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Default Media Uploader View

by leemon · Admin & Utilities

Also makes 2 other plugins · 700+ installs across the portfolio →

Sets "Uploaded to this post" instead of "All media items" as the default view in the media uploader.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned
How scoring works →
48 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 85/100
Support 70/100

48 health vs 54 average across 3,791 Admin & Utilities plugins

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.26, 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.

44 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 1/100
WP compatibility 15/100
Rating quality 69/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 2661 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,424 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+112% vs prior 30d
11Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

121

now · peak 132

12130d downloads · Aug 26

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

Default Media Upload · #8545 you Media Deduper · #2265 WEN Featured Image · #3805 Add From Server · #670

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.8Stars · Aug 26

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

202per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How 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

7.3y ago

latest release · v1.0.8

9

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.0.8 · 7.3y ago1.0.7 · 9.5y ago1.0.6 · 9.6y ago1.0.5 · 9.8y ago1.0.4 · 10.1y ago1.0.3 · 10.4y ago1.0.2 · 10.9y ago1.0.1 · 11.1y ago1.0 · 12.1y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “600+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
600–700 ≈650

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

At the current install trend, crossing 700+ in roughly 321 days.

Install history · since 2015-06-01 · 1,426 observations

600Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from. The recent download trend is too spiky to read.

Details

Version
1.0.8
Last updated
7.3y ago
Added
2014-07-19 · 12 yrs old
Requires WP
3.5
Tested up to
5.2.26
Requires PHP
5.3

Recent review vibe

read from the latest 12 reviews to 2024-02-25
Positive PraiseCompatibility

Reviewers say it fixes a real annoyance in the media uploader and saves them clicks, with one older note that it doesn't behave properly with ACF image fields.

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗
  1. emmontenegro
    2.5y ago

    Incredible plugin! It streamlined my tasks and saved heaps of time. Worth every penny – would happily pay $1 just to say thanks for the efficiency boost!

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  2. Orhan Colak
    6.0y ago

    The worst part of WordPress is that the media library cannot be organized. Hundreds or even thousands of pictures are all in one place and everything is chaotic. There are other plugins but it is necessary to organize all images manually. Thanks to this plugin, things get a little easier.

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  3. betagoo
    8.6y ago

    Work great with insert media into post and pages and woocommerce product images gallery. Not work correct with ACF. For example ACF image field type. Show only images attached to the post or product (woocommerce). Switch media type to show all images, not show all images.

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  4. Barry Ceelen
    9.5y ago

    Makes a small but super useful adjustment to the media uploader, thanks!

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  5. eliz82
    9.6y ago

    this should be default in wordpress

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  6. kudlav
    9.7y ago

    Works great!

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  7. tgiokdi
    10.6y ago

    Works exactly as expected, AAA delivery.

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  8. 2046
    11.7y ago

    I hate and all my clients too the default all media view.. This small plugin saves as thousand clicks!

    Read on wp.org ↗

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-05-30 500+ → 600+ up after 36 days in tier
  2. 2026-04-24 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier
  3. 2026-04-23 500+ → 600+ up after 20 days in tier
  4. 2026-04-03 600+ → 500+ down after 453 days in tier
  5. 2025-01-05 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in tier
  6. 2025-01-04 600+ → 700+ up after 1 days in tier
  7. 2025-01-03 700+ → 600+ down after 213 days in tier
  8. 2024-06-04 800+ → 700+ down after 1 days in tier

Competes with

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