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Files Addon for Event Espresso 4

by wordgeniee · Forms

Files add on plugin allows to create file upload type question which can be used in event registration form.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
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52 Health · D
Maintenance 19/100
Rating quality 78/100
Support 70/100

52 health vs 63 average across 1,678 Forms plugins

Removal-risk signals

28/100

Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.

  • Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.

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.

62 / 100

Room to improve

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 27/100
WP compatibility 77/100
Rating quality 54/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 855 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+75% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

63

now · peak 127

6330d downloads · Aug 26

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

Files Addon for Even · #21744 you Iptanus File Upload · #1856 Store file uploads f · #6191 MC4WP: Mailchimp for · #34

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.

1.6Kper 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How 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

2.3y ago

latest release · v1.2.1

12

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.2.1 · 2.3y ago1.2 · 4.1y ago1.0.9 · 6.4y ago1.0.8 · 7.8y ago1.0.7 · 8.7y ago1.0.6 · 9.3y ago1.0.5 · 9.5y ago1.0.0 · 9.8y ago1.0.4 · 9.8y ago1.0.3 · 10.0y ago1.0.2 · 10.0y ago1.0.1 · 10.2y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v1.2 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “40+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
40–50 ≈47

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2019-07-21 · 1,383 observations

40Installs · Aug 26

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

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

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

Version
1.2.1
Last updated
2.3y ago
Added
2016-07-04 · 10 yrs old
Requires WP
4.1
Tested up to
6.5.10
Requires PHP

Recent reviews

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  1. isabellamia34545
    9.5y ago

    nice to use

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  2. Michael Nelson
    9.8y ago

    I’m one of the Event Espresso core developers who primarily worked on the forms system. I’ve scanned over the code and it looks very similar to our ideal for what an addon would look like. Thanks! Is there a Github repo for this? That would be nice for collaboration IMO. FYI we’ve recently added a better way for enqueuing scripts and CSS with form inputs. You should basically put the contents of EE_SSA_FILE::ssa_enqueue_scripts() inside a new method EE_File_Display_Strategy::enqueue_js() (which overrides the parent’s enqueue_js() method). That way you’ll only enqueue js and css when the input will actually be displayed. Right now, you’ll be enqueueing the JS and CSS as soon as the input is created, regardless of whether it’s actually displayed during this request or not. This change may make it work not work with older versions of EE4, before the enqueue_js method on fields was called consistently. For that you might want to follow the model of our mock addon a little more closely, ie actually use EE_Register_Addon::register() to register your addon, register a module (eg name it something like EED_SSA_File_Input which sets up all the actions and filters your addon needs), and also set a minimum EE core version. This way, if someone tries to run your add-on with an older version of EE, they’ll get a notice saying it’s too old and then the actions/filters won’t be executed. But for the most part, this seems to work great.

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  3. sethshoultes
    10.1y ago

    Great work! Thanks for sharing this. Would be nice to have a link to download/open the image when viewing the registrants details (screenshot: http://www.screencast.com/t/ohSjb5T9). Maybe make the image clickable? By the way, I added this to our “Third-party Add-ons” page on our website: https://eventespresso.com/third-party-addons/

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.2

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2025-12-05 50+ → 40+ down after 1 days in tier
  2. 2025-12-04 40+ → 50+ up after 13 days in tier
  3. 2025-11-21 50+ → 40+ down after 1 days in tier
  4. 2025-11-20 40+ → 50+ up after 5 days in tier
  5. 2025-11-15 50+ → 40+ down after 1 days in tier
  6. 2025-11-14 40+ → 50+ up after 5 days in tier
  7. 2025-11-09 50+ → 40+ down after 1 days in tier
  8. 2025-11-08 40+ → 50+ up after 235 days in tier

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