Import CDN-Remote Images
by Atakan Au · Media
Add external images to the media library without importing, i.e. uploading them to your WordPress site.
86 health vs 61 average across 1,307 Media plugins
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
Biggest win: Rating quality
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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
84
now · peak 312
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 “100+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2023-05-06 90+ → 100+ up after 2 days in band
- 2023-05-04 100+ → 90+ down after 1 days in band
- 2023-05-03 90+ → 100+ up after 5 days in band
- 2023-04-28 100+ → 90+ down after 53 days in band
- 2023-03-06 90+ → 100+ up after 30 days in band
- 2023-02-04 80+ → 90+ up after 89 days in band
- 2022-11-07 70+ → 80+ up after 9 days in band
- 2022-10-29 80+ → 70+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Crop-Thumbnails 40K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags B - C Cache Images 1K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D
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URL Image Importer – Import External Images to the Media Library from URL, CSV & XML 700+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
W3 Total Cache 900K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag B -
Autoptimize 800K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A
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