Make Filename Lowercase
by ereckers · Media
Sets uploaded media filename to lowercase.
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Health
C 67/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
1K+
≈1.8K estimated
Momentum
+23%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: “media” and “upload” 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.
67 health vs 62 average across 3,301 Media plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →9.4%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 10.6K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Media plugin keeps 0.8%, across 2,325 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Media plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 426 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12; the current branch is 7.1
4.8★ over 4 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 426 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.
30
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.9
Velocity
places per keyword, 26d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 26d
-0.3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| strtolower your tag | #1 | #3 | 0 |
| lowercase your tag | #2 | #6 | down 1 |
| filename your tag | #6 | #15 | down 1 |
| make | #23 | #23 | 0 |
| media your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| upload your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
9 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 4 listed. 5 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “media” and “upload” 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 · 1,491 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 333 · 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
1.2y ago
latest release · v1.0.2 · 3 Sep 2025
2
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 15 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 80% of the way through.
Install history since 3 Dec 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Gronix11.5y ago
Great!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ andamira12.9y ago
It just works .
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ swinggraphics13.7y ago
It’s perfect, but I recommend downloading the plugin and just grabbing the few lines of actual code and adding that to functions.php. I’m glad it is a plugin, though, because this was certainly the easiest way of finding the needed code!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ crdunst13.8y ago
Does one job, and does it well. In my case I needed to rename images to lowercase to ensure they had unique names regardless of case. UNIX servers allow ‘MIxEdCasE.jpg’ and ‘mixedcase.jpg’, but then backing up to a windows machine creates problems with them overwriting. This plugin solves that problem, so thanks.
Read on wp.org ↗
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
3 of 8 pass · checked 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 3 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 Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 785 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ 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
- 2025-08-12 900+ → 1K+ up after 10 days in tier
- 2025-08-02 800+ → 900+ up after 420 days in tier
- 2024-06-08 900+ → 800+ down after 228 days in tier
- 2023-10-24 800+ → 900+ up after 17 days in tier
- 2023-10-07 900+ → 800+ down after 1074 days in tier
- 2020-10-28 700+ → 900+ up
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).
- F Filenames to latin 9K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags D
- M MD5 Media Renamer 400+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D
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Clean Image Filenames 30K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B - D Disable Real MIME Check 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags D
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Media Deduper 9K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags C -
WP Original Media Path 5K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A
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