WP GIF Uploader – Animated GIF Upload and Thumbnails
by GrandPlugins · Uncategorized
Also makes 20 other plugins · 8.7K+ installs across the portfolio →
Upload animated GIFs and keep the animation in every thumbnail WordPress generates, instead of a still first frame.
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Health
B 83/100
Few reviews
Active installs
1K+
≈1.9K estimated
Momentum
0%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Rating quality scores 51/100. Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
83 health vs 58 average across 25,736 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →6.3%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 15.9K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,764 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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 53 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ 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.
39
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
18%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
+0.2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| wordpress gif your tag | #1 | #15 | 0 |
| gif upload your tag | #1 | #13 | 0 |
| gif your tag | #1 | #13 | 0 |
| animated gif your tag | #1 | #11 | 0 |
| gif animation your tag | #1 | #11 | 0 |
| animated gifs | #1 | #12 | 0 |
| gifs | #2 | #19 | down 1 |
| uploader | #3 | #20 | 0 |
| animated | #16 | #24 | down 3 |
| crop | #9 | #23 | down 1 |
| imagick | #9 | #17 | down 2 |
| frame | #14 | #24 | down 1 |
| frames | #12 | #24 | 0 |
| thumbnails | #24 | #24 | down 1 |
| animate | #15 | #24 | down 3 |
| rotate | #16 | #23 | down 1 |
| animated text | #21 | #22 | down 1 |
| watermark | #24 | #24 | 0 |
34 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 18 listed. 16 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- Your five tags are all earning their place. Each gets you onto page 1 of its own search, so none is worth giving up. “crop”, “imagick” and “frames” (#9, #9 and #12 untagged) would be the next worth testing if a slot frees up.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.3K · 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
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.
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 “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3.7 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1
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
5 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 "Upload animated GIFs and keep the animation in every thumbnail WordPress generates, instead of a still firs..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 5 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 5 of 5 read like questions a user would type.
- ! 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 3 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,988 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("gif animation", "gif upload", "wordpress gif" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2023-02-06 900+ → 1K+ up after 35 days in tier
- 2023-01-02 800+ → 900+ up after 33 days in tier
- 2022-11-30 700+ → 800+ up after 32 days in tier
- 2022-10-29 600+ → 700+ up after 23 days in tier
- 2022-10-06 500+ → 600+ 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).
- S Son of GIFV 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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GIF Master – Awesome GIFs with Giphy and Tenor 3K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag C -
Flat Preloader 3K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag C - C Comment Image 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag D
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AM LottiePlayer 700+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A - I Insert Giphy Block 700+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag
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