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Media Auto Hash Rename

by Sparanoid · Admin & Utilities

Rename media filename during upload with unique hash.

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

45 health vs 54 average across 2,562 Admin & Utilities plugins

Removal-risk signals

53/100

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 4+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.8.13.

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.

44 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 4/100
WP compatibility 32/100
Rating quality 51/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 1801 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 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-34% vs prior 30d
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

43

now · peak 110

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

Media Auto Hash Rena · #19524 Media Cleaner: Clean · #483 Add From Server · #667 Phoenix Media Rename · #767

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 “60+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate
60–70 ≈67

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

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 observations

Details

Version
1.0.1
Last updated
4.9y ago
Added
2019-03-30 · 7 yrs on WP
Requires WP
4.0
Tested up to
5.8.13
Requires PHP

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-06-16 50+ → 60+ up after 2 days in band
  2. 2026-06-14 60+ → 50+ down after 14 days in band
  3. 2026-05-31 70+ → 60+ down after 2 days in band
  4. 2026-05-29 60+ → 70+ up after 2 days in band
  5. 2026-05-27 70+ → 60+ down after 6 days in band
  6. 2026-05-21 60+ → 70+ up after 52 days in band
  7. 2026-03-30 70+ → 60+ down after 8 days in band
  8. 2026-03-22 80+ → 70+ down after 8 days in band

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Media Auto Hash Rename: 60+ active installs, 5.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/media-auto-hash-rename