Disable WebP
by URBAN BASE · Media
A small plugin to disable the new WebP standard in the settings.
42 health vs 60 average across 1,364 Media plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 6.1.10.
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 1351 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
25
now · peak 71
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 · 1,370 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-05 30+ → 20+ down after 28 days in band
- 2026-05-08 20+ → 30+ up after 14 days in band
- 2026-04-24 30+ → 20+ down after 75 days in band
- 2026-02-08 20+ → 30+ up after 25 days in band
- 2026-01-14 30+ → 20+ down after 809 days in band
- 2023-10-28 20+ → 30+ up after 69 days in band
- 2023-08-20 10+ → 20+ up after 5 days in band
- 2023-08-15 20+ → 10+ down after 17 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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Phoenix Media Rename 50K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Easy Watermark 30K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags C -
Enable SVG, WebP, and ICO Upload 10K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
Disable Media Pages 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags B
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