Download External Images In Posts
by Alexandru Vornicescu · Uncategorized
Also makes 8 other plugins · 4.3K+ installs across the portfolio →
This plugin will download external images in your posts to your "wp-content/uploads" folder.
46 health vs 56 average across 16,379 Uncategorized 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 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.35, 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 3181 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 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
85
now · peak 147
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
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.
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2019-07-19 · 1,384 observations
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
Est. acquisition value
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.
Details
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 9 reviews to 2024-02-25Reviewers say it still does the job years on, pulling external images into the media library and saving them time, with one dissenting report of repeated re-downloads on every page view slowing things down.
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ danielepais2.5y ago
Despite being an old plugin still work flawlessly and if you happen to generate pages for XML / CSV feeds import this plugin is great to extract those external images and saving into your local wp-uploads so that you are not using somebody else’s images/bandwidth.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ameen.akbar7.9y ago
I have checked many plugin like this, but this is the Best. I can import all external attachment with one click.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Sazzad Hossain Sharkar8.4y ago
This is the worst concept I have ever seen. This plugin should be reported. I don’t know what is the main concept of the plugin is. If you enable this plugin and start working with it, it downloads 1 content 100th of times or every time when someone visits the post. Even it consumes storage because everytime someone visits, first the plugin downloads and files to internally and then serve. Within the middle of the time, visitors need to wait for the download and serve the content. Therefore, SORRY TO SAY BUT, THIS IS A FLOP PROJECT.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ kukungkung8.5y ago
Greate plugin, save a lot of time for me
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ hldvuong8.7y ago
I test in WordPress 4.8.2 I hope it will work good in 4.9.x This topic was modified 8 years, 6 months ago by hldvuong.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ cherryaustin9.1y ago
Sorry, I reviewed the wrong product. This works OK but I preferred another plugin. This topic was modified 8 years, 12 months ago by cherryaustin. This topic was modified 8 years, 12 months ago by cherryaustin.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ dagnarus9.2y ago
I love to see people doing some right stuff!:) Thanks for your plugin! 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ eldb9.6y ago
It works.
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Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-02-18 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-02-17 100+ → 200+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-02-15 200+ → 100+ down after 1128 days in tier
- 2023-01-14 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-01-13 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-01-12 300+ → 200+ down
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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- W WP Image Borders 2K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags D
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Simple Image Sizes 60K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Image Watermark 40K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags B -
Auto Upload Images 20K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
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