NextGEN – Z Cropper
by vogelundstrauss · Media
NextGEN Z Cropper is a plugin that resizes and crops(!) your pictures while uploading them (not only thumbnails!). If the picture does not match your …
41 health vs 64 average across 988 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 14+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1, 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 5432 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
50
now · peak 148
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 “40+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,382 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-04-21 50+ → 40+ down after 68 days in band
- 2025-02-12 40+ → 50+ up after 25 days in band
- 2025-01-18 50+ → 40+ down after 220 days in band
- 2024-06-12 60+ → 50+ down after 39 days in band
- 2024-05-04 50+ → 60+ up after 31 days in band
- 2024-04-03 60+ → 50+ down after 257 days in band
- 2023-07-21 70+ → 60+ down after 211 days in band
- 2022-12-22 80+ → 70+ down after 52 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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Essential Widgets 10K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B -
Flexible Posts Widget 7K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D -
NextGEN Download Gallery 2K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags C -
Widgets for Social Post Feed 400+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
One Click Demo Import 1M+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A -
EWWW Image Optimizer 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
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