MediaMan – Where is this Image Used?
by Chris Burns · Media
Improve the default Media Library to see where your images are being used across your WordPress site.
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Health
C 60/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
500+
≈580 estimated
Momentum
+76%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: Add “used” to your wp.org tags. You rank #10 for it without listing it, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 1 listed it's a slot worth spending.
60 health vs 62 average across 3,305 Media plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →18%
of downloads still active
At least 500 of 2.7K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Media plugin keeps 0.8%, across 2,327 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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 506 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12; the current branch is 7.1
3.7★ over 3 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.1★ and held back under 25 reviews
1 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 506 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.
38
Momentum
Losing ground
-1.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 14d
25%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 14d
0.0
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| used | #10 | #24 | up 2 |
| where used | #4 | #21 | down 1 |
| where | #15 | #22 | down 3 |
| media library your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
4 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 3 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Add “used” to your wp.org tags. You rank #10 for it without listing it, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 1 listed it's a slot worth spending.
Daily downloads
Since 9 May 2025 · 545 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 237 · 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
1.4y ago
latest release · v1.0.2 · 16 Jun 2025
3
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 “500+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 13 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 600.
At the current install trend, crossing 600+ in roughly 93 days.
Install history since 8 May 2025
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ DJF37mo ago
Does not seem to be working at all
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ retlaw0311mo ago
The plugin does exactly what it says it does – scans the pages and posts content for uses of the image and shows it in the gallery. One thing I noticed is that it only works on the initial load of the image info; it doesn’t work if you navigate to next image or previous image without returning to the full gallery view, but that’s a minor thing.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Martin Sauter1.1y ago
MediaMan finally adds an absolutely essential feature to the media library in a clean and simple way. Love it!
Read on wp.org ↗
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 4 languages, 4 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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
7 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 "Improve the default Media Library to see where your images are being used across your WordPress site."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 4 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 4 of 4 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("use cases"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce, ACF.
- ✓ Headings and lists 6 headings and 5 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,121 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 1 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-22 600+ → 500+ down after 39 days in tier
- 2026-09-13 500+ → 600+ up after 78 days in tier
- 2026-06-27 400+ → 500+ up after 69 days in tier
- 2026-04-19 300+ → 400+ up after 57 days in tier
- 2026-02-21 200+ → 300+ up after 65 days in tier
- 2025-12-18 100+ → 200+ up after 71 days in tier
- 2025-10-08 90+ → 100+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2025-10-04 80+ → 90+ up after 5 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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Instant Images – One-click Image Uploads from Unsplash, Openverse, Pixabay, Pexels, and Giphy 100K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Crop-Thumbnails 40K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag B -
Mime Types Plus 10K+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag B -
Media Library Helper — Bulk edit image ALT, caption & description 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag B -
The Paste 9K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag B -
Media Library File Size 6K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag A
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