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Custom Category Image

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Are you looking for uploading image to a category ? Yes, Custom Category Image plugin exactly does that.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews

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45 Health · D

Maintenance 3/100

Rating quality 76/100

Support 70/100

45 health vs 68 average across 3,165 Uncategorized plugins

400+

Active installs

≈490 estimated

4.6K

Total downloads

since 2017

4.06★

Rating (adjusted)

5.0★ raw · 2 reviews

-34%

Downloads · 30d

trailing 30 days

Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-34% vs prior 30d

Oct 22

Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

now · peak 96

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

Custom Category Imag · #10052 Categories Images · #739 Advanced Category an · #6255

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 “400+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate

400–500 ≈490

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,378 observations

Ratings · 2 reviews

Details

Version: 1.2.0
Last updated: 5.0y ago
Added: 2017-07-25 · 8 yrs on WP
Requires WP: 4.4
Tested up to: 5.8.0
Requires PHP: —

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Growth timeline

Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow

2024-11-22 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in band
2024-11-21 400+ → 500+ up after 4 days in band
2024-11-17 500+ → 400+ down after 285 days in band
2024-02-06 600+ → 500+ down after 289 days in band
2023-04-23 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in band
2023-04-22 600+ → 700+ up after 9 days in band
2023-04-13 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in band
2023-04-12 600+ → 700+ up after 130 days in band

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Custom Category Image: 400+ active installs, 5.0★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-16. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/custom-category-image