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low-quality-image-placeholders

by doctorbin · Uncategorized

How to easily generate Low-Quality Image Placeholders (LQIP) in WordPress. Requires the Regenerate thumbnails Plugin to be installed and active.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
45 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 74/100
Support 70/100

45 health vs 56 average across 16,380 Uncategorized plugins

Removal-risk signals

51/100

Maintenance 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.
  • No tested-up-to version. The listing declares no "Tested up to" version.

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.

24 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 32/100
Rating quality 51/100
Listing tuning 20/100

To rank higher: Last updated 3302 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-08 · 1,424 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+4% vs prior 30d
4Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

51

now · peak 766

5130d downloads · Sep 26

Directory rank

wp.org popularity rank over time · lower is better

49.1KRank · Jul 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How 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

9.0y ago

latest release · v2.0

1

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

2.0 · 9.0y ago

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “—”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

modeled estimate
0–0 ≈0

Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.

Install history · since 2022-10-07 · 1,380 observations

0Installs · Sep 26

Details

Version
1.0.1
Last updated
9.0y ago
Added
2017-08-17 · 9 yrs old
Requires WP
Tested up to
Requires PHP

Recent reviews

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  1. desame
    9.0y ago

    Awesome plugin! Highly recommend! Speed up my website like a rocket!

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low-quality-image-placeholders: — active installs, 5.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-09-01. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/low-quality-image-placeholders-lqip