Medifence – Access Control for Media Uploads
by Redwoodcity · Media
Also makes 4 other plugins · 60+ installs across the portfolio →
Blocks direct access to uploaded media files for visitors who are not logged in. File URLs stay unchanged.
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Health
Not scored
no reviews to score from
Active installs
30+
≈30 estimated
Momentum
+175%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: “access control”, “media” and “membership” 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.
Not scored yet. Nobody has reviewed this plugin, so a grade would come from directory averages rather than from anything measured here.
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.5%
of downloads still active
At least 30 of 868 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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 3 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
No reviews yet, so wp.org scores it as a middling unrated listing
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: No reviews yet. wp.org scores an unrated plugin as middling on rating, so the first good reviews lift it.
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.
58
Momentum
Gaining ground
+0.8
Velocity
places per keyword, 19d
60%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 19d
+1.3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| access control your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| media your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| membership your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| protection your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| uploads your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
5 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 5 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
- “access control”, “media” and “membership” 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 25 Jul 2026 · 101 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 380 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #23,100 to #25,000, alongside the other plugins at 30+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “30+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band today and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 30.
Install history since 15 Sep 2026
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
8 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Blocks direct access to uploaded media files for visitors who are not logged in. File URLs stay unchanged."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 30 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 28 of 30 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("for membership sites", "for developers").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WP-CLI, LiteSpeed.
- ✓ Headings and lists 4 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 7,717 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "access-control" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-11-03 20+ → 30+ up after 14 days in tier
- 2026-10-20 10+ → 20+ 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).
- A Add From Server 60K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags C
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Media Sync 50K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Content Control – The Ultimate Content Restriction Solution! Restrict Content, Create Conditional Blocks & More 40K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Restrict User Access – Ultimate Membership & Content Protection 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
Groups – Memberships and Access Control 10K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
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