CaptionPix
by Russell Jamieson · Uncategorized
A WordPress image captioning plugin which makes it easy to align a framed and captioned image to the left, right or center of the page.
45 health vs 56 average across 10,868 Uncategorized plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.4.19.
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 2273 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
46
now · peak 94
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 “100+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,382 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-06-04 200+ → 100+ down after 2 days in band
- 2025-06-02 100+ → 200+ up after 13 days in band
- 2025-05-20 200+ → 100+ down after 3 days in band
- 2025-05-17 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-05-16 200+ → 100+ down after 656 days in band
- 2023-07-30 300+ → 200+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Media Library Helper — Bulk edit image ALT, caption & description 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag B - T TGG – WP Optimizer 700+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag B
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ImageComply – Alt Text Generator 200+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag D - B Better Media Library Fields 80+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag D
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Classic Image Hovers for Elementor 20+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag B
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