CropRefine
by ERA404 · Media
Giving you greater control over how each of your media item sizes are cropped.
47 health vs 59 average across 1,680 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 5+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.21, 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 1859 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
83
now · peak 181
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 “90+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-04-20 100+ → 90+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-04-18 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-17 100+ → 90+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2026-04-13 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-12 100+ → 90+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2026-04-08 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-07 100+ → 90+ down after 997 days in tier
- 2023-07-15 200+ → 100+ down after 2 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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WEN Featured Image 3K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags B - T Thumbnail Crop Position 2K+ installs · 3.8★ · 3 shared tags D
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Imsanity 200K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
Default Featured Image 60K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Phoenix Media Rename 50K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Easy Watermark 30K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags C
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