Category Image Manager by DevDesignDazzle
by DevDesignDazzle · Uncategorized
Also makes 1 other plugin · — installs across the portfolio →
Category Image Manager by DevDesignDazzle is a lightweight WordPress plugin to add images to WordPress categories.
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Health
Not scored
no reviews to score from
Active installs
—
not reported yet
Momentum
+112%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “categories images”, “category image” and “category image manager” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Not scored yet. Nobody has reviewed this plugin, so a grade would come from directory averages rather than from anything measured here.
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 571 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.7.11; the current branch is 6.8
No reviews yet, so wp.org scores it as a middling unrated listing
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 571 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| categories images your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| category image your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| category image manager your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| category thumbnails your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| taxonomy image your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “categories images”, “category image” and “category image manager” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 10 Apr 2025 · 571 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 51 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #50,200 to #69,500, alongside the other plugins with fewer than 10 installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Estimated active installs
wp.org publishes an install count once a plugin has enough of them. This one has none yet.
wp.org reports no install count for this plugin yet.
Install history since 15 Sep 2026
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.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
6 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Category Image Manager by DevDesignDazzle is a lightweight WordPress plugin to add images to WordPress cate..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 4 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 4 of 4 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("perfect for", "use this").
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 3 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,269 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("Categories Images", "category thumbnails", "taxonomy image" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier crossings observed yet.
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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Categories Images 50K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags A - T TCL Categories Image 10+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D
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Advanced Category and Custom Taxonomy Image 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
Custom Category Image 300+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
RDV Category Image 300+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A -
Tiwari Taxo Images — installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B
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