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MD5 Media Renamer

by neoslab · Media

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Sanitize and rename automatically media files during upload using PHP time() as prefix and the file name encrypted in MD5() as suffix.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
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46 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 78/100
Support 70/100

46 health vs 59 average across 2,206 Media plugins

400+

Active installs

≈490 estimated

6.1K

Total downloads

since 2013

4.12★

Rating (adjusted)

5.0★ raw · 3 reviews

+72%

100

Downloads · 30d

category median +17%

High removal-risk signals

63/100

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 13+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.6.1, well behind 6.8.

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.

37 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 2/100
Rating quality 54/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 4754 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+72% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

100

now · peak 108

10030d downloads · Aug 26

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

MD5 Media Renamer · #9724 you Filenames to latin · #2304 Clean Image Filename · #970 Clean Filenames · #4191

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.

250per 1k installs · Aug 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

13.0y ago

latest release · v1.5

6

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.5 · 13.0y ago1.4 · 13.0y ago1.3 · 13.0y ago1.2 · 13.0y ago1.1 · 13.0y ago1.0 · 13.0y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v1.5 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “400+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
400–500 ≈490

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2015-09-29 · 1,419 observations

400Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Ratings · 3 reviews

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5★
3 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
1.5
Last updated
13.0y ago
Added
2013-08-14 · 13 yrs old
Requires WP
3.0
Tested up to
3.6.1
Requires PHP
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ jufin
    6.0y ago

    it is a pity that the plugin has not been updated for a long time. but it is very convenient, you do not need to configure anything and dig into the code, installed and it automatically renames the files

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  2. ★★★★★ avpman
    11.9y ago

    This is almost perfect for what I want to do. But I need to be able choose (right before upload) if I want the file renamed or not. Maybe an install option 1)always rename, 2)always ask user, 3)never rename unless user click box on WP upload screen.

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  3. ★★★★★ hacksphere
    13.0y ago

    This plugin is so simple but he do what he suppose to do and we was not expected more ! Simply excellent …

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2025-10-22 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
  2. 2025-10-21 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in tier
  3. 2025-10-20 500+ → 400+ down after 4 days in tier
  4. 2025-10-16 400+ → 500+ up after 2 days in tier
  5. 2025-10-14 500+ → 400+ down after 26 days in tier
  6. 2025-09-18 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in tier
  7. 2025-09-17 500+ → 400+ down after 2 days in tier
  8. 2025-09-15 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in tier

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