Allows detaching images and other media from posts, pages and other content types.
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Health
D 50/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
900+
≈960 estimated
Momentum
—
no download trend yet
Biggest opportunity: “attachments”, “detach” and “media” 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.
50 health vs 62 average across 3,279 Media plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.2%
of downloads still active
At least 900 of 40.5K 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.
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 4.2.39, 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 3259 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.2.39; the current branch is 6.8
4.9★ over 18 reviews, smoothed to 4.31★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3259 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| unattach your tag | #4 | #3 | 0 |
| attachments your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| detach your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| media your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “attachments”, “detach” and “media” 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 162 · 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
11.5y ago
latest release · v1.2.2 · 18 May 2015
5
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 91% 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 “900+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 5 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 59% of the way through.
Install history since 24 Dec 2016
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Jim D11.5y ago
This plugin solved two problems for me. First, not having to delete an attachment from the media library when I want to remove it from a post. But there is another reason…I include a flexslider in some of my posts but occasionally want certain images to be in the post but not in the flexslider. After I have inserted the image in the post and saved, all I have to do is go back to the media library and unattach from the post to remove it from the flexslider. Thank you for a great plugin!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ hugocentrique11.6y ago
Works well, thanks!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Anonymous User 1317610511.8y ago
Perfect! Did the trick – rid the site of an annoying and seemingly simple to fix WP bug
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ gwnfld12.0y ago
Worked like a champ for me quick and easy, thanks
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Raja12.8y ago
Works Perfect!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Chris Purser13.1y ago
A GREAT plugin that should have NEVER been required. Mandatory “Attachments” of images to posts / pages / etc. is the DUMBEST upgrade to the WP platform in a long time. What a retard thing to do… Thank you for taking your valuable time and creating a fix for this APPLE-like move => Adding a feature no one needs and making it impossible to remove without a hack. haha. You rock!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ miniviolet13.2y ago
This was just what I’ve been needing. Perfect and easy to use to exclude an image from the gallery but still use it within the post. Wish I had found this sooner!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Skunkster13.2y ago
This should be part of the core ASAP. Very easy way to unattach an image from a web page! Many thanks!
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 3 languages, 1 at 90% or more
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
2 of 8 pass · checked 26 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Allows detaching images and other media from posts, pages and other content types."
- ! 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 448 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 4 tags appear in the text; "attachments" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-03 1K+ → 900+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-06-02 900+ → 1K+ up after 7 days in tier
- 2026-05-26 1K+ → 900+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-05-24 900+ → 1K+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-05-22 1K+ → 900+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2026-05-17 900+ → 1K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-16 1K+ → 900+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-15 900+ → 1K+ up after 1 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).
- U Unique Headers 10K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A
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Media Deduper 9K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags C -
WP Attachments – Smarter File Management & Download Lists 3K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
F4 Media Taxonomies 1K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
WP Media Categories 800+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A - M Media Vault 800+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
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