ImageMagick Sharpen Resized Images
by HansVanEijsden · Uncategorized
Improve your images: Sharpens resized JPG image uploads via ImageMagick so it keeps quality, EXIF information, color profiles and crops.
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Health
D 50/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Open vulnerability
Active installs
1K+
≈1.5K estimated
Momentum
+58%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: “image”, “images” and “imagick” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.7%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 37.5K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,784 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.
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 9+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34, well behind 7.1.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 3322 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.8.34; the current branch is 7.1
4.7★ over 12 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.2★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3322 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| sharpening your tag | #10 | #3 | 0 |
| image your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| images your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| imagick your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| sharpen your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
2 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 1 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “image”, “images” and “imagick” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,492 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 422 · 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
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
9.1y ago
latest release · v1.1.7 · 30 Sep 2017
8
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
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 2.3 years 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 9 May 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ narubi5.6y ago
Works well out of the box. I am using it with Shortpixel and Regenerate Thumbnails Advanced, and the thumbnails now look super-clear, yet they are half the size of the original blurry images. This is a must for every product review website.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ r4ptor7.6y ago
My photos looks awesome again thanks to this. You should look into the settings being reset, if the plugin was disabled. That’s the only downside I can think of.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ betagoo8.2y ago
Really sharpens image. Quality is not like into Photoshop, but default setting works pretty fine.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Team exactly webdesign8.2y ago
This Plugin is fantastic! Such a shame that the imagick library is so rare in shared hosting. Just installed everything on my XAMPP and your Plugin did a fantastic job. Thanks a bunch for this masterpeace.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ viktorhanacek8.4y ago
Reseting values by reactivating plugin is very, VERY bad idea and I believe it’s against all WordPress values and procedures. But to be honest it’s very good plugin. After this review I have to go figure out all the values again.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Bob3338.6y ago
Tired of having blurry lifeless WordPress images? This plugin is for you Work great with “Regenerate Thumbnails about 4500 pictures in 15 minutes i love your plugin This topic was modified 8 years, 3 months ago by Bob333.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ mondalaci8.7y ago
The default resizing method of WordPress (which is the GD library I believe) produced strange artifacts. Switching to ImageMagick totally solved the issue.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ juscommune9.5y ago
Total waste of time.
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence Intelligence1 open vulnerability affects the current version (1.1.7). 0 of 1 disclosed are patched.
- Open Medium · 4.4 ImageMagick Sharpen Resized Images <= 1.1.7 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2024-05-17 CVE-2024-34790 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.1.7 No patch available
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.
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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
5 of 8 pass · checked 1 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Improve your images: Sharpens resized JPG image uploads via ImageMagick so it keeps quality, EXIF informati..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 5 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 4 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 Mentions Facebook, Twitter.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 377 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "imagick", "sharpening" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-07-07 2K+ → 1K+ down after 60 days in tier
- 2024-05-08 1K+ → 2K+ up after 118 days in tier
- 2024-01-11 2K+ → 1K+ down after 70 days in tier
- 2023-11-02 1K+ → 2K+ up after 146 days in tier
- 2023-06-09 2K+ → 1K+ down after 340 days in tier
- 2022-07-04 1K+ → 2K+ up after 317 days in tier
- 2021-08-21 2K+ → 1K+ down after 263 days in tier
- 2020-12-01 1K+ → 2K+ up after 654 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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Image Watermark 40K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
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No Right Click Images 20K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
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