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Smart Watermark

by belfisher · Uncategorized

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Plugin allows you to add image watermark to images uploaded to the WordPress Media Library and add watermark to old images via bulk processing tool

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
45 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 74/100
Support 70/100

45 health vs 56 average across 16,378 Uncategorized plugins

50+

Active installs

≈57 estimated

10.5K

Total downloads

since 2013

3.99★

Rating (adjusted)

4.3★ raw · 3 reviews

+13%

77

Downloads · 30d

category median +20%

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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 12+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40, 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.

37 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 3/100
Rating quality 53/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 4450 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,427 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+13% vs prior 30d
-3Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

77

now · peak 173

8930d downloads · Aug 26

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

Smart Watermark · #20328 you Responsive Lightbox · #321 Simple Image Sizes · #654 Image Watermark · #855

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.3Stars · Aug 26

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.

1.8Kper 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How 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

12.2y ago

latest release · v2.0.0

8

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

2.0.0 · 12.2y ago1.0.6 · 12.7y ago1.0.5 · 12.7y ago1.0.4 · 12.7y ago1.0.3 · 12.7y ago1.0.2 · 12.7y ago1.0.1 · 12.7y ago1.0.0 · 12.8y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v3.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “50+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
50–60 ≈57

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2015-10-09 · 1,387 observations

50Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Ratings · 3 reviews

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5★
2 4★
0 3★
1 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
3.0.1
Last updated
12.2y ago
Added
2013-12-03 · 12 yrs old
Requires WP
3.2
Tested up to
3.9.40
Requires PHP
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ r.mathan
    11.3y ago

    its really superb watermark plugin , i search more plugins but its really superb, need some improve only need

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  2. ★★★★★ mayasl
    12.4y ago

    Unable to change the opacity & the size of the logo image.

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  3. ★★★★★ Disconcerting
    12.7y ago

    This watermarking plugin works not only with older versions of WordPress, it has features on par with paid versions of similar plugins. The developer spent time to personally troubleshoot some problems I was having with my installation and made sure they were resolved. <3

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-05-21 60+ → 50+ down after 186 days in tier
  2. 2025-11-16 70+ → 60+ down after 7 days in tier
  3. 2025-11-09 60+ → 70+ up after 1 days in tier
  4. 2025-11-08 70+ → 60+ down after 113 days in tier
  5. 2025-07-18 80+ → 70+ down after 175 days in tier
  6. 2025-01-24 90+ → 80+ down after 1 days in tier
  7. 2025-01-23 80+ → 90+ up after 6 days in tier
  8. 2025-01-17 90+ → 80+ down after 5 days in tier

Competes with

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