Find Posts Using Attachment
by Sergey Biryukov · Media
Also makes 29 other plugins · 312.3K+ installs across the portfolio →
Allows to find all posts where a particular attachment is used.
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Health
D 47/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
900+
≈980 estimated
Momentum
—
no download trend yet
Biggest opportunity: “attachment”, “image” and “media” 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.
47 health vs 62 average across 3,278 Media plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →6.7%
of downloads still active
At least 900 of 13.5K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Media plugin keeps 0.8%, across 2,317 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
53/100Maintenance 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 5+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.8.19.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 1978 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.8.19; the current branch is 6.8
4.4★ over 27 reviews, smoothed to 4.21★
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
0 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
To rank higher: Last updated 1978 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| attachment your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| image your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| media your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| posts 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). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “attachment”, “image” and “media” 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 195 · 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
5.4y ago
latest release · v1.0 · 1 Jun 2021
1
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 “900+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 58 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 1K.
Install history since 28 Mar 2016
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Pieter Sand12mo ago
Despite not having been updated, this plugin works flawlessly for us. Makes it very easy to see where an image has been used and to replace a file.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ daviddelon1.5y ago
Excellent plugin, still working with WP 6.8.1. If your https website contains media with http prefix, they will not be detected as used, It’s better to fix this problem before running this plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ sjcsdwebmaster4.3y ago
This plugin is really invaluable! Something like it should be included in the WP core.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ darrylhadfield4.5y ago
This identified a number of images that were actually still being used – in one case, it even identified our corporate logo. This plugin needs some serious work.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ pedrohenriqueromio4.7y ago
great
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ liaris6.6y ago
Excellent plugin! Thanks Thanks Thanks
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ beckseden6.7y ago
What a great idea, I thought, This is exactly what I need to help me do some housekeeping an get rid of old images that are not being used. Luckily I noticed pretty quickly that it tells you an image in unused when it’s clearly attached to a post. What a shame.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Clayton Chase6.9y ago
Did exactly what I needed to and solved a big issue for me. Thanks!
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 7 languages, 7 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 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Allows to find all posts where a particular attachment is used."
- ! 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 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 386 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 4 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-09-03 1K+ → 900+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2026-08-30 900+ → 1K+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-08-28 1K+ → 900+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2026-08-23 900+ → 1K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-08-22 1K+ → 900+ down after 1329 days in tier
- 2023-01-01 2K+ → 1K+ down after 20 days in tier
- 2022-12-12 1K+ → 2K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2022-12-11 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1 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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