Adds a "Credit" field when uploading media to posts and displays it under the images on your blog to properly credit the artist.
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Health
D 48/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
900+
≈1K estimated
Momentum
-4%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “byline”, “credit” and “image” 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.
48 health vs 62 average across 3,287 Media plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.3%
of downloads still active
At least 900 of 68.5K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Media plugin keeps 0.8%, across 2,321 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.
Removal-risk signals
45/100Maintenance 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 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 1311 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.2.15; the current branch is 6.8
4.4★ over 19 reviews, smoothed to 4.18★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1311 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.
45
Momentum
Holding steady
+0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 11d
33%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 11d
0.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| byline your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| credit your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| image your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| images your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| media your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
3 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 3 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “byline”, “credit” and “image” 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 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.1K · 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
3.6y ago
latest release · v4.3.0 · 1 Apr 2023
58
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 84% 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 “900+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3 months ago and the previous band took 7.6 years to cross, so the real count is still just under 1K.
Install history since 15 Aug 2017
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Romain Herault5.0y ago
Does exactly what is asked of it, resources for developers, what more could you ask for?
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ freezeweb6.5y ago
Great plugin, does exactly what I need on my blogs. Happy to see that the developer is still working on it too. I love that you can select wp users in the credit box, this opened up a great workflow for me where I have multiple photographers contributing to my blog.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jorgeletralia7.4y ago
Our website uses images from the most diverse sources. This plugin helps us show in an elegant way the credits of those images. It is very simple to configure and the free support is simply excellent.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ BruceRawles7.5y ago
An excellent plugin that works well and provides a very professional-looking media credit below images. Kudos also to the plugin author for assisting me (and my client who edits YachatsNews.com) by quickly providing a mechanism for swapping the order of the media credit and caption (see the support forum for details.) THANKS! 🙂 This topic was modified 7 years, 2 months ago by BruceRawles.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ danichtfuer8.3y ago
Superb Plug-In. Nice backend integration. Comes with handy functions for customization.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ mcasbtech9.7y ago
Adds much-needed proper image credits to our museum site. Developer has been super responsive to bug reports/feature requests. Thanks!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ lihao9.8y ago
The author gave patient support to me and the plugin is very powerful and flexible. Thank you Pepe. 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ cudak8889.8y ago
Finally, a plugin that does exactly what it claims to do, with no fuss or bother. I wanted a simple text form in the Image Details dialog box for photo credits, and this plugin delivered. Further to that, props to @pputzer, the developer of this plugin, for being helpful and super quick pushing out a fix (in a matter of hours!) when I discovered a slight bug in the plugin. Top notch!
Read on wp.org ↗
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 129 languages, 7 at 90% or more
Plus 105 more locales with partial translations.
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.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
5 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 "Adds a "Credit" field when uploading media to posts and displays it under the images on your blog to proper..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 7 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 7 of 7 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 0 headings and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,474 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "byline" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-08-10 1K+ → 900+ down after 2786 days in tier
- 2018-12-24 2K+ → 1K+ down after 536 days in tier
- 2017-07-06 1K+ → 2K+ up after 613 days in tier
- 2015-11-01 900+ → 1K+ up after 158 days in tier
- 2015-05-27 800+ → 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).
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Replace Image 8K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags C -
Inline Image Upload for BBPress 3K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A -
Responsive Lightbox & Gallery 100K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
Media Cleaner: Delete Unused Images & Clean Your Media Library 90K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Media Library Assistant 70K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Simple Image Sizes 60K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A
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