Image Hub – Free Images from Unsplash, Pixabay, Pexels, Openverse & Giphy
by Extend Themes · Uncategorized
Also makes 3 other plugins · 180K+ installs across the portfolio →
Access and manage royalty-free images from Unsplash, Pixabay, Pexels, Openverse & Giphy without leaving your WordPress dashboard.
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Health
Not scored
no reviews to score from
Active installs
10K+
≈17K estimated
Momentum
-1%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Rating quality scores 49/100. No reviews yet. wp.org scores an unrated plugin as middling on rating, so the first good reviews lift it.
Not scored yet. Nobody has reviewed this plugin, so a grade would come from directory averages rather than from anything measured here.
Install conversion
How it's measured →17%
of downloads still active
At least 10K of 58.5K 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.
This plugin shipped 4 releases 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 17 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
No reviews yet, so wp.org scores it as a middling unrated listing
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: No reviews yet. wp.org scores an unrated plugin as middling on rating, so the first good reviews lift it.
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.
48
Momentum
Holding steady
+0.4
Velocity
places per keyword, 24d
40%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 24d
0.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| pexels your tag | #3 | #13 | 0 |
| openverse your tag | #4 | #11 | 0 |
| royalty free | #4 | #9 | 0 |
| giphy your tag | #5 | #16 | 0 |
| pixabay your tag | #5 | #16 | 0 |
| unsplash your tag | #7 | #20 | up 1 |
| hub | #8 | #20 | 0 |
12 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 7 listed. 5 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. “royalty free” and “hub” (#4 and #8 untagged) would be the next worth testing if a slot frees up.
Daily downloads
Since 11 Jun 2025 · 508 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 8.8K · 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
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
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
4
releases in the last 12 months
17d ago
latest release · v1.3.0 · 14 Oct 2026
6
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. 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 “10K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 8 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 68% of the way through.
Install history since 10 Jun 2025
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 1.1.0 Added support for WordPress 7.0 1.1.0
- — Version 1.0.9 Minor bug fixes 1.0.9
- — Version 1.0.0 Initial release of Image Hub 1.0.0
- — Version 1.2.0 Added support for WordPress 7.1 1.2.0
- — Version 1.3.0 Security: API keys are no longer included in admin pages for users who can’t manage Image Hub settings Security: only administrators can change Image Hub settings Security: downloading images now requires permission to u 1.3.0
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceThe 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (1.3.0). Sites still on an older version should update.
- Patched Medium · 4.3 Image Hub <= 1.2.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Sensitive Information Exposure in Admin Page HTML ↗2026-10-15 CVE-2026-109191 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Affects <= 1.2.0 Patched in 1.3.0
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 0 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
4 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 "Access and manage royalty-free images from Unsplash, Pixabay, Pexels, Openverse & Giphy without leaving you..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("built for"); 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 4 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,228 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-02-24 9K+ → 10K+ up after 18 days in tier
- 2026-02-06 8K+ → 9K+ up after 8 days in tier
- 2026-01-29 9K+ → 8K+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-01-27 8K+ → 9K+ up after 32 days in tier
- 2025-12-26 7K+ → 8K+ up after 25 days in tier
- 2025-12-01 8K+ → 7K+ down after 6 days in tier
- 2025-11-25 7K+ → 8K+ up after 23 days in tier
- 2025-11-02 6K+ → 7K+ up after 23 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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Instant AI Image Generator – Create & Import Images 800+ installs · 3.8★ · 3 shared tags B -
All Sources Images – Free Images from Pixabay, Unsplash, Openverse, Pexels & Giphy 400+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags B -
FLS Stock Photo Importer — installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags -
Instant Images – One-click Image Uploads from Unsplash, Openverse, Pixabay, Pexels, and Giphy 100K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Free Assets Library – Openverse/Pixabay 600+ Million Images 4K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
LS Stock Portfolio 20+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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