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Multi Image Metabox

by Willy Bahuaud · Uncategorized

Also makes 7 other plugins · 8.5K+ installs across the portfolio →

Add a multi-image metabox to your posts, pages and custom post types

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned
How scoring works →
49 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 86/100
Support 70/100

49 health vs 56 average across 16,376 Uncategorized plugins

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 8+ 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.

34 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 2/100
Rating quality 66/100
Listing tuning 100/100
Support resolution 0/100

To rank higher: Last updated 3196 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

+56% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

232

now · peak 487

24130d 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

Multi Image Metabox · #2633 you FancyBox for WordPre · #944 Social Photo Fetcher · #5456 Img Title Removal · #5622

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.9Stars · Aug 26

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.

34per 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

13.5y ago

latest release · v1.3.2

1

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.3.2 · 13.5y 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.

v1.3 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “7K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
7K–8K ≈7.4K

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

Install history · since 2015-04-18 · 1,436 observations

7KInstalls · 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.

Details

Version
1.3.5
Last updated
8.8y ago
Added
2012-12-17 · 13 yrs old
Requires WP
3.0
Tested up to
3.5.2
Requires PHP

Recent reviews

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  1. ellice909
    10.6y ago

    I am a graphic designer and I use this on my own site. I use it on some client sites. It really helps me get the job done. I wish the documentation was a bit clearer. I remember not getting a critical piece of information from the documentation when I started using this the first time; I did find the clue I needed in a comment or faq or some random spot that was contributed by a user.

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  2. kaushik_plugindev
    10.7y ago

    In the plugin folder > see this file “get-images.js” In the code=> You have written ===> /*$(‘.upload_pdf_button’).live(‘click’,function() { // .live function become deprecated in modern jQuery library. //I have written the rectified code, */ /*$(document).on(‘click’,’.upload_pdf_button’,function() { $(‘html’).addClass(‘pdf’); num = $(this).attr(‘data-cible’); formfielddeux = $(‘.url_pdf_input[data-input=”‘+num+'”]’).attr(‘name’); var id=$(“#post_ID”).val(); tb_show(”, ‘media-upload.php?post_id=’+id+’&type=file&TB_iframe=true’); return false; });*/

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  3. klemonnier
    12.1y ago

    It’s really a good plugin. After install this one you can easily install an image gallery. To improve for me: Possibility to add link to images. Automatically add the Alt and Title to images. I tried and didn’t get the solution. Possibility to add a text for images slider.

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  4. Blackbam
    12.4y ago

    A great Plugin that just works and can be used how one needs it. However one improvement idea: Instead of having to specifiy a fixed number of images you may add a possiblity to add/remove image boxes dynamically so that clients can click something like a “PLUS” sign and change the number of images dynamically per post (type).

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  5. Mayeenul Islam
    13.1y ago

    Works fine for my client site. Nice one for image uploading solution.

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  6. Ronnieinspain
    13.4y ago

    Great plugin, saved me hours of work. It has just the right amount of options and customizations and is very well documented. Congrats for a job well done !

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  7. rGalindo05
    13.4y ago

    Great plugin that I have used with several projects. Plus the author is quick to respond and implement revisions.

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  8. r3n3v7
    13.4y ago

    Saved me a lot of time, thanks! I use this for custom sliders/galleries for every single page. Easy to maintain and use.

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Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. Version 1.3.4 Solve a major bug on front end, when you want to customize number of pictures depending to the post type. YOU NEED TO UPDATE YOUR FILTERS “list_images”, if you’re using it… 1.3.4
  2. Version 1.3.1 Solve a minor bug while saving menus 1.3.1
  3. Version 1.3 Add an integer argument id for all procedurals functions to target a specific post Solve a bug into the get_multi_images_src() function 1.3
  4. Version 1.2 Add an boolean argument thumbnail for all procedurals functions to join image post thumbnail (ID, images) at the front of the returned arrays 1.2
  5. Version 1.1 Change the hook for initializing the plugin. By this way we can now assign different numbers of picts, depending to the post type. Debug the default sizes of get_multi_image_src() 1.1
  6. Version 1.0 First version, with some hooks and functions 1.0

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. 2026-07-24 6K+ → 7K+ up after 6 days in tier
  2. 2026-07-18 7K+ → 6K+ down after 2 days in tier
  3. 2026-07-16 6K+ → 7K+ up after 16 days in tier
  4. 2026-06-30 6K+ → 7K+ up after 2 days in tier
  5. 2026-06-28 7K+ → 6K+ down after 1 days in tier
  6. 2026-06-27 6K+ → 7K+ up after 43 days in tier
  7. 2026-05-15 7K+ → 6K+ down after 178 days in tier
  8. 2025-11-18 8K+ → 7K+ down after 55 days in tier

Competes with

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