Export Media Library
by Andrej Pavlovic · Media
Allows users to export media library files as a compressed zip archive. Links Website Support
52 health vs 59 average across 2,206 Media plugins
Removal-risk signals
45/100Maintenance 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.
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.
Room to improve
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 1238 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 · 1,421 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
1.5K
now · peak 22.0K
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
3.4y ago
latest release · v4.0.2
9
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 90% 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 “30K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2019-12-10 · 1,436 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.
Details
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 4.0.2 Apply WordPress Coding Standards via PHP_CodeSniffer Ensure echo-ed values are escaped 4.0.2
- — Version 4.0.1 Tested against WordPress 6.2 4.0.1
- — Version 4.0.0 Bumped minimum PHP version to 7.4 4.0.0
- — Version 3.1.0 Bumped maennchen/ZipStream-PHP version to 2.1.0 Added FAQ 3.1.0
- — Version 3.0.1 adjust syntax to ensure plugin compatibility check can run on older php versions (eg. PHP 5.2) removed dependency on ext-mbstring by allowing mbstring polyfill to be used as fallback export zip filename now incorporates 3.0.1
- — Version 3.0.0 bumped minimum php version to 7.1 flush buffer after every write in order to avoid exceeding memory 3.0.0
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.2.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 8 languages, 8 at 90% or more
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-08 40K+ → 30K+ 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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