Next Watermark
by nxtweb · Uncategorized
Also makes 6 other plugins · 210+ installs across the portfolio →
Next Watermark helps you easily add automatically text or/and image watermarks on your images (GIF, JPEG, PNG and WEBP formats supported)! Backup/rest …
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Health
B 81/100
no flags
Active installs
200+
≈260 estimated
Momentum
+8%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “copyright”, “image” and “photo” for “comics”, “comic” and “next post”. “copyright” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “comics” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “image” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “comic” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “photo” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “next post” sits at #19 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
81 health vs 58 average across 25,734 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.1%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 9.7K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,766 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized 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 24 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
3.4★ over 11 reviews, smoothed to 3.97★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
44
Momentum
Holding steady
+0.5
Velocity
places per keyword, 25d
29%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 25d
-0.4
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| comic sans | #1 | #2 | 0 |
| next | #4 | #21 | down 2 |
| comics | #4 | #6 | 0 |
| watermark your tag | #8 | #17 | up 16 |
| comic | #5 | #8 | up 8 |
| text watermark | #7 | #16 | 0 |
| image watermark | #13 | #19 | up 1 |
| next post | #19 | #24 | down 2 |
| watermark images | #11 | #19 | up 1 |
| photo watermark | #11 | #19 | 0 |
| watermark image | #12 | #18 | up 1 |
| watermarking | #23 | #21 | up 1 |
| copyright your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| image your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| photo your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| picture your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
17 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 12 listed. 5 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “copyright”, “image” and “photo” for “comics”, “comic” and “next post”. “copyright” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “comics” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “image” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “comic” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “photo” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “next post” sits at #19 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 576 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ 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 21 Oct 2026.
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.
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 81% 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 “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 5 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 56% of the way through.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Iamhere12mo ago
Nice plugin, congratulations on your work. It would be super if you can the facility to apply the watermark via the media library to existing images.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ tbowly2.0y ago
review update (edit): thanks for putting time and effort. you fixed it. now this is actually the best watermark plugin on wordpress i think as of now. it also doesn’t require woocommerce which is exactly what we need cause in our real estate listing website, we are not using woocommerce original review: please fix this little bug, your plugin is the only one that supports webp format well. i would really appreciate it if you fix the text watermark feature. we want to see texts get placed at center of photos but there is no option to choose or do that in plugin’s settings like image watermark tab. right now text watermarks change position based on image size and width and height. we really want to see an option to put text watermarks at exact center position of every images no matter their size and width This topic was modified 1 year, 7 months ago by tbowly. This topic was modified 9 months, 1 week ago by tbowly. This topic was modified 9 months, 1 week ago by tbowly. This topic was modified 9 months, 1 week ago by tbowly.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ RickAero2.4y ago
the watermark overshoots in the preview. no matter what changes are made, the preview never works, or changes accordingly. And, finally, it doesn’t work. on any image type. i just don’t see a watermark anywhere
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Adrian McMaster2.8y ago
After searching through and testing a lot of plugins I finally found one that will put a watermark on a WEBP image. I used to have JPEG images on my website but wanted the newer format to help speed up my website. A lot of developers will not add the option for WEBP. Some have and the plugin does not work or they add a premium to use it. The plugin works very well on my website without any problems and is easy enough to set up. I could do with the test image you see on the top right being a bit bigger. The plugin needs to have the function for the Media Library so you can manually add the watermark to all of your images because there does not seem to be that function. If that is added a lot more people will download it. I notice some folks have had errors. I have had none yet. So that might be a plugin conflict. I recommend to plugin for anyone wanting a plugin that adds a watermark to webp images.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ mtborst2.9y ago
Great plugin, works quickly and does its job well. That’s all you need to add your own watermark to your photos. Great job!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ mohammadnrhi2.9y ago
I have tested all other watermark plugins. They are all the same and have a serious problem!They use WordPress image compressor to watermark the original image.In case they only need to watermark, not compress!That is when WordPress does not compress the original image!Especially the original image does not need to be compressed for watermarking.Compressing only destroys the quality and increases the size of the images! Anyway, can you give me a solution so that next watermark doesn’t do any compression? And just watermark? Even if I set the quality to 100, the compression is still done, it’s just lossless and increases the size of the images! I just want to watermark, not compress This topic was modified 2 years, 7 months ago by mohammadnrhi. Reason: 3 stars because of my kind heart
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ anatolyrain3.2y ago
Error details An E_ERROR error occurred on line 484 of the /home/c/ca67801/public_html/wp-content/plugins/next-watermark/includes/nwm-acp-page.php file. Error message: Uncaught ValueError: Path cannot be empty in /home/c/ca67801/public_html/wp-content/plugins/next-watermark/includes/nwm-acp-page.php:484Stack trace: 0 /home/c/ca67801/public_html/wp-content/plugins/next-watermark/includes/nwm-acp-page.php(484): getimagesize(”) 1 /home/c/ca67801/public_html/wp-content/plugins/next-watermark/includes/nwm-functions.php(226): require(‘/home/c/ca67801…’) 2 /home/c/ca67801/public_html/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(310): nwm_acp_callback(”) 3 /home/c/ca67801/public_html/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(334): WP_Hook->apply_filters(”, Array) 4 /home/c/ca67801/public_html/wp-includes/plugin.php(517): WP_Hook->do_action(Array) 5 /home/c/ca67801/public_html/wp-admin/admin.php(259): do_action(‘toplevel_page_n…’) 6 {main} thrown This topic was modified 2 years, 10 months ago by anatolyrain.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ donsenilo19683.4y ago
Seems like this plugin is no longer supported.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8
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 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Next Watermark helps you easily add automatically text or/and image watermarks on your images (GIF, JPEG, P..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 8 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 8 of 8 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 3 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,331 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "copyright", "picture" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-05-22 300+ → 200+ down after 353 days in tier
- 2025-06-03 400+ → 300+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2025-05-30 300+ → 400+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2025-05-27 400+ → 300+ down after 138 days in tier
- 2025-01-09 500+ → 400+ down after 68 days in tier
- 2024-11-02 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-11-01 500+ → 600+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2024-10-29 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier
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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- N NextGEN Gallery Sidebar Widget 500+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D
- I Image Widget by Angie Makes 500+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags
- J JJ NextGen JQuery Carousel 300+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags D
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