Force jpeg quality
by Joan Boluda · Uncategorized
WordPress uses a default quality of 90% for images served on the website, to conserve space and bandwidth. This plugin forces it to be 100%.
45 health vs 57 average across 9,310 Uncategorized plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance 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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34, well behind 6.8.
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
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 3857 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 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
51
now · peak 163
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
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “60+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,382 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-29 70+ → 60+ down after 170 days in band
- 2026-01-10 80+ → 70+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-01-09 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-01-08 80+ → 70+ down after 19 days in band
- 2025-12-20 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-12-19 80+ → 70+ down after 3 days in band
- 2025-12-16 70+ → 80+ up after 54 days in band
- 2025-10-23 80+ → 70+ down after 12 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Imsanity 200K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A -
Responsive Lightbox & Gallery 100K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A -
Modern Image Formats 100K+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag B -
Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin – FooBox 100K+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag B
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