Export Media Library
by Andrej Pavlovic · Media
Allows users to export media library files as a compressed zip archive. Links Website Support
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Health
D 52/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
30K+
≈39K estimated
Momentum
+39%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “download”, “download media library” and “export” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
52 health vs 62 average across 3,281 Media plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →6.0%
of downloads still active
At least 30K of 499.8K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Media plugin keeps 0.8%, across 2,319 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Media plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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.
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 1305 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.2.15; the current branch is 6.8
4.9★ over 48 reviews, smoothed to 4.49★
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1305 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| download your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| download media library your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| export your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| export media library your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| media library your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “download”, “download media library” and “export” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 22K · peaks are release surges
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
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
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
3.6y ago
latest release · v4.0.2 · 5 Apr 2023
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.
Crossed into this band 5 months ago and the previous band took 4.4 years to cross, so the real count is still just under 40K.
Install history since 24 Nov 2020
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
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
2 of 8 pass · checked 25 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Allows users to export media library files as a compressed zip archive. Links Website Support"
- ! 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 Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 93 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "download", "download media library" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-08 40K+ → 30K+ down after 1596 days in tier
- 2022-01-24 30K+ → 40K+ up after 335 days in tier
- 2021-02-23 20K+ → 30K+ up after 116 days in tier
- 2020-10-30 10K+ → 20K+ 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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Media Library File Download 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B - G GL Import External Images 700+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags C
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Instant Images – One-click Image Uploads from Unsplash, Openverse, Pixabay, Pexels, and Giphy 100K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Customizer Export/Import 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Advanced Order Export For WooCommerce 100K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A
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