Change Media Parent
by pantsonhead · Media
Allows editors to change the parent post of an attachment after it has been set.
45 health vs 65 average across 932 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 4.2.39, 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 4002 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
55
now · peak 160
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 “50+”. 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
- 2024-11-15 60+ → 50+ down after 605 days in band
- 2023-03-21 70+ → 60+ down after 13 days in band
- 2023-03-08 60+ → 70+ up after 7 days in band
- 2023-03-01 70+ → 60+ down after 50 days in band
- 2023-01-10 60+ → 70+ up after 11 days in band
- 2022-12-30 70+ → 60+ down after 37 days in band
- 2022-11-23 60+ → 70+ up after 31 days in band
- 2022-10-23 70+ → 60+ down 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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LH Add Media From Url 2K+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags C -
Delete Post with Attachments 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B -
WP Media Categories 800+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags B -
Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress! 90K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
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