Debug Media
by Joe McGill · Media
Adds media debugging information to the Debug Bar.
45 health vs 63 average across 1,037 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 4.7.0, 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 3508 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
48
now · peak 154
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 “20+”. 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-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-09-04 30+ → 20+ down after 21 days in band
- 2025-08-14 20+ → 30+ up after 29 days in band
- 2025-07-16 30+ → 20+ down after 331 days in band
- 2024-08-19 40+ → 30+ down after 10 days in band
- 2024-08-09 30+ → 40+ up after 14 days in band
- 2024-07-26 40+ → 30+ down after 13 days in band
- 2024-07-13 30+ → 40+ up after 88 days in band
- 2024-04-16 40+ → 30+ down after 18 days in band
Competes with
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