Smart Image Editor
by Kaan Karakaş · Media
Resize, crop, and compress images directly in the Media Library — with manual crop frame, zoom & pan, WebP export, and live preview.
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Health
C 66/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
50+
≈52 estimated
Momentum
+5%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “image compression”, “image crop” and “image resize” 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.
66 health vs 62 average across 3,280 Media plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →5.6%
of downloads still active
At least 50 of 897 lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Media plugin keeps 0.8%, across 2,318 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.
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 428 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ 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.
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 resize without crop | #23 | #23 | down 6 |
| image compression your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| image crop your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| image resize your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| media your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| webp your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search 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 compression”, “image crop” and “image resize” 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 31 Aug 2025 · 427 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 118 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #20,100 to #21,200, alongside the other plugins at 50+ 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.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
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
1.2y ago
latest release · v2.3.7 · 30 Aug 2025
8
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% 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 “50+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2 months ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 50.
At the current install trend, crossing 60+ in roughly 102 days.
Install history since 30 Aug 2025
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.3
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
6 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 "Resize, crop, and compress images directly in the Media Library — with manual crop frame, zoom & pan, WebP..."
- ✓ 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 One audience phrase ("designed for"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Zoom.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,582 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "image crop", "image resize" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-08-31 40+ → 50+ up after 105 days in tier
- 2026-05-18 30+ → 40+ up after 97 days in tier
- 2026-02-10 20+ → 30+ up after 114 days in tier
- 2025-10-19 10+ → 20+ 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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Plus WebP or AVIF 5K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
Support WebP – Upload webp files in wordpress without hassle 4K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags B -
SMNTCS Deactivate Image Compression 1K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
PixelCraft with WebP 500+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A -
Image to WebP Converter 300+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags - D Disable WebP By Default 200+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags C
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