Cut down uploads size
by Maksym Marko · Performance
Also makes 11 other plugins · 1.1K+ installs across the portfolio →
The “Cut down uploads size” plugin allows you to optimize all the images from your “uploads” folder.
Removed from WordPress.org
wp.org closed this plugin on 2026-08-17 — at the author’s request. It's no longer installable or updated. If you're running it, plan a replacement: closures are often security-related and WordPress won't warn you.
Health
Not scored
no reviews to score from
Active installs
—
not reported yet
Momentum
+26%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “compress images”, “image optimization” and “optimize images” 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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 1164 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.3.10; the current branch is 6.8
No reviews yet, so wp.org scores it as a middling unrated listing
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1164 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| compress images your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| image optimization your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| optimize images your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| reduce image size your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “compress images”, “image optimization” and “optimize images” 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 5 Oct 2022 · 1,411 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 65 · 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.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
3.2y ago
latest release · v1.2 · 26 Aug 2023
3
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
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 4 Oct 2022
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
Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
Not checked yet. The readme could not be read from WordPress.org on this visit.
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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Smush – Image Optimization, Compression, Lazy Load, WebP & CDN 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A -
Imagify Image Optimization: Optimize Images | Compress & Convert to WebP/AVIF 900K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A -
Converter for Media – Optimize images | Convert WebP & AVIF 500K+ installs · 4.9★ · 3 shared tags A -
ShortPixel Image Optimizer – Optimize Images, Convert WebP & AVIF 300K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A -
Optimole – Optimize Images | Convert WebP & AVIF | CDN & Lazy Load | Image Optimization 200K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags A -
Robin Image Optimizer – Unlimited Image Optimization, WebP & AVIF 100K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags A
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