Remove Special Characters on Upload
by Douglas Faria · Uncategorized
A plugin that will help you remove special characters from the name of your files.
49 health vs 59 average across 6,777 Uncategorized plugins
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
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.
Room to improve
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 1061 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
61
now · peak 158
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 “100+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,376 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-07-17 90+ → 100+ up after 2 days in band
- 2026-07-15 100+ → 90+ down after 2 days in band
- 2026-07-13 90+ → 100+ up after 2 days in band
- 2026-07-11 100+ → 90+ down after 11 days in band
- 2026-06-30 90+ → 100+ up after 4 days in band
- 2026-06-26 100+ → 90+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-06-25 90+ → 100+ up after 8 days in band
- 2026-06-17 100+ → 90+ down after 1 days in band
Competes with
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