wp-imgur
by Darshan Sawardekar · Uncategorized
Also makes 6 other plugins · 60+ installs across the portfolio →
CDN Plugin that serves your Media Library from Imgur.com.
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Health
D 47/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
10+
≈15 estimated
Momentum
-70%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Under-ranked on “imgur”. wp.org puts you #20; on merit you place #10. The plugins above you are winning on install count, not on rating or upkeep.
47 health vs 58 average across 25,733 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.2%
of downloads still active
At least 10 of 4.7K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,767 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized 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 12+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40, 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 4468 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 3.9.40; the current branch is 6.8
4.8★ over 6 reviews, smoothed to 4.17★ and held back under 25 reviews
3 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 4468 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.
33
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
0.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 9d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 9d
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| imgur your tag | #20 | #10 | 0 |
| imgur plugin | #20 | #9 | 0 |
| cdn your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| image cdn your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
4 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 2 listed. 2 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Under-ranked on “imgur”. wp.org puts you #20; on merit you place #10. The plugins above you are winning on install count, not on rating or upkeep.
- “cdn” and “image cdn” 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 61 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #30,100 to #45,000, alongside the other plugins at 10+ 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 21 Oct 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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
12.2y ago
latest release · v0.7.1 · 7 Aug 2014
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 “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 4.1 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 6 Sep 2018
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Anonymous10.9y ago
Using WordPress 4.3.1 with WP-Imgur 0.7.1. First impression: the setup was simple & easy. However, some images are not pointing to imgur for some reason, all the images present in posts are correctly pointing to imgur, but some others (logo, & background images) are not. Still investigating why. I created a ticket on WP Imgur plugin’s Github page https://github.com/dsawardekar/wp-imgur/issues/4 Details on installation: Once the plugin is activated, in the admin panel go to Settings > WP Imgur > “sync” tab, and click on “start sync”. This will automatically upload all the existing images present in your wordpress media library to your Imgur account (hence the Imgur servers). It creates a dedicated album in your imgur account with all these images, imgur.com > “username” (top-right) > albums. After that, you can go to your web page (reload it), and double check the URLs used for the images appearing in your posts & pages.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ King Rayhan11.0y ago
LOve it 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ sahuhtala11.6y ago
This is truely an amazing plugin that just works! It automatically created an album with the name of my website in imbur and changed all the images to point to the album correctly.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ alphas031911.6y ago
since February 2015, Imgur is now unlimited. Imgur Pro (paid account service) is free. Imgur Pro for Everyone. http://imgur.com/blog/2015/02/09/imgur-pro-for-everyone/ “Store an unlimited number of images in your account Receive multiple thumbnail options on all uploads Access complete image analytics and referrer data Manage, edit or delete any uploaded image at any time Interact with the awesome Imgur community through commenting, voting and sharing”
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ RintarouTW12.1y ago
Don’t worry about 225 files limit of imgur. It works perfectly since I’ve uploaded more than 1000 images to imgur. My site got a great performance improvement. It’s really easy and simple. After first synced, I can write my post as always. Nothing you need to change since this plugin takes care all of it. Great job.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ edprobert12.2y ago
sangat memuaskan. best plugin
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.4
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
1 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 Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! 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 1 heading and 2 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 353 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 2 of 3 tags appear in the text; "Image CDN" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2022-10-04 50+ → 10+ down
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).
- W WP Imgur Plus 10+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags D
- W wp-imgur-extra 10+ installs · 3.7★ · 3 shared tags D
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Bandwidth Saver: Image CDN — installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
PixelVault Image Rescue — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
W3 Total Cache 900K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A -
SpeedyCache – Cache, Optimization, Performance 500K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag B
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