Remove Broken Images
by Room 34 Creative Services, LLC · Media
Also makes 9 other plugins · 13.5K+ installs across the portfolio →
Very simply, uses JavaScript to remove broken images from page display.
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Health
B 79/100
Few reviews
Active installs
700+
≈800 estimated
Momentum
+10%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “media library” for “img”. “media library” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “img” sits at #20 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
79 health vs 62 average across 3,278 Media plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →4.3%
of downloads still active
At least 700 of 16.3K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Media plugin keeps 0.8%, across 2,317 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.
This plugin shipped 1 release in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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 165 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, the current branch or newer
4.0★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 4.09★ 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.
32
Momentum
Losing ground
-1.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
11%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.6
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| broken images your tag | #4 | #20 | 0 |
| deleted images your tag | #6 | #21 | down 1 |
| broken | #6 | #18 | 0 |
| remove images | #3 | #18 | 0 |
| missing images your tag | #14 | #24 | down 2 |
| check broken images | #6 | #22 | 0 |
| replace broken images | #7 | #20 | down 1 |
| remove your tag | #24 | #23 | down 4 |
| broken links | #21 | #24 | down 3 |
| img | #20 | #23 | down 4 |
| remove media comments | #13 | #23 | down 1 |
| broken media | #13 | #22 | 0 |
| remove tools | #20 | #22 | down 2 |
| deleted | #19 | #23 | 0 |
| media library your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
38 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 14 listed. 24 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “media library” for “img”. “media library” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “img” sits at #20 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “missing images”. #14 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.3K · peaks are release surges
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
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.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
6mo ago
latest release · v1.5.1 · 19 May 2026
9
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 82% 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 “700+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 5 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 800.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ emj998mo ago
What’s with the misleading title? The “Remove Broken Images” plugin does NOT remove broken images! W.. This topic was modified 4 months ago by emj99.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ David2.6y ago
Excellent plugin
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ vexxy2.9y ago
This plugin is a lifesaver. Cant wait for v2 to remove the images. Keep up the good work fellas!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ branchd854.0y ago
Removed the broken links I wanted to remove perfectly. Thank You
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1
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
3 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 "Very simply, uses JavaScript to remove broken images from page display."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 3 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 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 732 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("deleted images", "media library", "missing images" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-26 800+ → 700+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-10-25 700+ → 800+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-10-24 800+ → 700+ down after 79 days in tier
- 2026-08-06 900+ → 800+ down after 86 days in tier
- 2026-05-12 1K+ → 900+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-11 900+ → 1K+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-05-09 1K+ → 900+ down after 967 days in tier
- 2023-09-15 900+ → 1K+ up after 25 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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Orphanix Media Cleanup 20+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Broken Image Fallback 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Broken Link Checker 500K+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
All 404 Redirect to Homepage 200K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag A -
Instant Images – One-click Image Uploads from Unsplash, Openverse, Pixabay, Pexels, and Giphy 100K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Media Cleaner: Delete Unused Images & Clean Your Media Library 90K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
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