Microsoft Azure Storage for WordPress

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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.

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.

14 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 7 listed. 7 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.

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

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 70% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Crossed into this band 7.8 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.

1. ★★★★★ masamis

   1.1y ago

   for hosting wordpress site , this plugin must be required.

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2. ★★★★★ farmergeek

   2.7y ago

   Using, docker and this plugin, you can get VM performant speeds on WordPress in azure. We have used it successfully in many WordPress sites hosted on app services. It integrates very nicely with a cdn/frontdoor as well.

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3. ★★★★★ maxizamorano

   5.1y ago

   It works excellent, it is the only plugin there is, I am glad that it has no problems.

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4. ★★★★★ marverix

   5.7y ago

   There are 5 pages of reported issues for this plugin. Most of them without any answer. Uploading a file while enabled “Auto remove local files” shows infinity loading. Too bad. Azure is a great AWS S3 alternative. Without any maintained plugin for WordPress. Shame.

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5. ★★★★★ mtnats

   6.4y ago

   respect, i’m happy! )

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6. ★★★★★ Daniel Hendricks

   6.6y ago

   Another quality plugin from the folks at 10up. I had used the S3 offloader from Delicious Brains for other projects, but the current client is using Azure. This plugin is about as one-click easy as it gets, and it works well.

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7. ★★★★★ lgobs

   6.7y ago

   This is nice plugin with easy setup (if you know what you are doing). If you setup Azure Storage Container with a CNAME, you will get lovely external storage for you uploads, where URLs will show as something else or so which is perfect solution for me.

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8. ★★★★★ lonevvolf

   6.9y ago

   It claims that files are uploaded, but they do not get saved in Azure Storage.

   Read on wp.org ↗

Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. 2025-10-29 Version 4.5.2 Security: Add capability check when replacing media to prevent privilege escalation by authenticated users (props @peterwilsoncc , @dkotter via GHSA-pwm5-mwxv-fjrh , CVE-2025-10749 ) Security: Bump minimatch from 4.0.7 t 4.5.2
2. 2024-07-17 Version 4.5.1 Fixed: Fix path issue that duplicates the container name in URL paths (props @hugosolar , @cally423 , @Besdima , @ms2oo8 , @BCornelissen , @dkotter via #246 ). 4.5.1
3. 2024-07-15 Version 4.5.0 Added: Feature to replace images at the blob storage level (props @hugosolar , @rickalee , @dkotter via #230 ). Added: Constant for MICROSOFT_AZURE_OVERRIDE_CONTAINER_PATH (props @rickalee , @engrshakirali , @hugosolar v 4.5.0
4. 2024-05-06 Version 4.4.2 Note that this release bumps the minimum WordPress version from 5.7 to 6.3. Added: New feature to replace PDF files at the blob storage level (props @hugosolar , @rickalee via #220 ). Changed: Bump WordPress “tested up t 4.4.2
5. 2024-01-08 Version 4.4.1 Added: Support for the WordPress.org plugin preview (props @dkotter , @jeffpaul via #212 ). Changed: Bump WordPress version “tested up to” 6.4 (props @QAharshalkadu , @jeffpaul via #208 , #209 ). Changed: Align our PHP m 4.4.1

The 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (4.5.2). Sites still on an older version should update.

1. Patched Medium · 5.4 Microsoft Azure Storage for WordPress <= 4.5.1 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Media Deletion ↗
   2025-10-23 CVE-2025-10749 Missing Authorization Affects <= 4.5.1 Patched in 4.5.2

Translated into 3 languages, 0 at 90% or more

Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.

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Growth timeline

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

1. 2019-01-11 1K+ → 2K+ up

Competes with

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Microsoft Azure Storage for WordPress: 2K+ active installs, 3.9★ (14 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-02. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/windows-azure-storage