Amazon S3 for WordPress
by joetan · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 2 other plugins · 280+ installs across the portfolio →
Allows you to mirror your WordPress media uploads over to Amazon S3 for storage and delivery.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
D 46/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
80+
≈85 estimated
Momentum
+50%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “admin”, “amazon” and “mirror” 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 56 average across 5,897 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.3%
of downloads still active
At least 80 of 26.9K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,191 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Admin & Utilities 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 17+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 2.7, 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 6487 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 2.7; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.15★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 6487 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| admin your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| amazon your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| mirror your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| s3 your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| uploads 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
- “admin”, “amazon” and “mirror” 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 75 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #17,400 to #18,100, alongside the other plugins at 80+ 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 1 Nov 2026.
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
17.8y ago
latest release · v0.4 · 27 Jan 2009
2
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 “80+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 6 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 52% of the way through.
Install history since 8 Sep 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ aberniz11.0y ago
I’ve been using this plugin for 2 years now. I use it for delivering my images from Amazon S3. It is just perfect!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ddas12.8y ago
Works great! I’ve been using this since my site is graphics-intensive, and S3 does a better, quicker, more reliable job of delivering lots of graphics quickly (compared to my shared server where my site lives). This plug-in makes it easy to automatically upload everything to S3 instead of the shared server. Works as intended, and the setup instructions are easy to follow. 5 stars.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ dpoon200013.6y ago
Works well when I could not find any other plugin that could upload to Amazon S3 without me installing some Linux modules or having major bugs. I am quite amazed. Well done Joe Tan. Shame that you discontinued your web site.
Read on wp.org ↗
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 "Allows you to mirror your WordPress media uploads over to Amazon S3 for storage and delivery."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you need"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Amazon S3.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 966 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "admin" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-05-10 90+ → 80+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-09 80+ → 90+ up after 7 days in tier
- 2026-05-02 90+ → 80+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-04-30 80+ → 90+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-29 90+ → 80+ down after 87 days in tier
- 2026-02-01 100+ → 90+ down after 12 days in tier
- 2026-01-20 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-01-19 100+ → 90+ down after 6 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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WP Offload Media Lite for Amazon S3, DigitalOcean Spaces, and Google Cloud Storage 30K+ installs · 3.7★ · 3 shared tags B - A Add From Server 60K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags C
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WP Sanitize File Name Plus 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D -
Loginizer 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Redux Framework 900K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A -
Admin Menu Editor 300K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
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