Free Assets Library – Openverse/Pixabay 600+ Million Images
by surror · Media
Also makes 6 other plugins · 4.1K+ installs across the portfolio →
Free Assets Library is the #1 WordPress plugin which provides 600 Million FREE Images with 90,000+ downloads 🚀
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Health
B 81/100
no flags
Active installs
4K+
≈4.5K estimated
Momentum
+11%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “media library” for “assets”. “media library” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “assets” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
81 health vs 62 average across 3,278 Media plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.3%
of downloads still active
At least 4K of 121.2K 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.
This plugin shipped 1 release in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 157 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, the current branch or newer
4.4★ over 11 reviews, smoothed to 4.15★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
41
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
+0.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
22%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
+0.1
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| royalty free your tag | #2 | #3 | 0 |
| openverse your tag | #2 | #3 | 0 |
| pixabay your tag | #2 | #3 | 0 |
| free images | #2 | #7 | 0 |
| assets | #5 | #15 | 0 |
| stock images your tag | #7 | #13 | 0 |
| free downloads | #10 | #20 | up 1 |
| missing images | #19 | #21 | up 2 |
| media library your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
33 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 8 listed. 25 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “media library” for “assets”. “media library” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “assets” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 9.5K · 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
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
5mo ago
latest release · v2.3.0 · 27 May 2026
23
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 52% 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 “4K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 10 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 1 Oct 2018
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ bigcheesez2.4y ago
thank you kindly!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ silentwisher4.2y ago
Sadly the latest update creates a dashboard message that you can’t get rid of regarding usage data submission.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Frank Spade5.5y ago
Finding royalty free pictures can’t be easier than this way. Highly recommended.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ wasanajones5.8y ago
nice
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ aviket5.8y ago
Works excellently and smoothly
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ john4jcgm5.9y ago
Such a perfect, well thought(how do i say this, the lightbox work you did), fast and simplest plugin 🙂 just a suggestion: I wish there be one like this for unsplash too (or can be incorporated to this) & yes option for size too.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Anonymous6.2y ago
What a great plugin and I don’t see any others like it. Since I use this with students in school I asked developer to add the SafeSearch option to the latest release and he did it! Now my students can safely search for images on PixaBay for the featured images I require of them on their posts. Wow!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ shadra6.3y ago
This plugin breaks the divi builder. It took hours of testing to determine this plugin was the culprit, but as soon as I deactivated it, I could once again use the divi builder to build pages on my website.
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 2.3.0 Fix: Openverse images now load again — restored after the previous upstream API host was retired. New: Image searches now route through the central Free Assets Library API at https://images.surror.com. Popular queries se 2.3.0
- — Version 2.2.1 Improvement: Updated compatibility for WordPress 6.3 2.2.1
- — Version 2.2.0 New: Added the license and use by filters for the Openverse. New: Added the safe search, orientation, category, and color filters for the Pixabay. Improvement: Added the attribute support for all the Openverse licenses w 2.2.0
- — Version 2.1.3 Improvement: Updated compatibility for WordPress 6.2.2 2.1.3
- — Version 2.1.2 Improvement: Display the welcome message on the image search screen. Improvement: Avoided the default search result for the WordPress images. Fix: Weekly cron schedule repetitively scheduled. 2.1.2
- — Version 2.1.1 Fix: Added the missing files from the build. 2.1.1
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0
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
3 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 Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you have"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 5 headings and 6 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,725 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "royalty free", "stock images" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-01-08 5K+ → 4K+ down after 287 days in tier
- 2025-03-27 6K+ → 5K+ down after 179 days in tier
- 2024-09-29 7K+ → 6K+ down after 341 days in tier
- 2023-10-24 8K+ → 7K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-10-23 7K+ → 8K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-10-22 8K+ → 7K+ down after 359 days in tier
- 2022-10-28 9K+ → 8K+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2022-10-26 8K+ → 9K+ up after 2 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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FLS Stock Photo Importer — installs · 3.6★ · 4 shared tags -
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Image Hub – Free Images from Unsplash, Pixabay, Pexels, Openverse & Giphy 10K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Stock Photos, Videos & Icons – ATTN Stock Hub — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Media Cleaner: Delete Unused Images & Clean Your Media Library 90K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Folders – Unlimited Folders to Organize Media Library Folder, Pages, Posts, File Manager 90K+ installs · 5.0★ · 1 shared tag A
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