit link direct to the caption text, but need additonal minor option to let the link open in new tab 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Evan Scheingross11.6y ago
This little plugin is exactly what I was looking for to make adding hyperlinks in image captions easy for my client! Thus far it’s been working flawlessly. A couple of ideas to make it even better: 1.) Can this plugin use the native WP “Add Link” popup window that allows users to either paste in a hyperlink or choose from existing pages/posts? It would be great to have that kind of consistency with the hyperlink interface. 2.) If #1 isn’t possible, can we at least get an option to “open link in new window”? Again, thanks for your hard work on this awesome plugin!
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-08-09 40+ → 50+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2025-08-03 50+ → 40+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2025-07-30 40+ → 50+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-07-29 50+ → 40+ down after 19 days in tier
- 2025-07-10 40+ → 50+ up after 11 days in tier
- 2025-06-29 50+ → 40+ down after 211 days in tier
- 2024-11-30 60+ → 50+ down after 323 days in tier
- 2024-01-12 70+ → 60+ down after 50 days in tier
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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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 -
Iptanus File Upload 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A - D Disable Real MIME Check 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags D
- F Filenames to latin 9K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/caption-links" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Caption Linker — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Caption Linker: 50+ active installs, 4.8★ (4 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/caption-links