Image Automatic Alt Text and Caption
by natekinkead · Media
Automatically fills in the Alt text, Caption, and Description from the image file name of new image uploads.
41 health vs 59 average across 1,664 Media 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 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.25, 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 2740 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
26
now · peak 74
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 “70+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,378 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-04-19 80+ → 70+ down after 6 days in tier
- 2026-04-13 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-12 80+ → 70+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-04-09 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-08 80+ → 70+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-04-06 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-05 80+ → 70+ down after 82 days in tier
- 2026-01-13 90+ → 80+ down after 1 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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WEN Featured Image 3K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags B -
Default Featured Image 60K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Phoenix Media Rename 50K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Easy Watermark 30K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags C -
Clean Image Filenames 30K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B -
Auto Upload Images 20K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
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