SEO Image Toolbox
by Andrew Gunn · SEO
Also makes 10 other plugins · 1.4K+ installs across the portfolio →
THIS WILL SAVE YOU HOURS. Alt tags are dynamically generated and saved to the database automatically any time an image is uploaded, and improves your …
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Health
D 46/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
1K+
≈1.5K estimated
Momentum
+22%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “image seo”, “image tags” and “optimize images” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
46 health vs 65 average across 2,216 SEO plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.3%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 43.6K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median SEO plugin keeps 1.2%, across 1,192 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other SEO plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35, well behind 6.8.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 3126 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.9.35; the current branch is 6.8
4.3★ over 12 reviews, smoothed to 4.14★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3126 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| image seo your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| image tags your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| optimize images your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| seo your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| seo images your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “image seo”, “image tags” and “optimize images” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 398 · 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
No release in a yearHow 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
8.6y ago
latest release · v3.3.1 · 10 Apr 2018
47
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 98% 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 “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2.6 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 15 Sep 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Lance.8.7y ago
Crashes when I go to the settings page. Too many errors in the error log to list.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ General Seed9.6y ago
Thanks Saved to me weeks of work and my SEO is perfect now, 6700 images with alt in a 15 seconds. Thanks, thanks
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ amgxyz10.3y ago
Perfect tool for saving time
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ pixelmort10.5y ago
It could be a WordPress native feature. Very useful!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ carlosrodas10.7y ago
its a fantastic plugin! It saves so much time! thank you guys
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Mitch Menghi10.9y ago
This is a great plugin, clean admin interface, no ads, does what its suppose to do and i have not had any conflicts as yet… only 1 final request to make it a 5 out of 5, most image files names have a ‘-‘ between each word to make them more compatible in filesystems, however the alt tags created carry across the hyphen, the plugin should be able to strip this out and make it a clean alt tag. If authors do this i will be happy to donate to this plugin 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ madloki11.0y ago
It does this: loading exactly 0 images in the blog…yeah!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ stevenhermans11.1y ago
If you’re lazy like me, you probably stopped bothering filling in those alt tags a long time ago. This plugin works and is well-supported. It takes the title attribute and inserts it into the alt attribute of the image. Easy fix!
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
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
1 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "THIS WILL SAVE YOU HOURS. Alt tags are dynamically generated and saved to the database automatically any ti..."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 1 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("Installation Instructions").
- ! 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 501 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("image seo", "optimize images", "SEO images" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-04-04 2K+ → 1K+ down after 329 days in tier
- 2023-05-11 3K+ → 2K+ down after 632 days in tier
- 2021-08-17 4K+ → 3K+ down after 726 days in tier
- 2019-08-22 2K+ → 4K+ up after 916 days in tier
- 2017-02-17 200+ → 2K+ up
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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Media File Renamer: Rename Images & Files for SEO (AI-Powered) 40K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Image SEO – AI-Driven Image SEO Optimizer 900+ installs · 3.5★ · 2 shared tags B -
Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI 10M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
LiteSpeed Cache 7M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag B -
Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings 4M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
All in One SEO – AI SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Traffic (Schema, Local SEO, Sitemap & SEO Insights) 2M+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A
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