Name: Media Upload Meta Box
by ChrisHurst · Media
Adds a Meta Box for Drag and Drop Media Upload to the edit page/post screens.
45 health vs 64 average across 1,001 Media plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance 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 13+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2, 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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 4799 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
16
now · peak 55
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
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 “20+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-01-01 30+ → 20+ down after 10 days in band
- 2025-12-22 20+ → 30+ up after 22 days in band
- 2025-11-30 30+ → 20+ down after 11 days in band
- 2025-11-19 20+ → 30+ up after 36 days in band
- 2025-10-14 30+ → 20+ down after 5 days in band
- 2025-10-09 20+ → 30+ up after 19 days in band
- 2025-09-20 30+ → 20+ down after 70 days in band
- 2025-07-12 20+ → 30+ up after 6 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Easy Watermark 30K+ installs · 3.8★ · 3 shared tags C -
Clean Image Filenames 30K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags B -
Auto Upload Images 20K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags D -
Replace Image 8K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags C -
WEN Featured Image 3K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags B -
Inline Image Upload for BBPress 3K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags B
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