Delete Thumbnails
by David Sword · Media
Find and delete thumbnails & resized images from your Media Library
44 health vs 66 average across 850 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 4.8.28, 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 3298 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
33
now · peak 163
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 “100+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,375 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-16 200+ → 100+ down after 92 days in band
- 2026-03-16 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-03-15 200+ → 100+ down after 32 days in band
- 2026-02-11 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-02-10 200+ → 100+ down after 8 days in band
- 2026-02-02 100+ → 200+ up after 3 days in band
- 2026-01-30 200+ → 100+ down after 973 days in band
- 2023-06-02 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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iOS images fixer 6K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags C -
Polaroid Gallery 1K+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags D -
Media Sweep – WordPress Media Cleaner 1K+ installs · 3.8★ · 3 shared tags B -
Media Library Assistant 70K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Clean Image Filenames 30K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B
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