Correct Audio/Video Uploads
by Sergey Biryukov · Media
Restores the ability to upload audio & video files in recent minor WordPress updates.
41 health vs 62 average across 1,137 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 9+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.33, 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 3393 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
31
now · peak 75
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 “40+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
At the current install trend, crossing 50+ in roughly 1722 days.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,378 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-07-10 30+ → 40+ up after 222 days in band
- 2025-11-30 20+ → 30+ up after 6 days in band
- 2025-11-24 30+ → 20+ down after 7 days in band
- 2025-11-17 20+ → 30+ up after 3 days in band
- 2025-11-14 30+ → 20+ down after 211 days in band
- 2025-04-17 20+ → 30+ up after 4 days in band
- 2025-04-13 30+ → 20+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-04-12 20+ → 30+ up after 448 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- D Disable Real MIME Check 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags D
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Safe SVG 1M+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Presto Player 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
File Upload Types by WPForms 40K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
Clean Image Filenames 30K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B -
Compact WP Audio Player 20K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B
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