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Transparent Image Watermark

by ChrisHurst · Uncategorized

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Automatically watermark images as they are uploaded to the WordPress Media Library.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned
How scoring works →
37 Health · F
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 53/100
Support 70/100

37 health vs 56 average across 16,377 Uncategorized plugins

100+

Active installs

≈190 estimated

65.9K

Total downloads

since 2011

3.12★

Rating (adjusted)

2.3★ raw · 11 reviews

+46%

70

Downloads · 30d

category median +19%

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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42, 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.

38 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 4/100
Rating quality 59/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 4215 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 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+46% vs prior 30d
1Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

70

now · peak 104

7030d 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

Transparent Image Wa · #15072 you Img Title Removal · #5617 Image Watermark · #855 Easy Watermark · #949

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

2.3Stars · 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.

700per 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

11.5y ago

latest release · v2.3.15

37

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

2.3.15 · 11.5y ago2.3.14 · 13.3y ago2.3.13 · 13.3y ago2.3.12 · 13.3y ago2.3.11 · 13.3y ago2.3.10 · 13.3y ago2.3.9 · 13.3y ago2.3.8 · 13.3y ago2.3.7 · 13.4y ago2.3.6 · 13.4y ago2.3.5.1 · 13.4y ago2.3.5 · 13.4y ago2.3.4 · 13.5y ago2.3.3 · 13.5y 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.

v2.3 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
100–200 ≈190

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

Install history · since 2015-04-05 · 1,387 observations

100Installs · 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 · 11 reviews

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5★
3 4★
0 3★
0 2★
2 1★
6

Details

Version
2.3.15
Last updated
11.5y ago
Added
2011-12-11 · 14 yrs old
Requires WP
3.3
Tested up to
4.1.42
Requires PHP
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ MrMephistofel
    10.1y ago

    нет банального выбора где разместить ватермарк, по умолчанию картинка (ватермарк) лепится посередине изображения и растягивается

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  2. ★★★★★ ligtharth
    10.6y ago

    After I had installed the Transparent Watermark-Ultra plugin I noticed that some images show the watermark, and some do not, whatever I tried. I asked for support several times, but no reaction at all. No reaction to e-,ail, no Facebook, no twitter, nothing at all. Conclusion: I have paid for a bad solution!!

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  3. ★★★★★ mawanellanews
    10.9y ago

    The plugin was using perfectly after sometimes I don’t want the plugin so I removed it. without any notification it removed all my media library, now I have to upload all my media library back, its not a easy task because i have 4 years of images 🙁

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  4. ★★★★★ Mobile PC Rescue
    11.6y ago

    I bought this because of all the nags on the DEMO version I am unable to see the preview, I cannot get it work on my galleries or my NEXTGEN galleries Please help or give me a refund! Now tells me I need to BUY IT – I HAVE ALREADY PAID!! Devs website OFFLINE – I assume they have the shut down 🙁 Feeling Ripped off by this company – plug-in never worked

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  5. ★★★★★ Lenin Zapata ☄
    11.7y ago

    No values enabled defects. And sends many mistakes.

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  6. ★★★★★ Robert Dall
    12.4y ago

    The Plugin example doesn’t work in this latest install. Once the plugin has been applied all of the images uploaded are watermarked in the center with a logo and can’t be undone even after the removal of the plugin. So the plugin does work, but watch out what’s done can’t be undone…  The plugin give you options of which you can’t turn on unless you purchase the upgrade which you are told about in every single screen and every single instance of plugin. I have never been a fan of the hard sell. But that is just a personal opinion.

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  7. ★★★★★ diquispe
    13.0y ago

    El plugin funciona, pero para algunas funciones hostiga para comprar la version completa, no cumple con las funciones basicas, en el momento que escribo esta revision su pagina web (para comprar la version completa) NO FUNCIONA, esto me hace dudar de la calidad del producto

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  8. ★★★★★ xmxm07
    13.1y ago

    Plugin not working correctly.

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Behavioral tests

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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. 2025-02-06 200+ → 100+ down after 663 days in tier
  2. 2023-04-15 300+ → 200+ down

Competes with

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