Dreamstime Stock Photos
by dreamstime · Uncategorized
Stock Photos by Dreamstime: Easily search and insert images into your posts and pages from Dreamstime's vast database of Free and Royalty-Free st …
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Health
B 84/100
no flags
Active installs
200+
≈250 estimated
Momentum
+10%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: Swap “free images”, “stock images” and “free photos” for “royalty free”, “photos” and “stock”. “free images” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “royalty free” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “stock images” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #14. “photos” sits at #18 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “free photos” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #13. “stock” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.6%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 35.5K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,786 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 1 release in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Well tuned across the board
Updated 146 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8; the current branch is 7.1
4.1★ over 18 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.1★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
38
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
19%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
-0.2
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| stock photos your tag | #1 | #2 | up 1 |
| stock photography your tag | #2 | #4 | 0 |
| royalty free | #6 | #6 | up 1 |
| free photos your tag | #13 | #21 | up 1 |
| stock images your tag | #14 | #19 | 0 |
| photos | #18 | #22 | 0 |
| royalty free images | #7 | #7 | — |
| stock | #24 | #18 | down 1 |
| free images your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
19 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 8 listed. 11 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “free images”, “stock images” and “free photos” for “royalty free”, “photos” and “stock”. “free images” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “royalty free” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “stock images” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #14. “photos” sits at #18 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “free photos” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #13. “stock” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “free photos”. #13 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- One page off on “stock images”. #14 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 537 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
5mo ago
latest release · v5.0 · 10 Jun 2026
28
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 55% 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 “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 17 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 10 Mar 2015
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceThe 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (5.0). Sites still on an older version should update.
- 2025-02-02 CVE-2025-25090 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 4.1 Patched in 4.2
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
3 of 8 pass · checked 3 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Stock Photos by Dreamstime: Easily search and insert images into your posts and pages from Dreamstime's vas..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Gutenberg, Block editor, REST API.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,441 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("free photos", "stock images", "stock photography" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-06-18 300+ → 200+ down after 294 days in tier
- 2024-08-28 400+ → 300+ down after 487 days in tier
- 2023-04-29 500+ → 400+ down after 268 days in tier
- 2022-08-04 600+ → 500+ down after 258 days in tier
- 2021-11-19 700+ → 600+ down after 215 days in tier
- 2021-04-18 900+ → 700+ down after 293 days in tier
- 2020-06-29 1K+ → 900+ down after 1189 days in tier
- 2017-03-28 800+ → 1K+ up after 448 days in tier
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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Instant Images – One-click Image Uploads from Unsplash, Openverse, Pixabay, Pexels, and Giphy 100K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
EB Openverse Block 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags - M Microstock Powersearch Plugin 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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Stock Photos, Videos & Icons – ATTN Stock Hub — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
GoalPrevail Stock Image Importer — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Shilpi Image Kit — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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