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WP Media folders

by dbarrere · Media

WP Media Folders is a media management plugin that: Implement a real folder and media URL structure & Allow WP Media Folder plugin data import

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned
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42 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 66/100
Support 70/100

42 health vs 59 average across 2,206 Media plugins

Removal-risk signals

53/100

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 4+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.4.21.

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 4/100
WP compatibility 19/100
Rating quality 67/100
Listing tuning 100/100
Support resolution 0/100

To rank higher: Last updated 1818 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 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+44% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

221

now · peak 557

22630d 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

WP Media folders · #4253 you Folders · #485 Media Library Assist · #613 CatFolders · #2779

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

3.5Stars · 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.

113per 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

5.0y ago

latest release · v1.1.10

11

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.1.10 · 5.0y ago1.1.9 · 6.2y ago1.1.8 · 6.3y ago1.1.7 · 6.3y ago1.1.6 · 7.0y ago1.1.5 · 7.2y ago1.1.4 · 7.5y ago1.1.2 · 7.8y ago1.1.1 · 8.0y ago1.1.0 · 8.2y ago1.0.0 · 9.2y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 99% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.1 99%
v1.0 0.8%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “2K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

modeled estimate
2K–3K ≈2.4K

Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.

Install history · since 2019-11-13 · 1,425 observations

2KInstalls · 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.

Details

Version
1.1.10
Last updated
5.0y ago
Added
2017-06-27 · 9 yrs old
Requires WP
3.5.1
Tested up to
5.4.21
Requires PHP
5.4

Recent reviews

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  1. hardtruth3456
    3.7y ago

    Joomunited are some of the worst plugins we have used. This plugin brought our site to a crawl and it’s a dedicated server with 6cores RAM and 16gb RAM. We used a query monitor plugin and the wp media plugins use an enormous amount of resources. We bought another plugin from them and had to get a refund. Just bad coding. This plugin should be removed. This topic was modified 3 years, 7 months ago by hardtruth3456.

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  2. Jayden Lawson
    4.8y ago

    As stated in the description, this plugin is not supported and should not even be made available. Thanks for wasting my time.

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  3. maxlefou
    5.0y ago

    <!– wp:paragraph –> <p class=””>Wordpress 6.3 makes this plugin not working anymore. It was the only free solution to the problem but dev refuses to maintain it anymore. Garbage.</p> <!– /wp:paragraph –> This topic was modified 2 years, 11 months ago by maxlefou. Reason: update breaks the plugin This topic was modified 2 years, 11 months ago by maxlefou.

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  4. mosotws
    5.5y ago

    In Query Monitor: Уведомления Функция WP_Scripts::localize вызвана неправильно. Параметр $l10n должен быть массивом. Для передачи произвольных данных в скрипты используйте функцию wp_add_inline_script(). Дополнительную информацию можно найти на странице «Отладка в WordPress». (Это сообщение было добавлено в версии 5.7.0.) 1 wp-includes/functions.php:5313 Плагин: wp-media-folders

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  5. Pexle Chris
    6.3y ago

    The plugin wasn’t support greek characters until I ask! And the update release was immediately

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  6. anatman
    6.3y ago

    Very useful plugin, helps you organize your folders and be done with that dates-named folder mess. Top notch support, very helpful and timely. Thank you for your great work!

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  7. bill57
    7.7y ago

    Bravo pour cet “addon” pour (WP Media folder JoomUnited) plus de médias de toutes tailles éparpillés dans uploads, la création de dossiers dans wp manquait depuis le début. cordialement Congratulations on this “addon” for (WP Media folder JoomUnited) more media of all sizes scattered in uploads, the creation of folders in wp was missing from the beginning. cordially

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  8. elmes
    7.9y ago

    Doesn’t work as expected. As shown in screenshots. Ohoo, I have to install WP Media Folders to make WP Media Folders working properly as shown on screenshots. What a hall is that, guys?

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Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. Version 1.1.10 [fix] Default options not set on new install 1.1.10
  2. Version 1.1.9 [enhancement] Do not update database on file upload [enhancement] Add an option to replace or not relative path in database 1.1.9
  3. Version 1.1.8 [fix] Allow non ascii characters as filename [fix] Do not check for ssl for local requests 1.1.8
  4. Version 1.1.7 [feature] Enhance debug log 1.1.7
  5. Version 1.1.6 [fix] Elementor 401 error (due to wrong usage of heartbeat filter) 1.1.6
  6. Version 1.1.5 [fix] 500 error when deleting WP Media Folder plugin folders [fix] Error on WP Media Folder ftp import 1.1.5

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.4.2

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. 2026-08-22 3K+ → 2K+ down after 3 days in tier
  2. 2026-08-19 2K+ → 3K+ up after 8 days in tier
  3. 2026-08-11 3K+ → 2K+ down after 470 days in tier
  4. 2025-04-28 4K+ → 3K+ down after 1 days in tier
  5. 2025-04-27 3K+ → 4K+ up after 1 days in tier
  6. 2025-04-26 4K+ → 3K+ down after 454 days in tier
  7. 2024-01-28 5K+ → 4K+ down

Competes with

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