Easy File Upload & Approval – A Simple File Submission & Review System
by Glen Don Mongaya · Uncategorized
Also makes 3 other plugins · 65.1K+ installs across the portfolio →
Easily manage drag & drop file uploads with review and approval. Perfect for job forms, contests, print shops, and teachers.
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Health
B 83/100
Few reviews
Active installs
70+
≈70 estimated
Momentum
+90%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “drag and drop”, “file management” and “file upload” for “content approval”, “submission review” and “teachers”. “drag and drop” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “content approval” sits at #11 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “file management” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “submission review” sits at #17 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “file upload” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “teachers” sits at #21 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
83 health vs 58 average across 25,739 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.9%
of downloads still active
At least 70 of 1.8K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,772 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 3 releases 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
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 19 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →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.
48
Momentum
Holding steady
+0.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
42%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
+0.5
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| approval your tag | #11 | #24 | down 2 |
| file approval | #4 | #21 | 0 |
| submission review | #17 | #24 | up 1 |
| content approval | #11 | #23 | 0 |
| teachers | #21 | #23 | 0 |
| page approval | #10 | #23 | up 1 |
| max upload file size | #22 | #24 | up 2 |
| teacher | #22 | #23 | down 1 |
| submission id | #21 | #24 | up 3 |
| large file upload | #22 | #24 | up 1 |
| drag and drop your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| file management your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| file upload your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| upload your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
24 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 10 listed. 14 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “drag and drop”, “file management” and “file upload” for “content approval”, “submission review” and “teachers”. “drag and drop” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “content approval” sits at #11 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “file management” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “submission review” sits at #17 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “file upload” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “teachers” sits at #21 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 “approval”. #11 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 17 Dec 2025 · 320 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 491 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #18,200 to #19,000, alongside the other plugins at 70+ 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 21 Oct 2026.
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
3
releases in the last 12 months
19d ago
latest release · v1.0.2 · 13 Oct 2026
3
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
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 “70+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 4 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 70.
At the current install trend, crossing 80+ in roughly 58 days.
Install history since 16 Dec 2025
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ wvanderhoop7mo ago
Simple, yet great file upload plugin. It does what it needs to do. I wish I could edit the look of the ‘Upload’ button (radius, background color, font color). I’d also love to see a ‘Download file’ button under ‘Actions’ where all the files can be reviewed.
Read on wp.org ↗
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.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
7 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Easily manage drag & drop file uploads with review and approval. Perfect for job forms, contests, print sho..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 11 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 11 of 11 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("designed for"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Gutenberg, WPML, Polylang.
- ✓ Headings and lists 3 headings and 3 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 4,287 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "file management" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-28 60+ → 70+ up after 17 days in tier
- 2026-10-11 50+ → 60+ up after 63 days in tier
- 2026-08-09 40+ → 50+ up after 30 days in tier
- 2026-07-10 50+ → 40+ down after 15 days in tier
- 2026-06-25 40+ → 50+ up after 37 days in tier
- 2026-05-19 30+ → 40+ up after 31 days in tier
- 2026-04-18 20+ → 30+ up after 43 days in tier
- 2026-03-06 10+ → 20+ up
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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Drag and Drop Multiple File Upload for Contact Form 7 60K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
File Upload Types by WPForms 40K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
Drag and Drop Multiple File Upload for WooCommerce 5K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Shared Files – File Upload & Download Manager 4K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
Drag and Drop File Upload for Contact Form 7 80+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Enable Drag and Drop on Adding Plugin Upload 40+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B
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